Heartland Communications: Michigan radio

Michigan station count: 2, plus 2 in northern Wisconsin

Web site: wcqm.com/index_files/heartland.htm

E-mail/phone: visit web site

FM Radio:

Freq	Call		City	Format	Parent	HD	More
94.5	WRJO		Eagle River, WI	Oldies			info
99.1	WIKB		Iron River	Country			info

AM Radio:

Notes/History:

• 3/2011: Heartland Communications is selling its trio of Houghton radio stations (classic hits WOLV-FM 97.7, country WHKB-FM 102.3, and standards WCCY AM 1400) for $535,000 to Houghton Community Broadcasting. FCC approves sale in April and it closes in June, 2011.
• 11/10/2004: FCC approves sale of WOLV-FM 97.7, WHKB-FM 102.3, and WCCY-AM 1400 to Heartland Communications.
• 8/25/2004: Tu-Mar Broadcasting agrees to sell WOLV-FM 97.7, WHKB-FM 102.3, and WCCY-AM 1400 Houghton to Heartland Communications in a stock sale valued at $1,627,000 pending FCC approval.
• 5/2004: FCC approves sale of WIKB-FM/AM.
• 2004: WIKB-FM/AM are sold for $1.25 million by Northland Advertising to Heartland Communications. Gene Halker, the owner of Northland, will end 50 years of radio ownership once the deal is approved by the FCC and then closed.

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