WJML
Radio station in Petoskey, Michigan
- Petoskey, Michigan
First air date
Call sign meaning
Licensing authority
- 10,000 watts (daytime)
- 10 watts (nighttime)
Public license information
- Public file
- LMS
WJML (1110 AM) is a radio station licensed to Petoskey, Michigan, which is owned by John Yob, through licensee Mitten News LLC.
History
Signing on
In somewhat of a rarity, WJML-FM 98.9 started first, on December 7, 1965, since in most situations, the AM station is usually the first to sign on. In the beginning, the station was an automated MOR format, with one live DJ, Bill Supernaw, in the morning (Supernaw is now the owner of the Cinema III movie theatre in Charlevoix). The station was owned by a Chicago broadcaster who named his station after his three children, John, Michael and Linda. It was one of northern Michigan's first-ever FM stations, and since many folks did not have an FM radio at the time, an AM station, WJML (1110 AM) was born on December 6, 1966. WJML was at the time the strongest AM station in northern Michigan during the daytime at 10 kW. However, the station was daytime only.
2010s
On May 29, 2015, WJML's FM repeater in Charlevoix, W235CL on 94.9, signed on, providing 24/7 daytime coverage to the immediate Charlevoix area, with 250 watts of power. Effective August 8, 2016, W235CL moved to 101.1 FM in Traverse City, as W266CS. On January 31, 2017, WJML, WJNL and W266CS were sold to John Yob's Mitten News LLC for $700,000; the sale was consummated on May 23, 2017.
As of May 13, 2018, WJML can now be heard on WWMN 106.3 in Thompsonville, WYPV 94.5 in Mackinaw City and WHAK 960 in Rogers City.
2020s
On June 22, 2020, WWMN and WYPV changed their simulcasts to that of album-oriented rock-formatted WQON, and no longer broadcast WJML on their signals.[2]
In June 2022, WJML went silent.[3]
Previous logos
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WJML". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Q100 Returning to Traverse City Radioinsight - June 18, 2020
- ^ WQON And WGRY-FM Lose Simulcast Partners As Mitten News LMA Comes To An End Radioinsight - April 12, 2023
- Michiguide.com - WJML History
External links
- WJML in the FCC AM station database
- WJML in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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- Radio stations in Northern Michigan
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- See also
- List of radio stations in Michigan
45°20′05″N 84°55′34″W / 45.33472°N 84.92611°W / 45.33472; -84.92611
