WARD AM 750 Petoskey

Simulcast of WLDR-FM 101.9 Traverse City

Slogan/Positioner: Sunny Country 101.9

Format: Country

Web site: www.wldrradio.com

E-Mail: visit web site

Class: B
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 1,000 watts / 2 / directional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 330 watts / 3 / directional

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details

More about station:

• Radio Locator coverage areas: Day, Night
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• WLDR from Wikipedia
• WARD from RadioTime.com
• Tower photos, thanks Tom Bosscher

Call Sign History:

• WARD: 4/3/2008
• WLDR: 5/4/2007
• WWKK: 12/8/1999
• WJNL: assigned 12/20/1996

Call Sign Origin:

On Air Date: 6/18/2000

Owner: Roy E. Henderson/Fort Bend Broadcasting

Telephone: (231) 947-3220

Notes/History:

• 4/23/2007: Format change from Talk to Country as simulcast of WLDR-FM 101.9 Traverse City.
• 4/2007: FCC approves swap of AM 1210 and AM 750 between Stone and Fort Bend.
• 2/2007: Announced that Stone Communications will be swapping AM 750 Petoskey along with $244,000 to Fort Bend Broadcasting in exchange for AM 1210 Kingsley/Traverse City. The format of AM 1210 will become talk, simulcasting WJML AM 1110 Petoskey while AM 750 will become a simulcast of Fort Bend's Country WLDR-FM 101.9.
• 2003: Sales agreement was never completed by Basic Licensing; station remains under control of Stone Communications
• 10/2002: FCC approves sale of WJML and WWKK
• 9/2002: Announced that station, along with WJML-AM 1110, has been sold to Basic Licensing by Stone Communications for $900,000
• 3/2002: Weekday programming shifts from Oldies to Talk; Oldies remains on in weekend dayparts
• 9/2000: License granted
• 6/18/2000: Station heard on air with satellite fed Oldies format 'Kool 750'
• 12/1999: Station is on air for engineering testing

Center of antenna array/transmitter location:

Emmet County

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