WKAR AM 870 East Lansing 
Slogan/Positioner: Newstalk 870
Format: News/Talk
Major Network Affiliations: NPR
Web site: wkar.org/
E-Mail: visit web site
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Class: D
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 10,000 watts / 2 / directional
Daytime operations only
More web sites about WKAR:
- Wikipedia (no article as of 11/2006)
More Technical Information:
- engineering data
- station details
- FCCInfo.com
- Recnet Broadcast Query
- Daytime coverage (Radio Locator)
- Tower photos, thanks West Michigan SBE 102
Call Sign History: WKAR
On Air Date: August 18, 1922
Owner: Michigan State University
Telephone: (517) 432-9527
Notes/History:
- 1939: Power to 5,000 watts
- 1936: Frequency changes to 870
- 1930: Frequency is 1040
- 1928: Frequency is 1080
- 1925: Frequency is 1050
- 8/18/1922: On-air at 1070 AM. Station is licensed after experimental operations dating back to 1917. Michigan's first educational radio station.
Center of antenna array/transmitter location:
Ingham County
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