Interlochen Public Radio

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IPR Music Radio WIAA, WIAB, & WICV
City of license	WIAA: Interlochen, Michigan WIAB: Mackinaw City, Michigan WICV: East Jordan, Michigan
Broadcast area	WIAA: [1] WIAB: [2] WICV: [3]
Branding	IPR Music Radio
Frequency	WIAA: 88.7 MHz WIAB: 88.5 MHz WICV: 100.9 MHz
First air date	WIAA: 1963 WIAB: October 1, 2000 WICV: 1989
Format	Public: Classical
Power	WIAA: 100,000 watts WIAB: 20,000 watts WICV: 2,800 watts
Class	WIAA: C WIAB: C2 WICV: A
Callsign meaning	WIAA: Interlochen Arts Academy WIAB: same as WIAA WICV: Interlochen Center for the Arts
Former callsigns	WIAA: none WIAB: WDQV (7/3/00-7/25/05) WAAQ (2/8/99-7/30/00) WICV: WIZY (7/1/87-8/11/03)
Affiliations	NPR
Owner	Interlochen Center for the Arts
Website	http://www.interlochen.org/ipr/

WICA
City of license	Traverse City, Michigan
Broadcast area	[4]
Branding	IPR News Radio
Frequency	91.5 MHz
First air date	September 13, 2000
Format	Public: News/Talk
Power	4,000 watts
Class	C3
Callsign meaning	Interlochen Center for the Arts
Affiliations	IPR, NPR
Owner	Interlochen Center for the Arts
Website	http://www.interlochen.org/ipr/

Interlochen Public Radio, established in 1963, is a network of public radio stations in Northern Michigan. It broadcasts classical music and news on four stations for northwest lower Michigan. It is operated by the Interlochen Center for the Arts, with studios on the center's campus in Interlochen, Michigan. It is an affiliate of National Public Radio and Public Radio International.

IPR Music Radio provides classical music and NPR news updates. It is heard on WIAA (88.7 FM) Interlochen, WICV (100.9 FM) East Jordan/Petoskey, and WIAB (88.5 FM) Mackinaw City. IPR News Radio, providing news and talk from NPR and other sources, is heard on WICA (91.5 FM) Traverse City. Both IPR Music Radio and IPR News Radio are streamed on the Internet.

For most of the last quarter-century, IPR has been among the national leaders in per-capita listener support among NPR stations. This is no small feat, as it is one of the smallest members of the NPR system.

[edit] Member Stations

[edit] WIAA

WIAA is the flagship station of the IPR Music Radio network, and began broadcasting in 1963 at 88.3 FM. By 1985, the station had moved to 88.7 FM and boosted its power to 100,000 watts. 100.9 FM East Jordan serves the Petoskey, Charlevoix and Gaylord areas and has been simulcasting WIAA since it signed on in 1989 with the calls WIZY. The call letters changed to WICV in August 2003. WIAA also formerly operated a translator station in Traverse City, W264AC (100.7 FM), which went off the air in 2000.

[edit] WIAB

Interlochen purchased WDQV in March 2005, and after a brief period of silence, 88.5 FM became WIAB, simulcasting WIAA, in July. WIAB is simulcast on a translator in Mackinaw City, W237CF (95.3 FM), which was formerly owned by Xavier University and then Cincinnati Classical Public Radio as a translator of WVXU 96.7 FM (now WRGZ) in Rogers City, Michigan. The FCC approved Interlochen's acquisition of W237CF in April 2006.

[edit] WICA

WICA 91.5 FM began broadcasting on September 13, 2000. On a historical note, this call sign was used by a station in Northeastern, Ohio until the mid seventies. At 4,000 watts, its signal does not have nearly the reach of WIAA, presumably to protect WMHW-FM in Mount Pleasant.

[edit] WICV

WICV 100.9 FM began broadcasting in 1989 with the call sign WIZY.

[edit] Sources

• Michiguide.com - WIAA History
• Michiguide.com - WIAB History
• Michiguide.com - WICA History
• Michiguide.com - WICV History

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for WIAA
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WIAB
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WICA
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WICV