WION AM 1430 Ionia

Slogan/Positioner: I-1430; The Music You Know, The Information You Need

Format: Full Service

Web site: www.i1430.com

E-mail: visit web site

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Class: B
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 5,000 watts / 3 / directional
Daytime Const permit: 4,700 watts / 1 / omnidirectional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 330 watts / 3 / directional

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More Technical Information:

Call Sign History: WION

Call Sign Origin: Ionia

On Air Date: 1953

Owner: Packer Radio WION, LLC

Telephone: (616) 527-9466

Notes/History:

  • 5/2007: Construction permit granted to change daytime power from 5,000 watts using a 3-tower array (directional) to 4,700 watts using a single tower (omnidirectional).

  • 2004: Station is sold by Agricultural Resource Group to Packer Radio WION, LLC for $127,000. Station returns to the air with a Full Service format.
  • 2004: Sale to Stafford Broadcasting Agricultural Resource Group falls through.
  • 9/2003: Station is taken off-air and will remain so while sale is reviewed by FCC. The sales agreement reached in August has not yet been approved by the FCC due to the fact Stafford requires a waiver of the radio-newspaper cross-ownership rule in order to take over control of the station. Stafford owns The Daily News newspaper, which serves part of the coverage area of WION.
  • 8/2003: Station is sold by Agricultural Resource Group to Stafford Broadcasting for $100,000, pending FCC approval
  • 8/1999: Station assets are acquired by Agricultural Resource Group for $111,000 as part of a bankruptcy proceeding


Center of antenna array/transmitter location:

Ionia County

 


 

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