WXLA AM 1180 Dimondale/Lansing

Slogan/Positioner: America's Best Music

Format: Adult Standards/Oldies

Web site:

E-Mail:

Class: D
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 10,000 watts / 2, directional
Critical Hours Power / # of Towers: 2,000 watts / 2, directional
No night service

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details

More about station:

• Radio Locator daytime coverage area
• Radio Locator critical hours coverage area
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• WXLA from Wikipedia
• WXLA from RadioTime.com
• WXLA on Facebook (no page found)
• Tower photos, thanks Tom Bosscher

Call Sign History:

• WXLA: 6/29/1984
• WDTB: 8/27/1979

Call Sign Origin:

On Air Date: September 20, 1982

Owner: MacDonald Broadcasting

Telephone: (517) 484-9600

Notes/History:

• 10/2006: Format change from Adult Urban to Adult Standards.
• 7/2006: FCC approves MacDonald Broadcasting's acquisition of WQHH 96.5 and WXLA 1180.
• 5/2006: Announced that Mid-Michigan FM is selling Urban WQHH 96.5 FM and Adult Urban WXLA AM 1180 to MacDonald Broadcasting for $3.65 million pending FCC approval and closing.
• 2005: Noted that the station no longer is broadcasting in AM stereo.
• 7/2004: Construction permit granted for increase in daytime power from 1,000 to 10,000 watts and addition of critical hours operations at 2,000 watts. License to cover granted October 2005.
• 1/2004: Application filed to increase daytime power to 10,000 watts from the currently licensed 1,000. The station has also applied to add critical hours coverage at 2,000 watts.
• 198x: Frequency change to 1180 from 1170.
• 1982: On-air as WDTB simulcasting CNN's Headline News.

Center of antenna array/transmitter location:

Ingham County

Old logo gallery:

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