Wednesday, May 11, 2022

WKAR




WKAR AM & FM are owned by Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI.  WKAR AM has been on the air since 1922 and was heard on half a dozen different frequencies in the 1920s and 30s before settling at 870 AM in 1941.  Broadcasts are daytime only--they must sign off at sundown in order to protect the nighttime signal of WWL in New Orleans.  WKAR FM's first air date was in October 1948.  Their grandfathered 85,000-watt signal covers much of southern Michigan.  Both stations are charter members of National Public Radio when that organization began in 1971.  Another WKAR sticker can be seen here.
 

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