WCUZ FM 100.1 Bear Lake/Manistee

Slogan/Positioner:

Format: Silent - station is not currently on-air

Web site:

E-mail:

Power/Height/Class: 3,000 watts / 328 feet / A

Construction permit: 3,800 watts / 413 feet / A

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details
• coverage area
• CP coverage area

More about station:

• Radio Locator coverage area
• Radio Locator CP coverage area
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• WCUZ from Wikipedia
• WCUZ from RadioTime.com

Call Sign History:

• WCUZ: 8/23/2001
• WSRQ: 6/14/1999
• WZTU: 6/17/1994
• WRQT: 12/10/1985

Call Sign Origin:

On Air Date: about 1985

Owner: Roy E. Henderson / Fort Bend Broadcasting

Telephone: (231) 352-9603

Notes/History:

• WCUZ call sign was used for many years on FM 101.3 Grand Rapids
• 6/12/2009: Station files for and receives authorization to be silent. Authorization is extended in February 2010 thru June 12, 2010.
• 9/2007: Application filed to change from FM 100.1 to 100.7 and increase its effective radiated power from its currently licensed 3,000 watts @ 328 feet (Class A) to 25,000 watts @ 128 feet directional (Class C3) from a location near Thompsonville in Benzie County. The 100.7 frequency in northwest Michigan was previously occupied by WSRJ-FM; that station recently moved to FM 105.5.
• 2/2007: Construction permit granted to change ERP from 3,000 watts @ 328 feet to 3,800 watts @ 413 feet from a new transmitter/antenna location further north in Mansitee county.
• 3/2001: Returns to air simulcasting soon-to-be sister station WBNZ-FM 99.3 Frankfort (Hot Adult Contemporary)
• 9/27/2000: FCC approves sale from D & B Broadcasting
• 8/2000: Station sold from D & B Broadcasting to Fort Bend Broadcasting along with FM 92.1 Beulah, pending FCC approval
• 11/1999: Station falls silent along with FM 92.1 Beulah (then WSRI) due to local staffing issues.
• 6/21/1999: On air testing
• 6/1999: Information is released that station will return to the air as 'Star' with 100.1 and 92.1 simulcasting
• 5/1999: Station is silent again
• 4/1999: Back on the air temporarily with an Modern Adult Contemporary format
• 3/1999: FCC approves transfer of station along with WBVE-FM 92.1 Beulah from Roger Hoppe II to D & B Broadcasting
• 3/1998: Station is silent
• 19xx: On-air

Transmitter location:

Manistee County

Const permit transmitter location:

Manistee County