WLUN FM 100.9 Pinconning/Midland/Bay City

Slogan/Positioner: ESPN FM 100.9; Tri-Cities Sports Leader

Format: Sports

Web site: www.espn1009.com

E-mail: visit web site

Power/Height/Class: 2,600 watts / 495 feet / A

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details
• coverage area

More about station:

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

Call Sign History:

• WLUN: 3/31/2008
• WYLZ: 3/19/1999
• WMJK: 4/8/1995
• WBTZ: 6/1/1992
• WMJT: 12/12/1990
• WLFS: 8/3/1987
• WWRM: 1984
• WFXZ: 1983

Call Sign Origin: Great Lakes Loons

On Air Date: November 1983

Owner: Michigan Radio Communications, LLC/Great Lakes Loons

Telephone: (989) 837-6127

Notes/History:

• 5/2008: FCC approves Michigan Radio Communications, LLC acquistion of the station and the transaction closes.
• 3/2008: Announced that the station was being sold by the Last Bastion Trust (Citadel) to the Great Lakes Loons baseball club for $325,000 pending FCC approval and closing. The station changed format from country 'Thunder Country' to sports as 'ESPN FM 100.9' on March 25th.
• 6/12/2007: Simulcast of FM 104.5 Sagainaw ends as the station officially moves into trust and will be sold by Citadel as part of the acquistion of radio stations from Disney/ABC. New format on FM 100.9 is country as 'Thunder Country 100.9'. WILZ FM 104.5 Saginaw maintains classic rock format.
• 3/2006: Station is placed into a trust as it will be sold by Citadel as part of the deal that merges ABC Radio with Citadel.
• 4/1/1999: New call signs and positioner as 'Wheels 104.5 and 101'.
• 12/22/1998: FCC approves sale of 62nd Street Broadcasting stations in the Tri-Cities to Citadel.
• 1999: Format switch to Classic Rock, calls to WYLZ 'Wheelz 104.5 & 101'
• 19xx: Format switch to Oldies, simulcast with 104.5 Saginaw, calls to WMJK
• 198x: Format switch to Soft Adult Contemporary as 'Warm 101'
• 198x: Format switch to Country, calls to WWRM, as 'Warm Country 101'
• 11/1983: Signs on as 'Foxy 101' (WFXZ), Top 40/CHR format which moved toward rock

Transmitter location:

Bay County

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