WCMU-FM

WCMU-FM
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City of license	Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Broadcast area	Central Michigan, Northern Lower Peninsula and Northern Michigan
Branding	CMU Public Radio
Frequency	89.5 MHz
First air date	April 6, 1964 (at 90.1 MHz)
Format	News/Talk, Classical, Jazz
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	130 meters (430 ft)
Class	C1
Facility ID	9918
Callsign meaning	Central Michigan University
Affiliations	NPR, PRI
Owner	Central Michigan University
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	WCMU-FM

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.

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-1970s, 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 Peninsula, through a network of repeater stations:

Callsign	Frequency	City of license	Broadcast Area	First air date	Former callsigns
WCMB-FM^[2]	95.7 FM	Oscoda, MI	[2]	September, 1998	WCMV-FM (12/20/96-2/13/98)
WCML-FM^[3]	91.7 FM	Alpena, MI	[3]	April, 1978	none
WCMW-FM^[4]	103.9 FM	Harbor Springs, MI	[4]	August, 1988 (as WLTO)	WLTO (4/6/88-9/24/93)
WCMZ-FM^[5]	98.3 FM	Sault Ste. Marie, MI	[5]	July, 1990	none
WWCM^[6]	96.9 FM	Standish, MI	[6]	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 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.

In addition to the full-power repeater stations listed above, CMU Public Radio is also broadcast on a translator station, W236BU, at 95.1 FM in Traverse City. The translator began operations in 2011, and is listed in the FCC database as a repeater of WCMW-FM Harbor Springs.

WUCX-FM Bay City 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. Each of the four CMU Public Radio stations broadcasting in HD also offer an HD-2 side channel featuring an NPR news and talk format; the side channels debuted in January 2012.

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[2] Michiguide.com - WCMB-FM History

[3] Michiguide.com - WCML-FM History

[4] Michiguide.com - WCMW-FM History

[5] Michiguide.com - WCMZ-FM History

[6] Michiguide.com - WWCM History

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v t e Radio stations in North Central Michigan, including Alma, Mount Pleasant, Big Rapids and Cadillac
By FM frequency	89.5 90.7 90.9 91.1 91.5 91.9 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.5 95.3 95.9 96.7 97.3 98.5 100.9 102.3 104.3 104.9 (Alma) 104.9 (Lake City) 107.1 107.9
By AM frequency	830 1240 1280 1370 1460 1520
By callsign	WAIR WATT WBHL WBRN WCDY WCEN-FM WCFX WCMU-FM WCZY-FM WDEE-FM WFYC WCKC WGCP WJZQ WKAD WLJW WLJW-FM WLXV WMHW-FM WMLM WMMI WOLW WQBX WQAC WTWS WUPS WWBR
Defunct	WBSQ-LP 105.9 WDEE 1500
Nearby radio markets Alpena–Tawas City Detroit Flint Grand Rapids Lansing Muskegon Tri-Cities Traverse City–Petoskey See also List of radio stations in Michigan

v t e Radio stations in the Traverse City–Petoskey, Michigan market
By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.7 89.3 89.9 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.5 92.3 92.5 92.9 93.5 94.3 94.5 95.3 95.5 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.5 97.7 98.1 98.9 99.3 100.1 100.1 100.9 101.5 101.9 102.9 103.5 103.9 104.5 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.5 107.9
By AM frequency	530 580 750 940 1110 1210 1230 1240 1270 1310 1340 1400 1610
Future stations	WKLA 106.3 Thompsonville
By callsign	WARD WBCM WBLW WBNZ WCBY WCCW WCCW-FM WCHY WCMW-FM WCUZ WCZW WFCX WFDX WGFM WGFN WIDG WGRY WIAA WICA WICV WJML WJNL WJOG WJZQ WKHQ-FM WNHC787 WKLT WKLZ WLDR-FM WLJN WLJN-FM WLJW-FM WLXT WLXV WMBN WMJZ WMKC WMKT WNMC-FM WOEZ WOUF WQEZ WSRJ WSRT WTCK WTCM WTCM-FM WTCY WTLI WVBI-LP WWSS WYPV WZTC
Nearby radio markets Alpena–Tawas City Door County North Central Michigan Sault Ste. Marie–Newberry Tri-Cities See also List of radio stations in Michigan

v t e Radio stations in the Tri-Cities (Saginaw–Bay City–Midland, Michigan) market
By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.5 90.1 90.9 91.3 91.9 93.3 94.5 96.1 96.9 97.3 98.1 99.7 100.5 100.9 101.7 102.5 103.1 104.1 104.5 106.3 107.1
By AM frequency	790 1250 1350 1400 1440 1490
By callsign	WCEN-FM WCHW-FM WCMU-FM WEJC WGDN WGDN-FM WGER WHHQ WHNN WILZ WIOG WKCQ WKQZ WLKB WLUN WMAX WMJO WMPX WPRJ WSAG WSAM WSGW WSGW-FM WSMO WTLZ WTRK WUCX-FM WUGN WWCM
Michigan radio markets Battle Creek Detroit Flint Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Lansing Muskegon Tri-Cities Traverse City–Petoskey Other Michigan radio regions Alpena Ann Arbor Benton Harbor–St. Joseph North Central Michigan Houghton Iron Mountain Marquette Sault Ste. Marie South Central Michigan The Thumb Area See also List of radio stations in Michigan

v t e Radio stations in the Alpena / Tawas City, Michigan area
By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 91.3 91.7 92.5 94.9/98.1 95.7 96.7 99.3 99.9 100.7 103.3 104.7 105.7 106.1 107.7
By AM frequency	960 1480
By callsign	WATZ-FM WCMB-FM WCML-FM WFDX WGJU WGZR WHAK (AM) WHAK-FM WHSB WHST WIOS WJOJ WKJC WSFP WKJZ WQLB WRGZ WWTH WZTK
Defunct	WATZ (1450 AM)
Michigan radio markets Battle Creek Detroit Flint Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Lansing Muskegon Tri-Cities Traverse City–Petoskey Other Michigan radio regions Alpena Ann Arbor Benton Harbor–St. Joseph North Central Michigan Houghton Iron Mountain Marquette Sault Ste. Marie South Central Michigan The Thumb Area See also List of radio stations in Michigan

v t e Radio stations in the Sault Ste. Marie–Newberry, Michigan area (U.S.-licensed stations only)
By FM frequency	88.7 89.9/99.7/103.3 90.1 91.5 93.9 95.1 96.7 97.9 98.3 99.5 101.3 102.3 105.5
By AM frequency	1230 1400 1450
By callsign	W204AQ WCMZ-FM WHWG/W259AD/W277AG WIHC WJOH WKNW WLSO WMJT WMKD WNBY WNBY-FM WSOO WSUE WTHN WUPN WYSS
Nearby radio markets Alpena Marquette Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Traverse City–Petoskey See also List of radio stations in Michigan

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v t e NPR member stations in the state of Michigan
Michigan Radio	Ann Arbor WUOM Flint WFUM Grand Rapids WVGR
CMU Public Radio	Alpena WCML-FM Bay City WUCX-FM Harbor Springs WCMW-FM Mt. Pleasant WCMU-FM Oscoda WCMB-FM Sault Ste. Marie WCMZ-FM Standish WWCM
Interlochen Public Radio	East Jordan WICV Harbor Springs WHBP Interlochen WIAA Mackinaw City WIAB Manistee WLMN Traverse City WICA
WGVU Radio	Allendale WGVU-FM Kentwood WGVU Muskegon WGVS Whitehall WGVS-FM
Other stations	Berrien Springs WAUS Detroit WDET-FM East Lansing WKAR East Lansing WKAR-FM Grand Rapids WBLU-FM Houghton WGGL-FM Kalamazoo WMUK Marquette WNMU-FM Twin Lake WBLV Ypsilanti WEMU
See also: List of NPR stations
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Michigan