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MacDonald Broadcasting began in 1962 when Kenneth MacDonald (Sr.) moved from Ann Arbor to Saginaw and purchased WSAM from the estate of the late Fred Knorr. [3] The station broadcasts on AM 1400, it was originally located at Weiss and Bay Streets on Saginaw's west side but had since moved to Whittier Street on Saginaw's east side, where it remains to this day. [4]
The Lansing Broadcasting Company, original owners of WILS, made two attempts to enter the world of television. The first was an unsuccessful UHF station, WILS-TV, which began broadcasts in 1953. A year later, the company leased it to another group, under which it operated as WTOM-TV until its 1956 demise.
In 2006, MacDonald Broadcasting purchased WXLA and sister station 96.5 WQHH for $3.65 million. MacDonald switched from the urban adult contemporary format (as "Mix 1180") to ABC Radio 's " Timeless " (formerly known as "Stardust") Middle of the Road / Oldies /Adult Standards format in October 2006.
In October 1994, the MacDonald Broadcasting Company applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit for a new broadcast radio station. After this and several other applications were "frozen" while the FCC determined how to allocate these permits, an auction was finally held in July 2010 in which MacDonald Broadcasting prevailed. [3]
The station started broadcasting from its new home, Biederman's Radio Centre building in downtown Traverse City, in 2002. The building also houses Ross Biederman's other properties, WCCW-AM-FM (along with recent sign-on WCZW-FM 107.9 Charlevoix , which simulcasts WCCW-FM "Oldies 107-5") and Top 40 WJZQ 92.9 FM (Z93).
WLXT (96.3 FM, "Lite 96.3") is an adult contemporary radio station licensed to Petoskey, Michigan, at an ERP of 100,000 watts, covering most of northern Michigan.It is owned by Trish MacDonald-Garber, whose family has owned the station for over 30 years.
WKCQ (98.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Saginaw, Michigan, and broadcasting on 98.1 mHz with an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts.The station has broadcast a popular country music format since 1968 (the country format began under the station's original calls of WSAM-FM).
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