Former WCEN AM 1150 Mt. Pleasant

All information is from before the station went silent

Last known format: News/Talk

FCC technical information:

• station details

More about station:

• WCEN from Radio Days

Call Sign History:

• WCEN

Call Sign Origin: Central Michigan

On Air Date: August 8, 1949

Off Air Date: 2001

Former Owner: Wilks Broadcasting

Notes/History:

• 2002: Wilks request for license cancellation is granted by FCC.
• 11/2000: Station goes silent as Wilks moves the operations of WCEN-FM to Saginaw but opts to discontinue broadcasting WCEN some 51 years after the station first went on the air.
• 8/24/2000: FCC approves sale from Sommerville Associates to Wilks Broadcasting.
• 7/2000: Announced that WCEN-FM 94.5 and WCEN-AM 1150 have been sold by Summerville to Wilks Broadcasting for $6 million, pending FCC approvals.
• 6/1990: WCEN-FM/AM move transmitter location to a new tower near Coleman. With the move WCEN AM reduces power to 900 watts non-directional, daytime only and the format is changed to talk.
• 5/1986: WCEN-FM/AM are purchased by Sommerville Broadcasting from Central Michigan Broadcasting.

• 2/1968: Central Michigan Broadcasting purchases WCEN-FM/AM from Paul Brandt.
• 1959: Sister station WCEN-FM begins operations.
• 2/26/1952: Daytime power increased to 1000 watts non-directional, nighttime service begins with 500 watts directional. 3 tower array built on Bluegrass Rd. just south of Mt. Pleasant to support nighttime operations.
• 8/8/1949: Station is on-air owned by Paul A. Brandt, operating daytime only with 500 watts.