WDMJ

WDMJ & WIAN

City	WDMJ: Marquette, Michigan WIAN: Ishpeming, Michigan
Broadcast area	WDMJ: (Daytime) WDMJ: (Nighttime) WIAN: (Daytime) WIAN: (Nighttime)
Branding	The Talk of Marquette
Frequency	WDMJ: 1320 kHz WIAN: 1240 kHz
Format	News-Talk
Power	WDMJ: 5,000 watts day WDMJ: 135 watts night WIAN: 1,000 watts
Class	WDMJ: D WIAN: C
Callsign meaning	WDMJ: Daily Mining Journal WIAN: Ishpeming And Negaunee
Former callsigns	WDMJ: none WIAN: WJPD (?-11/15/92)
Affiliations	Michigan IMG Sports Network Michigan Radio Network
Owner	Sovereign Communications

WDMJ (1320 AM) and WIAN (1240 AM), The Talk of Marquette, are a pair of radio stations broadcasting a news-talk format. WDMJ broadcasts to listeners in the Marquette, Michigan. area, while WIAN is a simulcast to the Ishpeming area. WDMJ has been broadcasting for several decades and was originally owned by The Mining Journal, Marquette's daily newspaper (with DMJ standing for Daily Mining Journal). It began broadcasting in 1931 as Marquette's first radio station with call sign WBEO, later changing to WDMJ.

History

The 1240 AM frequency in Ishpeming was earlier assigned to WJPD-AM, which began broadcasting November 16, 1947, operating with 250 W full-time. The station, whose slogan was "The Voice of the Iron Country," was licensed to Ishpeming Broadcasting Company.^[1]

References

↑ "Ishpeming Station, WJPD, Starts on 250 w Fulltime" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 17, 1947. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WDMJ

Radio-Locator Information on WDMJ

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WDMJ

Query the FCC's AM station database for WIAN

Radio-Locator Information on WIAN

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WIAN

Radio stations in the Marquette, Michigan area

By FM frequency	88.3 90.1 91.5 92.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.7 97.1 97.5 98.3 99.5 99.9 100.3 101.9 103.3 105.1 106.1 107.7

By AM frequency	600 680 970 1240 1320 1400

By callsign	W248BU W260AG W286BC W291CJ WCHT WDBC WDMJ WFXD WGLQ WHWL WIAN WJPD WKQS-FM WKPK WMQT WNGE WNMU-FM WQXO WRUP WUPG WUPK WUPT WUPX WUPZ WZAM

Nearby radio markets Houghton Iron Mountain Sault Ste. Marie–Newberry See also List of radio stations in Michigan

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Michigan

All-news	WWJ – Detroit

Full-Time News-Talk	WABJ – Adrian WATT – Cadillac WBCK – Battle Creek WBRN – Big Rapids WCHT – Escanaba WDMJ – Marquette WHTC - Holland WILS – Lansing WIOS - Tawas City WJIM – Lansing WJML – Petoskey WJNL – Kingsley/Traverse City WJR – Detroit WJRW – Grand Rapids WKBZ – Muskegon WKHM - Jackson WKZO – Kalamazoo WLDN – Ludington WMIQ – Iron Mountain WMLQ - Manistee WMMI – Shepard/Mt. Pleasant WMKT – Charlevoix/Traverse City WOOD – Grand Rapids WOOD-FM – Muskegon WPNW – Zeeland WSGW – Saginaw WSJM – St. Joseph/Benton Harbor WTCM – Traverse City WTRC – Niles WWCK – Flint WXYT – Detroit WZTK – Alpena

Part-Time News-Talk	WMIC – Sandusky WMPL – Hancock/Houghton WPHM – Port Huron WQTX - St. Johns/Lansing WSGW-FM – Carrollton/Saginaw WDBC - Escanaba WSOO - Sault. Ste. Marie

Defunct	WATZ - Alpena WCUZ - Bear Lake WMTE - Mansitee WNEM - Bridgeport / Saginaw

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Michigan

Coordinates: 46°32′40″N 87°26′42″W / 46.54444°N 87.44500°W / 46.54444; -87.44500

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