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| Broadcast area | Lansing, Michigan |
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| Frequency | 100.7MHz (HD Radio)[1] |
| Branding | 100.7 WITL |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Subchannels | HD2:WONUsimulcast HD3:Air1 |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WFMK,WJIM,WJIM-FM,WMMQ,WVFN | |
| History | |
First air date | 1961 (as WMRT-FM) |
Former call signs | WYFE (1964–1966) WMRT (1961–1964) |
Call sign meaning | WhITtLe |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 46706 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 26,500watts |
| HAAT | 196 meters (643 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°40′33″N84°30′0″W / 42.67583°N 84.50000°W /42.67583; -84.50000 |
| Translators | HD2: 95.3 W237BY (Mason) HD3: 95.9 W240CG (Webberville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | witl.com |
WITL-FM (100.7 MHz) is aradio station broadcasting acountry musicformat. Licensed toLansing, Michigan, and serving Ingham, Eaton and Clinton Counties in Michigan.
The Transmitter is located off Pine tree road in Lansing, near theinterchange ofI-96 andUS-127.
It first began broadcasting in 1961 (as WMRT-FM) alongside daytime only station WMRT(AM).[3] The stations were purchased byMid-West Family Broadcasting for $187,000 in 1964 and took the WITL and WITL-FM call sign in 1966, and adopted a full-time country music format in 1967. Originally, WITL-FM was simulcast with (now defunct) WITL (AM) at 1010 kHz. The AM station went silent in 1997.[4] It is currently owned and operated byTownsquare Media. Notable station alumni include author and former ABC News correspondent Tim O'Brien and progressive talk show hostThom Hartmann.
On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare would acquire 53Cumulus Media stations, including WITL-FM, for $238 million. The deal was part of Cumulus' acquisition ofDial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global were both controlled byOaktree Capital Management.[5][6] The transaction was consummated effective November 14, 2013.
After moving to new studios and offices shared with co-owned stations,[7] the original 'white house' studios and offices were torn down in 2017.[8]
WITL-FM is licensed forHD Radio operations. Its HD2 feed features theOlivet Nazarene University-owned "Shine.FM"Contemporary Christian music format originating atWONU inKankakee, Illinois with local imaging, feeding ONU-owned analog translatorW237BY 95.3 FM licensed toMason with transmitter in downtown Lansing. Its HD3 signal airs Christian music fromAir1.
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