WNMU-FM

Marquette, Michigan
Broadcast area	[1]
Frequency	90.1MHz
Branding	Public Radio 90
Programming
Format	Public: Variety- includingClassical,Jazz,News/Talk
Affiliations	NPR
Ownership
Owner	Northern Michigan University
History
First air date	1963
Former call signs	WNMR (1963–1975)
Call sign meaning	NorthernMichiganUniversity
Technical information
Class	C1
ERP	100,000watts
HAAT	283 meters (928 ft)
Links
Website	www.wnmufm.org

WNMU-FM is a radio station in theUnited States, broadcasting atFM 90.1 inMarquette, Michigan. The station, owned byNorthern Michigan University, is aNational Public Radio member station, airing a large amount of classical and jazz music along with a variety of other local programming. It is operated by a combination of full-time staff members and students.

The station serves theUpper Peninsula and northeasternWisconsin. It first signed on in 1963 asWNMR. It joined the then year-old NPR in 1971 and adopted its current calls in 1975.

WNMU-FM is licensed to broadcast inHD Radio, but opted to temporarily discontinue HD broadcasting in the spring of 2011 due to financial constraints. The station had planned to launch HD-2 and HD-3 side channels, one featuring entirely classical music and the other featuring entirely public radio news and information.^[2] It had been the only Upper Peninsula radio station licensed for HD transmissions.

WNMU-FM programming can also be heard on the following translator stations across the Upper Peninsula:

NOTE: W243CQ previously operated as W296AX on 107.1 FM. The translator changed frequencies due to the sign-on of 107.3WUPF inPowers, Michigan, which serves the Escanaba area.Similarly, the Stephenson translator, which originally operated at 107.3, was forced off the air in July 2009 by the sign-on on WUPF. The translator received construction permits to move to 96.7 and 97.3, but transmission on those frequencies would have presented interference toWUPG 96.7 FM inRepublic, Michigan, andWGLQ 97.1 FM in Escanaba, respectively. In June 2011, the translator was granted a construction permit to operate on 97.9, where it would not interfere in the protected coverage areas of any full-powered stations. That translator is now on the air at 97.9.

Also, WNMU previously operated two other translators:

• Newberry, Michigan at 91.1 FM (W216AI). The license for this translator was cancelled on June 17, 2020.
• Menominee, Michigan at 91.3 FM (W217AA). As of May 2012, the license for this translator has been cancelled, due to the sign-on ofWRMW, a full-power station on the same frequency in nearbyPeshtigo, Wisconsin. It is not known whether NMU will seek another frequency in the Menominee area.

WNMU's signal normally does not reach Sault Ste. Marie (although the W216AI translator formerly served that area). That city is instead served byCentral Michigan University's public/NPR/jazz stationWCMU-FM, via its local repeaterWCMZ.

• Michiguide.com - WNMU-FM History

• Facility details for Facility ID 49572 (WNMU-FM) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• WNMU-FM inNielsen Audio's FM station database

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