WYPV

WYPV
City Mackinaw City, Michigan
Broadcast area
Branding WJML News Radio
Slogan The Talk of the North
Frequency 94.5 MHz
Translator(s) W266CS 101.1 Traverse City
First air date September 6, 1989[1]
Format Talk
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 116 meters (381 ft)
Class C2
Facility ID 53290
Callsign meaning Your Patriot Voice
Former callsigns WSSW (10/8/86-7/19/93)[2]
WFGE (7/19/93-8/1/95)[2]
WLJZ (8/1/95-12/5/12)[2]
WOEZ (12/5/12-5/1/13)[2]
WJZJ (5/1/13-5/10/13)[2]
Former frequencies 94.3 MHz (1989-1995)
Owner Michigan Broadcasters, LLC
Webcast Listen Live
Website wjml.com

WYPV is an FM radio station at 94.5 MHz based in Mackinaw City, Michigan, which airs a news-talk format. Programming is simulcasted on 1110 WJML in Petoskey, Michigan, 1210 WJNL in Kingsley, Michigan, WHAK 960 in Rogers City, Michigan, WWMN 106.3 in Thompsonville, Michigan, and FM translator W266CS 101.1 licensed to Traverse City, Michigan.

History

The station's original call letters were WSSW (for the station's founder, Sonora S. Wray), which were first issued in October 1986.[3][2] WSSW first signed on at 94.3 on September 6, 1989,[1] with an automated MOR format, but went dark not long after that. The station, while at 94.3, was a Class A station with an ERP of 3,000 watts,[1] which made the station all but unlistenable outside of the Mackinaw City-St. Ignace area, a seasonal, tourist-driven market barely able to sustain the competing radio stations that were already on the air and firmly established. WSSW's management thought that perhaps packing the station with tourist-related information for the local area would help reverse its fortunes. The station did improve, but not enough. Wray sold the station to Robert A. Naismith in February 1992.

Naismith returned the station to the air in 1993 with a hot adult contemporary format as WFGE,[4][5] known as "Fudgie 94" (as in Mackinac Island's famous fudge). In 1994, the station adopted Jones Radio Networks' satellite-fed smooth jazz format as "Coast FM".[5] In 1995, the station changed calls to WLJZ and changed its frequency to 94.5 with an increase in power to 18,500 watts ERP,[6][2] which increased its broadcast area substantially to include most of the northern tip of the lower peninsula, bringing a better signal to Petoskey, Gaylord, and Rogers City and reaching almost as far north as Sault Ste. Marie (though the station did, and still does, suffer from interference from co-channel WCEN-FM in the southern fringes of its listening area). In 1997, WJZJ 95.5 in Glen Arbor, Michigan and WAVC 93.9 FM in Mio, Michigan began simulcasting WLJZ.[5][7][8]

In 1998, the smooth jazz "Coast FM" format was dropped in favor of a modern rock format as "The Zone."[5][9][10] In March 2001, WAVC dropped out of the "Zone" simulcast, and began simulcasting country sister WMKC.[11]

In 2006, WLJZ also abandoned the "Zone" simulcast in favor of a standalone Hot AC format using Waitt Radio Networks' AC Active package, taking the name "Star 94.5".[5][12] This left WJZJ as the only remaining "Zone" station.

On April 1, 2008, WLJZ changed its format to classic country, branded "Big Country Gold".[5][13] The classic country package complemented the "Big Country Hits" contemporary-country format on sister stations WMKC and WAVC.

In April 2010, WLJZ announced on-air that its classic country format would be moving to AM sister station WCBY AM 1240, displacing the adult standards format formerly heard there. WLJZ adopted a classic rock format, simulcasting "The Bear" format originating on 98.1 WGFN in Traverse City, Michigan.[5][14]

On December 5, 2012 WLJZ changed their call letters to WOEZ.[2]

On May 1, 2013 WOEZ changed their call letters to WJZJ.[2]

On May 10, 2013 WJZJ changed its call sign to WYPV.[2] This coincided with a planned station swap between Northern Star Broadcasting and Michigan Broadcasters, LLC involving 94.5 FM Mackinaw City and 106.3 FM Onaway, Michigan. 94.5 FM picked up the "Patriot Voice" talk format formerly heard on 106.3, and 106.3 went to Northern Star to become WOEZ, relaying WQEZ 95.5 FM in the Traverse City area. At the same time, the "Bear" classic rock format moved to 97.7 WCHY licensed to Cheboygan, Michigan.

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Broadcasting Yearbook 1990, Broadcasting & Cable, 1990. p. B-160. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Call Letters", Broadcasting, October 20, 1986. p. 82. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Format Changes", The M Street Journal. Vol. 10 No. 40. October 6, 1993. p. 1. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 WLJZ FM 94.5 Mackinaw City, Michiguide.com. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Facilities/Parameters: Grants", The M Street Journal. Vol. 12 No. 34. August 23, 1995. p. 4. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Format Changes & Updates", The M Street Journal. Vol. 14 No. 10. March 12, 1997. p. 2. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Format Changes & Updates", The M Street Journal. Vol. 14 No. 31. August 6, 1997. p. 1. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Format Changes & Updates", The M Street Journal. Vol. 15 No. 11. March 18, 1998. p. 2. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  10. ↑ "The Zone - Modern Rock for a Modern World". The Zone. Archived from the original on February 5, 2001. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  11. ↑ WMKC FM 102.9 Indian River, Michiguide.com. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Format changes: week of June 28, 2006", Michiguide.com. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Northern Star Broadcasting". Northern Star Broadcasting. Archived from the original on February 4, 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Classic Rock The Bear 94.5/93.9/98.1/107.1". The Bear. Archived from the original on November 2, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2018.

Coordinates: 45°40′01″N 84°38′06″W / 45.667°N 84.635°W / 45.667; -84.635

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