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WITL-FM (100.7 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format.Licensed to Lansing, Michigan, and serving Ingham, Eaton and Clinton Counties in Michigan.It first began broadcasting in 1961 (as WMRT-FM) alongside daytime only station WMRT(AM). [3]
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Michigan, ... WITL-FM: 100.7 FM: Lansing: Townsquare License, LLC: Country WJIM: 1240 AM:
WQHH (96.5 FM), branded "Power 96.5" is a commercial FM radio station located in DeWitt, a suburb of Lansing, Michigan.The station broadcasts with 6,000 watts. The station plays hip hop as well as rhythm & blues (R&B) music.
WVIC-FM's period as Lansing's top Top 40/CHR station came to an end on March 1, 1995, when the station became "Wild Country 94-9 The Cat" in an attempt to take on longtime country music station and market leader WITL-FM. "The Cat" lasted only a few months before the station was acquired by the owners of WITL-FM.
The WJIM call letters have a history in Lansing of being associated with Top 40 music, as WJIM-AM 1240 was a leading Top 40 station in Lansing during the 1960s as "Big Jim 1240." On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare Media would acquire 53 Cumulus Media stations, including WJIM-FM, for $238 million.
The nickname "Widge by the Bridge" was coined by a longtime friend of station founder Donald E. Benson, a Lansing-based dentist who thought WITL-Lansing's slogan "Whittle while you work" was something that WIDG needed. The original CP for the station had the call letters WSTI, "St. Ignace" but Benson felt the call letters looked like "Stye".
WILS was a fully-staffed live radio station until January 17, 1984, when the station switched to mostly automated programming and was known as Hometown Radio 1320. The WILS call sign was also shared with a sister station at 101.7 FM, WILS-FM (now WHZZ). From 1967 to 1972, WILS-AM-FM simulcast a popular Top 40 format.
WHZZ filled the void as the new Top 40/CHR station for Lansing after WVIC-FM dropped its longtime CHR format to compete with country market leader WITL. WHZZ was frequently criticized by CHR aficionados for featuring an overly conservative adult-oriented playlist heavy on Hot AC chart currents and 1980's and 1990's gold, but the station enjoyed ...