WFER AM 1230 Iron River

Slogan/Positioner: Freedom Talk 1230

Format: Talk

Web site: www.wferam.com

E-Mail: visit web site

Class: C
Power / # of Towers: 1,000 watts / 1, omnidirectional
Unlimited operations

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details

More about station:

• Radio Locator coverage area
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• WFER from Wikipedia

Call Sign History:

• WFER: 5/14/2010
• WIKB: 1949

Call Sign Origin:

On Air Date: November 15, 1949

Owner: Heartland Communications

Telephone: (906) 265-5104

Notes/History:

• 7/2010: Format change from adult standards to talk as 'Freedom Talk 1230'. The station had previously changed its long time WIKB (Iron River Kingsford Brietung Twp.) call sign to WFER.
• 5/2006: WIKB AM drops its longtime simulcast of WIKB-FM and AM 1230 has taken on an adult standards format.
• 12/2005: Format change from "Solid Gold" Oldies to Adult Contemporary as "The Breeze"

• 5/2004: FCC approves sale
• 2004: Station is sold, along with WIKB-FM 99.1, 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.
• Fall 1981: WIKB-FM begins operations
• 1/1965: Heartland Advertising purchases WIKB
• 11/15/1949: WIKB first signs on and is licensed to Iron Mountain. The station is owned by a group of local businessmen.

Center of antenna array/transmitter location:

Iron County

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