WUPT (FM)

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WUPT
Broadcast area Marquette, Michigan
Frequency 100.3 MHz
Branding100.3 The Point
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
 2008
Former call signs
WUPF (2006–2008, CP)
Call sign meaning
Upper Peninsula
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 164244
Class C1
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 156 meters (512 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 46°30′51.5″N87°28′40.8″W / 46.514306°N 87.478000°W / 46.514306; -87.478000
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website WUPT Online

WUPT (100.3 FM, "100.3 The Point") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits music format. [2] Licensed to Gwinn, Michigan. The station is currently owned by Armada Media Corporation, through licensee AMC Partners Escanaba, LLC. [3] (d.b.a. the Radio Results Network). Current station staff include Dave Starr (host of Fresh Coast Mornings), Cara Carrivous, Mike Smith, and Tim Jeffreys. [4]

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Technical Details

The transmitting antenna for WUPT is co-located on a private leased tower located near Marquette County Road 492 approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) east-southeast of the city of Marquette, Michigan. WUPT shares its transmitting tower with WUPZ, one of its sister stations. The antenna is mounted at 325 feet (99 m) on the tower. The tower itself is situated atop a local hill which gives the transmitter a total height above average terrain (HAAT) of 512 feet (156 m). [5]

The station transmitting antenna broadcasts at 100,000 watts effective radiated power (ERP) which, under normal atmospheric conditions, covers an approximate radius of 65 miles (105 km). The station can typically be received as far south as Escanaba, Michigan, as far west as L'Anse, Michigan, and as far east as Seney, Michigan.

History

Under the ownership of Radioactive, LLC (a holding company owned by Randy Michaels), the Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for the station on June 9, 2005. [6] The station was assigned the call sign WUPF on September 29, 2006. It received its license to cover on July 29, 2008 and began broadcasting shortly thereafter. [6] On August 7, 2008, the station changed its call sign to the current WUPT. [7]

In late 2016, the station was one of four stations (the others being WUPG, WUPF, and WUPZ) that were sold to Armada Media Corporation (a holding company owned by Chris Bernier). [8] Shortly after the sale, the studio was moved into the Radio Results Network Marquette office on Ridge Street in Marquette, Michigan and became a member station of the Radio Results Network portfolio.

Currently, WUPT airs a Classic Hits music format and is the flagship station for Northern Michigan University Sports.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WUPT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Archived from the original on September 23, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2008.
  3. ↑ "WUPT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 9, 2008.
  4. ↑ "100.3 the Point" . Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  5. ↑ "WUPT-FM 100.3 MHz - Gwinn, MI" . Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. June 9, 2005. Retrieved August 9, 2008.
  7. ↑ "WUPT Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 9, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Armada Media Gets Four Radioactive MI Stations" . Retrieved January 17, 2025.


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