Cumulus owns AAA/WQKL (107.1fm, Ann Arbor), and they started receiving complaints after Crawford Broadcasting signed on FM translator W296DY (107.1fm, Detroit), as a simulcast of their Religious/WRDT (560am, Monroe). Crawford tried fixing the interference by reducing their 60 watts of power to 30 watts, but the WQKL listener complaints didn't stop. Crawford will work to find a new transmitter site for their FM translator, and they've shut off the FM translator in the meantime. … [Read more...] about Crawford shuts down Detroit translator
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Port Huron FM translator sold
Edgewater Broadcasting sells their W288BT (105.5fm, St. Clair) for $20,000 to Liggett Communications. Liggett already operates this translator to simulcast Rock programming from their WHLS (1450am, Port Huron), but it's only branded with the FM frequency, as Rock 105.5 … [Read more...] about Port Huron FM translator sold
Smile FM buys a Kalamazoo area translator
FCR Broadcasting sells their 38 watt Kalamazoo area translator W262AF (100.3fm, Parchment) to Smile FM for $30,000. W262AF will rebroadcast Smile FM’s WSIS (88.7fm, Riverside) in the Benton Harbor market. … [Read more...] about Smile FM buys a Kalamazoo area translator
Michigan Community Radio — FCC application denied
Michigan Community Radio applied to the FCC to move their CP for translator W248CC (97.5fm, Ecorse) to 99.1fm as a displacement. The FCC rejected this application, since a translator that's still a CP cannot be displaced. … [Read more...] about Michigan Community Radio — FCC application denied