WGLQ

WGLQ

File:WGLQ-FM.jpg
Escanaba, Michigan
Broadcast area	Escanaba-Marquette
Frequency	97.1 MHz
Branding	Magic 97
Programming
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
Ownership
Owner	Lakes Radio
History
First air date	1976
Former call signs	WKZY (1976-4/16/82)
Call sign meaning	W - Great LaQes
Technical information
Facility ID	47120
Class	C0
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	326 meters
Links
Website	WGLQ Radio

WGLQ is an FM radio station serving the central portion of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. WGLQ broadcasts at a frequency of 97.1 megahertz and its studios and offices are located on Ludington Ave in Escanaba, Michigan. The station airs a Top 40 (CHR) format. WGLQ's transmitter is co-located on the WJMN-TV tower located 30 miles north of Escanaba near the town of Trenary, which extends 1,070 feet high.

History

The station first signed on in 1976 as WKZY-FM, playing beautiful music and then evolving into an adult contemporary format as "Z97", and then back to beautiful music. On April 26, 1982, the call letters were changed to WGLQ, and the format became CHR as "The Rhythm of the Great Lakes." Magic 97 was a "live-assist" station with TM Programming's Stereo Rock format for a time, then converted to fully local programming in the late 1980s. The format has cycled back and forth between mainstream and Adult Top 40 over the years.

Sources

• Michiguide.com - WGLQ History

External links

• WGLQ Radio
• Lakes Radio
• Facility details for Facility ID WGLQ ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database