WMTE-FM
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WMTE-FM is an FM radio station
located in Manistee, Michigan
, United States, and owned by Lake Michigan Broadcasting
. The station was signed on in June 1994 by the original owner, Bay View Broadcasting. The original call letters were WXYQ and the station adopted an oldies format. Those call letters were previously used by an AM country station in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Patrick Lopeman, who was also known as Pat Martin, was the principal owner and founder. WXYQ was sold to Crystal Clear Communications of Frankfort, Michigan for $200,000.00 in January, 1997. When new stations arrived in 1999, the new FCC rules allowed WXYQ to be consolidated into the Lake Michigan Broadcasting Group headed by Roger Baerwolf. When the FCC transfer was approved for $380,000.00 in 2000, Lake Michigan Broadcasting changed the call letters. The new call signs became WMTE-FM to reflect the co-ownership of its existing AM station WMTE. Mr. Baerwolf died suddenly in December, 2004.
WMTE-FM recently adjusted its format from oldies
to classic hits
and took on the name "Kool 101-5," replacing "Oldies 101.5."
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
located in Manistee, Michigan
Manistee, Michigan
Manistee is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,586. It is the county seat of Manistee County. The name "Manistee" is from an Ojibwe word first applied to the principal river of the county. The derivation is not certain, but it may be from...
, United States, and owned by Lake Michigan Broadcasting
Lake Michigan Broadcasting
Lake Michigan Broadcasting, Inc. is a broadcasting entity based out of Ludington, Michigan. The company owns and operates five radio stations in West Michigan.-History:Lake Michigan Broadcasting, Inc. was founded in 1996 by Roger Baerwolf...
. The station was signed on in June 1994 by the original owner, Bay View Broadcasting. The original call letters were WXYQ and the station adopted an oldies format. Those call letters were previously used by an AM country station in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Patrick Lopeman, who was also known as Pat Martin, was the principal owner and founder. WXYQ was sold to Crystal Clear Communications of Frankfort, Michigan for $200,000.00 in January, 1997. When new stations arrived in 1999, the new FCC rules allowed WXYQ to be consolidated into the Lake Michigan Broadcasting Group headed by Roger Baerwolf. When the FCC transfer was approved for $380,000.00 in 2000, Lake Michigan Broadcasting changed the call letters. The new call signs became WMTE-FM to reflect the co-ownership of its existing AM station WMTE. Mr. Baerwolf died suddenly in December, 2004.
WMTE-FM recently adjusted its format from oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
to classic hits
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
and took on the name "Kool 101-5," replacing "Oldies 101.5."