WPIQ FM 92.7 Manistique/Escanaba

Slogan/Positioner: Power 92.7, We Power Your IQ

Format: Talk

Web site: www.wpiqradio.com

E-mail: visit web site

Power/Height/Class: 24,500 watts / 713 feet / C2

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• station details
• coverage area

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Call Sign History:

• WPIQ: assigned 12/31/2001

Call Sign Origin: We Power Your IQ

On Air Date: 2004

Owner: Great Lakes Radio

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Notes/History:

• 7/2008: Construction permit granted to change from a Class A station operating with 6,000 watts @ 157 feet to Class C2 which would broadcast with 24,500 watts @ 713 feet. The station's transmitter would also move from just east of Manistique to the west near the border of Schoolcraft and Delta counties. Coverage area of WPIQ would be greatly increased. License to cover granted 5/2010.
• 2/2008: License to cover granted for frequency change.
• 11/2007: Frequency change from 99.9 to 92.7
• 9/2007: Construction permit granted to change frequency from 99.9 to 92.7 with a slight change in the station's height above average terrain (151 to 157 feet).
• 1/2005: License granted
• 2004: Station signs on with talk programming
• 9/2003: Construction permit modified to change HAAT from 171 feet to 151 feet, slight location change from WTIQ-AM 1490 tower in Manistique to just northeast of Manistique
• 12/18/2001: Construction permit granted. Frequency was won at auction in October 1999 for $196,000

Transmitter location:

Schoolcraft County

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