WDMJ

WDMJ (1320 AM) is a news/talk radio station licensed to Marquette, Michigan, with a power output of 5,000 watts during the day and 135 watts at night, covering much of Marquette County, Michigan. It is the oldest continuously operating radio station serving Marquette County. The station is owned by AMC Partners, LLC, through licensee AMB Partners Escanaba, LLC, doing business as the Radio Results Network and broadcasts from studios on Ridge Street in West Marquette.[1]

WDMJ
Broadcast area (Daytime)
(Nighttime)
Frequency1320 kHz
BrandingThe Talk of Marquette
Programming
FormatNews-Talk
AffiliationsPremiere Networks
Westwood One
Michigan IMG Sports Network
Ownership
Owner
  • AMC Partners, LLC
  • (AMC Partners Escanaba, LLC)
WCHT, WIMK, WJPD, WMIQ, WZNL
History
Call sign meaning
Daily Mining Journal
Technical information
Facility ID24448
ClassD
Power5,000 watts day
135 watts night

History

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 the call sign WBEO, later changing to WDMJ.

On May 11, 2020, a fire broke out at the WDMJ transmitter site.[2] The station requested a Special Temporary Authority (STA) from the Federal Communications Commission to use a temporary long wire antenna and to reduce operations to 100 watts.[3]

Former logo indicating WIAN simulcast.

WDMJ's programming was simulcast on 1240 WIAN, prior to July 30, 2020, when Sovereign Communications surrendered WIAN's license.[4]

In March of 2022, WDMJ along with WJPD and several stations in Iron Mountain were sold to AMC Media Partners.[5] WDMJ's programming has been re-aligned to feature the same lineup as sister stations WCHT and WMIQ.[6]

References
  1. "Contact Us". Radioresultsnetwork.com. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  2. "Fire damages radio tower". 31 December 2019.
  3. "Licensing letter". licensing.fcc.gov. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  4. "Longtime AM Radio Station in UP Goes off Air Permanently – Upper Midwest Broadcasting". 4 August 2020.
  5. Licensing letter licensing.fcc.gov
  6. "NewsTalk Lineup".

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