WIOG FM 102.5 Bay City/Saginaw/Midland/Flint

Slogan/Positioner: The Hit Music Channel

Format: Contemporary Hits/Top 40

Web site: www.wiog.com

E-mail: visit web site

Power/Height/Class: 86,000 watts / 801 feet / B

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details
• coverage area

More about station:

• Radio Locator coverage area
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• WIOG from Wikipedia
• WIOG from RadioTime.com
• WIOG on Facebook

Call Sign History:

• WIOG: 9/1986
• WGER: 2/19/1969
• WNEM-FM:

Call Sign Origin: Original dial position for WIOG was 106

On Air Date:

Owner: Cumulus Media

Telephone: (989) 776-2100

Notes/History:

• 3/2011: Announced that Cumulus Media is merging/acquiring Citadel Broadcasting in a deal worth billions of dollars. The FCC approves the sale and it closes later in 2011.
• 12/22/1998: FCC approves sale of 62nd Street Broadcasting stations in the Tri-Cities to Citadel.
• 9/1986: WIOG moves to 102.5 FM, trading frequencies, formats, and call signs with WGER-FM which moves to 106.3. The owner wanted WIOG's Top 40 format to utilize the grandfathered 85,000 watt signal at 102.5.
• 2/19/1969: New call sign is WGER with Beautiful Music format
• 19xx: On-air as WNEM-FM, owner is Gerity Broadcasting

Transmitter location:

Saginaw County

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