WCMU-FM
Encyclopedia
WCMU-FM is a radio station in the United States
, broadcasting at FM
89.5 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan
. The station, owned by Central Michigan University
, is a National Public Radio member station, airing a large amount of classical and jazz music along with a variety of other programming. The station call letters WCMU are also used to refer to the station network, CMU Public Radio.
Nightside Jazz and Blues is a locally produced Jazz and Blues show featuring music chosen and played by a live Radio DJ.
, through a network of repeater stations:
WCMW Harbor Springs and WWCM Standish were both commercial FM stations before joining the CMU Public Radio network. What is now WCMW was originally WLTO, a country music
station. 96.9 WSTD in Standish was originally a satellite-fed oldies
station and then moved to a full-service Adult Contemporary music format (with simulcasts of the evening news from WNEM-TV
5) until it went dark in November 1999. The 96.9 frequency was donated to CMU Public Radio and it was on the air with WCMU programming a year later.
WUCX-FM
simulcasts WCMU-FM generally in the evening hours; that station is owned by CMU, which jointly run WUCX with Delta College
.
WCMU-FM, WCML-FM, WCMW-FM, and WUCX-FM all broadcast in HD Radio
, although none of the stations offers HD multicasting at this time.
United States
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, broadcasting at FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
89.5 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Mount Pleasant is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Isabella County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 25,946. The 2008 census estimate places the population at 26,675....
. The station, owned by Central Michigan University
Central Michigan University
Central Michigan University is a public research university located in Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Michigan...
, is a National Public Radio member station, airing a large amount of classical and jazz music along with a variety of other programming. The station call letters WCMU are also used to refer to the station network, CMU Public Radio.
Programming
CMU Public Radio offers a number of jazz and blues programs, including Nightside Jazz and Blues, Take Five, The Juke Joint and Destination Out. Locally produced weekend programs include Our Front Porch and Homespun. The station was MAB Public Station of the Year for 2002. Staff producers David Nicholas, Rick Westover, Jamie Lynn Gilbert, Sara Bingham and Eileen LaTarte have also won state awards.Nightside Jazz and Blues is a locally produced Jazz and Blues show featuring music chosen and played by a live Radio DJ.
History
WCMU-FM was originally a 10-watt campus radio station at 90.1, signing on in April 6, 1964. During its early years the station broadcast a wide variety of programming aimed at the campus population of the university, including classical, popular music, and progressive rock. By 1969 the station was an affiliate of the National Educational Radio Network, which became NPR in 1970, and since then, the station has broadcast primarily classical and jazz music and news. WCMU-FM moved to 89.5 with 100,000 watts of power in the mid-1970's, and in 1978 began to add a series of rebroadcaster stations around central and northern Michigan, beginning with WCML-FM in Alpena.Repeaters
The station also serves most of Northern Michigan, including the eastern Upper PeninsulaUpper Peninsula of Michigan
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the northern of the two major land masses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan. It is commonly referred to as the Upper Peninsula, the U.P., or Upper Michigan. It is also known as the land "above the Bridge" linking the two peninsulas. The peninsula is bounded...
, through a network of repeater stations:
| Callsign | Frequency | City of license | Broadcast Area | First air date | Former callsigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCMB-FM | 95.7 FM | Oscoda, MI Oscoda Township, Michigan Oscoda Charter Township is a charter township of Iosco County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,248 at the 2000 census.- Communities :... |
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WCMB&service=FM&status=L&hours=U | September, 1998 | WCMV-FM (12/20/96-2/13/98) |
| WCML-FM | 91.7 FM | Alpena, MI Alpena, Michigan Alpena is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Alpena County. It is considered to be part of Northern Michigan. The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is located in the city. The population was 10,483 at the 2010 census... |
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WCML&service=FM&status=L&hours=U | April, 1978 | none |
| WCMW-FM | 103.9 FM | Harbor Springs, MI Harbor Springs, Michigan Harbor Springs is a city and resort community in Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,567 at the 2000 census.Harbor Springs is in a sheltered bay on the north shore of the Little Traverse Bay on Lake Michigan. The Little Traverse Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse on... |
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WCMW&service=FM&status=L&hours=U | August, 1988 (as WLTO) | WLTO (4/6/88-9/24/93) |
| WCMZ-FM | 98.3 FM | Sault Ste. Marie, MI Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Sault Ste. Marie is a city in and the county seat of Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is in the north-eastern end of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the Canadian border, separated from its twin city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the St. Marys River... |
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WCMZ&service=FM&status=L&hours=U | July, 1990 | none |
| WWCM | 96.9 FM | Standish, MI Standish, Michigan Standish is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 1,581. It is the county seat of Arenac County.The town was platted by John D. Standish in 1871... |
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WWCM&service=FM&status=L&hours=U | December, 1989 (as WSTD) | off-air (11/23/99-11/17/00) WSTD (12/28/94-11/23/99) WCYY (7/8/94-12/28/94) WSTD (6/3/88-7/8/94) |
WCMW Harbor Springs and WWCM Standish were both commercial FM stations before joining the CMU Public Radio network. What is now WCMW was originally WLTO, a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
station. 96.9 WSTD in Standish was originally a satellite-fed oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
station and then moved to a full-service Adult Contemporary music format (with simulcasts of the evening news from WNEM-TV
WNEM-TV
WNEM-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Flint/Tri-Cities market in Michigan. It is licensed to Bay City, and broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 22 . Owned by the Meredith Corporation, the station has studios on North Franklin Street in downtown Saginaw, as...
5) until it went dark in November 1999. The 96.9 frequency was donated to CMU Public Radio and it was on the air with WCMU programming a year later.
WUCX-FM
WUCX-FM
WUCX-FM, FM 90.1 in Bay City, Michigan, is licensed to Central Michigan University and operated jointly with Delta College. It airs programming separate from WCMU-FM between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m. on weekdays, from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturdays, and from 6 a.m. until 12 p.m on Sundays. The station...
simulcasts WCMU-FM generally in the evening hours; that station is owned by CMU, which jointly run WUCX with Delta College
Delta College (Michigan)
Delta College is a two-year community college located southwest of Bay City, Michigan. Delta College's district had its beginning in 1955 with Saginaw, Midland, and Bay counties making up the district. In 1957, the voters of the tri-counties approved the construction of the college, and it opened...
.
WCMU-FM, WCML-FM, WCMW-FM, and WUCX-FM all broadcast in HD Radio
HD Radio
HD Radio, which originally stood for "Hybrid Digital", is the trademark for iBiquity's in-band on-channel digital radio technology used by AM and FM radio stations to transmit audio and data via a digital signal in conjunction with their analog signals...
, although none of the stations offers HD multicasting at this time.