WIDG AM 940 St. Ignace

Simulcast of WTCK FM 90.9 Charlevoix

Slogan/Positioner: Catholic voice of Northern Michigan

Format: Religious; Catholic-based talk

Web site: www.baragabroadcasting.com

E-mail: visit web site

Class: D
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 5,000 watts / 1, omnidirectional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 4 watts / 1, omnidirectional

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details

More about station:

• Radio Locator coverage areas: Day, Night
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• WIDG from Wikipedia
• WTCK from Wikipedia
• WIDG from RadioTime.com

Call Sign History:

• WIDG: 5/6/1985
• WLVM: 7/30/1982
• WIDG:

Call Sign Origin: Widge By the (Mackinac) Bridge

On Air Date:

Owner: Baraga Broadcasting

Telephone: (231) 238-0811

Notes/History:

• 9/2008: Announced that Northern Star Broadcasting is selling station to Baraga Broadcasting for $100,000 pending FCC approval and closing. Sale is approved in October 2008 and religious programming began airing on AM 940 later in the fall of 2008 as a simulcast of co-owned WTCK FM 90.9 Charlevoix.
• Summer 2008: Station goes silent after lightning damages transmitter.

• 11/1999: Format switch from classic country to sports as 'The Fan'.
• 9/15/1998: Station is transferred from Calibre Communications to Northern Star Broadcasting.
• 199x: Format change to classic country as 'Classic KC Country'.
• 199x: Format change to oldies as 'Cool 940'.
• 1985: Format change from middle-of-the-road to country simulcasting sister station WMKC-FM 102.9.

Center of antenna array/transmitter location:

Mackinac County

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