WQLB

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WQLB & WKJZ
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Broadcast areaWQLB:
WKJZ:
Frequency WQLB: 103.3 MHz
WKJZ: 94.9 MHz
BrandingHits FM
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
OwnerCarroll Enterprises
History
First air date
WQLB: July 9, 1997
WKJZ: December 14, 1993
Former call signs
WQLB:
WAOU (12/1/95-5/20/97)
WKJZ:
WYHE (12/13/91-3/1/93)
Technical information
Facility ID WQLB: 51746
WKJZ: 9120
Class WQLB: C3
WKJZ: C2
ERP WQLB: 25,000 watts
WKJZ: 50,000 watts
HAAT WQLB: 129 meters
WKJZ: 150 meters
Links
Webcast Listen live
Website hitsfm.net

WQLB (103.3 FM Tawas City, Michigan) and WKJZ (94.9 FM Hillman, Michigan, serving the Alpena market) are a pair of radio stations known as "HITS FM". The station plays classic hits from the 1970s through the 1990s. It had broadcast a classic rock format ("B-Rock," partially satellite-fed from Jones Radio Networks) until May 2007 when it switched to its current classic hits format. Prior to "B-Rock," WKJZ 94.9 had been a simulcast of country sister station 104.7 WKJC.

Deb Michaels is the Hits FM weekday morning show host; the station is mainly locally automated outside of her show.

Sources

Coordinates: 44°24′47″N83°37′16″W / 44.413°N 83.621°W / 44.413; -83.621

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