Lanser Broadcasting is a Zeeland, Michigan

Zeeland, Michigan

Zeeland is a city in Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,805 at the 2000 census. The city is located at the western edge of Zeeland Charter Township which is politically independent. Its name is derived from the Dutch province of Zeeland...

 based company which owns and operates the WJQK

WJQK

WJQK is a contemporary Christian music radio station in Zeeland, Michigan on a frequency of 99.3 MHz.Originally a country music station, its original call letters were WZND , until Lanser Broadcasting purchased the station and changed them to WJQK in January 1987...

 and WPNW

WPNW

WPNW is a conservative-based news/talk radio station in Holland, Michigan, in the United States.Signing on the air on November 2, 1956, it originally had the call letters WJBL...

 radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

s. It is a privately owned company. Les Lanser and his son Brad are the sole owners.

WPNW

Lanser Broadcasting has owned WPNW

WPNW

WPNW is a conservative-based news/talk radio station in Holland, Michigan, in the United States.Signing on the air on November 2, 1956, it originally had the call letters WJBL...

 (1260 MHz) since January 1982 when it purchased WJBL-AM and changed the call letters to WWJQ. The call letters changed to WPNW in January 2003. It transmits from just south of West Michigan Regional Airport in Holland, Michigan

Holland, Michigan

Holland is a city in the western region of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan on Lake Macatawa, which is fed by the Macatawa River ....

. Daytime power is 10,000 watts. Nighttime power is 1,000 watts.

WJQK

Country music station WZND (99.3 MHz) was purchased in January 1987 and renamed WJQK

WJQK

WJQK is a contemporary Christian music radio station in Zeeland, Michigan on a frequency of 99.3 MHz.Originally a country music station, its original call letters were WZND , until Lanser Broadcasting purchased the station and changed them to WJQK in January 1987...

. The transmitter was originally located at I-196

Interstate 196

Interstate 196 is a long freeway spur route in the US state of Michigan linking Grand Rapids, Holland, South Haven, and Benton Harbor. I-196 is known as the Gerald R. Ford Freeway, or simply the Ford Freeway, in Kent, Ottawa, and Allegan Counties, after the 38th President of the United States,...

 and State Street (96th Avenue) just south of Zeeland, Michigan

Zeeland, Michigan

Zeeland is a city in Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,805 at the 2000 census. The city is located at the western edge of Zeeland Charter Township which is politically independent. Its name is derived from the Dutch province of Zeeland...

. In an effort to get a better signal into Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...

, it was moved three miles east in 1992. It broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 4,700 watts.

Misc

There is no known meaning of what the JQK or WJQ in the call letters stood for. PNW stood for Praise And Worship, a previous format used until September 2005 when it was switched to news and talk.