WJML AM 1110 Petoskey

Simulcast on WJNL AM 1210 Kingsley/Traverse City

Slogan/Positioner: WJML News-Talk 1110 & 1210; The Talk of the North

Format: News/Talk

Web site: www.wjml.com

E-Mail: visit web site

Class: D
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 10,000 watts / 2 / directional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 10 watts / 2 / directional

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details

More about station:

• Radio Locator coverage areas: Day, Night
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• WJML from Wikipedia
• WJML from RadioTime.com
• Tower photos, thanks Tom Bosscher

Call Sign History:

• WJML

Call Sign Origin: John, Michael, and Linda Harrington
(children of original owner)

On Air Date: December 6, 1966

Owner: Stone Communications

Telephone: (231) 348-5000

Notes/History:

• 4/2007: After sister station WWKK AM 750 is swapped to Fort Bend Broadcasting in exchange for AM 1210 Kingsley/Traverse City, AM 1210 becomes WJNL and begins simulcasting WJML. Talk programming from both WWKK and WJML is combined/simulcast on the WJML/WJNL combo.
• 2003: Sales agreement was never completed by Basic Licensing; station remains under control of Stone Communications
• 10/2002: FCC approves sale of WJML and WWKK
• 9/2002: Announced that station, along with WWKK-AM 750, has been sold to Basic Licensing for $900,000 by Stone Communications
• 19xx: WJML AM is purchased by Stone Communications and the station restarts operations with a Talk format
• 1989: WJML-FM/AM sold to Northern Radio of Michigan; shortly thereafter WJML-FM becomes simulcast of Rock WKLT as WKLZ and AM 1110 is silenced and put up for sale.
• 1983: Format change to Adult Contemporary
• 1983: Bob and Tom leave for Indianapolis
• 197x: Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold (Bob & Tom) take over mornings at WJML, the first time the duo worked together.
• 1977: Format change to Top 40 as 'WJML The Music Station'
• 12/6/1966: Station is on-air operating daytime only as sister station to WJML-FM 98.9; WJML-FM was one of northern Michigan's first FM's. Format of both WJML and WJML-FM is Middle of the Road.

Center of antenna array/transmitter location:

Emmet County

Old logo gallery: