WZTC (104.5 FM, "104.5 Bob FM") is an American

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licensed to serve the

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Traverse City, Michigan Traverse City ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, Michigan, Grand Traverse County, although it partly extends into Leelanau County, Michigan, Leelanau County. The city's population was 15, ...

. The station, established in 2011, is owned by MacDonald Garber Broadcasting and the

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is held by Playtime Media, LLC.

Programming

WZTC broadcasts an adult hits music

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History

In October 1994, the MacDonald Broadcasting Company applied to the

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(FCC) for a

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for a new broadcast radio station. After this and several other applications were "frozen" while the FCC determined how to allocate these permits, an auction was finally held in July 2010 in which MacDonald Broadcasting prevailed. The FCC granted this permit on February 7, 2011, with a scheduled expiration date of February 7, 2014. The new station was assigned

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"WZTC" on March 16, 2011. After construction and testing were completed in August 2011, the station was granted its

on September 30, 2011. In July 2011, the MacDonald Broadcasting Company reached an agreement to transfer the permit for still-under construction WZTC to Patricia MacDonald Garber's Playtime Media, LLC, for a token payment of $1. The FCC approved the transfer on September 27, 2011, and the transaction was consummated on October 1, 2011.

References

External links

WZTC official website
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