WPON AM 1460 Walled Lake/Pontiac 
Slogan/Positioner: Talk 'n Rare Oldies
Format: Oldies/Talk/Ethnic
Web site: www.wpon.com
E-Mail: visit web site
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Class: B
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 1,000 watts / 4 / directional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 760 watts / 3 / directional
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Call Sign History:
- WPON: sign-on, 1954
Call Sign Origin: Pontiac
On Air Date: December 1954
Owner: Birach Broadcasting
Telephone: (248) 557-3500
Notes/History:
- 2/2009: Construction permit granted to move transmission site and modify power and patterns. Daytime power from 1,000 watts / 4 towers to 670 watts / 4 towers. Nighttime power from 760 watts / 3 towers to 175 watts / 3 towers. Station will downgrade to Class D from Class B and move west from Benstein Rd. to between Wixom and Old Plank Rds near Maple Rd. A virtually identical consrtuction permit was granted in 2005 but never completed.
- Late 2004: Lease expires on land where transmission site is- owner is developing property forcing WPON to move.
- 5/2004: FCC approves sale to Birach
- 4/2004: Birach Broadcasting agrees to purchase station from Foreign Radio Programs for $800,000, pending FCC approval.
- 19xx: Transmitter was moved from Bloomfield Hills to Commerce Twp (Walled Lake)
- 12/4/1982: Acquired by Foreign Radio Programs
Center of antenna array/transmitter location (licensed):
Oakland County; near Benstein and W. Maple Rds (Commerce Twp)
Future const permit transmitter location:
Oakland County; near Maple Rd. between Wixom and Old Plank Rds
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