WJIM AM 1240 Lansing

Slogan/Positioner: Lansing's Big Talker

Format: News-Talk

Web site: www.wjimam.com

E-Mail: visit web site

Class: C
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 890 watts / 1, omnidirectional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 890 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
• WJIM from Wikipedia
• WJIM from RadioTime.com
• WJIM on Facebook

Call Sign History:

• WJIM

Call Sign Origin: Jim Gross, son of original owner Harold Gross

On Air Date: 1934

Owner: Cumulus Media

Telephone: (517) 394-7272

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.
• 2/17/2000: FCC approves sale of 7 stations from Liggett Broadcasting to Citadel.
• 19xx: Station adds, then drops AM stereo
• 19xx: Liggett acquires station
• 1960s: Format is Top 40 as 'Big Jim 1240'.
• 1941: Frequency change to 1240.
• 1934: On air at AM 1210 with 250 watts daytime and 100 watts at night. Owner is Gross Telecasting.

Center of antenna array/transmitter location:

Ingham County

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