WMQT-FM

Infobox Radio station
name = WMQT-FM


city = Ishpeming, Michigan
area = Marquette, Michigan
branding = Q107
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frequency = 107.7 MHz
format = Hot Adult Contemporary
power = 100,000 watts
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class = C1
callsign_meaning = Marquette
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owner = Taconite Broadcasting
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website = [http://www.wmqt.com/ http://www.wmqt.com/]
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WMQT-FM is a Hot Adult Contemporary radio station in Ishpeming, Michigan owned by Taconite Broadcasting. The station went on the air in 1971 on 107.1. Later on, the frequency was changed to 107.5 and then 107.7 FM. The station has used the on-air identifier "Q107" for years (in the late 1980s, it was "Stereo Rock Q107") and primarily competes with CHR WGLQ (97.1) and rock WUPK (94.1) in the central Upper Peninsula market.

Casey Ford is WMQT's news director, Jim Koski [http://www.wmqt.com/jims-opinion.htm] is the station's program director (and is said to have the perfect "face" for radio), and Jill Trudeau is the station's morning personality. WMQT's studios were located in Ishpeming, Michigan and recently moved to downtown Marquette. The stations transmitter is located at Morgan Meadows on the outskirts of Marquette and broadcasts with an Effective Radiated Power of 100,000 watts. The station can be heard 80-100 miles away in places such as Iron River, Houghton, and Seney.

Sources

* [http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-m/wmqt.html Michiguide.com - WMQT-FM History]

External links

*FMQ|WMQT-FM