WMBN

Infobox Radio station
name = WMBN


city = Petoskey, Michigan
area = [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WMBN&service=AM&status=L&hours=U]
branding = 1340 AM WMBN, Michigan's Beautiful North
slogan = America's Best Music
airdate = April 30, 1947
frequency = 1340 kHz
format = Adult Standards
power = 1,000 watts
erp =
class = C
callsign_meaning = Michigan's Beautiful North
former_callsigns = WWPZ (6/25/80-2/1/92)
WMBN (1947-6/25/80)
owner = MacDonald Garber Broadcasting
sister_stations = WATT, WKAD, WKHQ-FM, WLXT, WLXV, WMKT, WMBN
webcast =
website = [http://www.1340amwmbn.com/ http://www.1340amwmbn.com/]
affiliations = Dial Global "Adult Standards"

WMBN ("Michigan's Beautiful North") is an AM radio station broadcasting at 1340 kHz in Petoskey, Michigan, United States. The station, owned by MacDonald-Garber Broadcasting, airs a satellite-fed adult standards format provided by Dial Global (formerly Westwood One).

WMBN went on the air in April 1947 and is the oldest continuously operating radio station still on the air in Petoskey, though its claim of being "Petoskey's first radio station" is technically incorrect since it was preceded on the air by the short-lived WBBP in the 1920s. The station was founded by Les Biederman and, along with WTCM and WTCM-FM in Traverse City, WATZ in Alpena, and the now-defunct WATC in Gaylord, was affiliated with his "Paul Bunyan Network."

The station bore the call letters WWPZ (known as simply "WPZ" on the air) from 1980 to 1992 and had a very wide-ranging, eclectic pop/rock music format similar to today's Variety Hits concept. The station also aired Detroit Tigers baseball during this time. In 1992, the station returned to the WMBN calls and picked up the beautiful music format from WMBN-FM 96.3 (which became AC as WLXT), also transitioning from pure beautiful music to the satellite-fed standards format it now airs.

Sources

* [http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-m/wmbn.html Michiguide.com - WMBN History]

External links

*AMQ|WMBN