WMBN
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| City of license | Petoskey, Michigan |
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| Broadcast area | [1] |
| Branding | 1340 AM WMBN, Michigan's Beautiful North |
| Slogan | America's Best Music |
| Frequency | 1340 kHz |
| First air date | April 30, 1947 |
| Format | Adult Standards |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | Michigan's Beautiful North |
| Former callsigns | WWPZ (6/25/80-2/1/92) WMBN (1947-6/25/80) |
| Affiliations | Dial Global "Adult Standards" |
| Owner | MacDonald Garber Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | WATT, WKAD, WKHQ-FM, WLXT, WLXV, WMKT, WMBN |
| Website | http://www.1340amwmbn.com/ |
WMBN ("Michigan's Beautiful North") is an AM radio station broadcasting at 1340 kHz in Petoskey, Michigan, United States. The station, owned by MacDonald-Garber Broadcasting, airs a satellite-fed adult standards/MOR format provided by Dial Global (formerly Westwood One).
WMBN went on the air in April 1947 and is the oldest continuously operating radio station still on the air in Petoskey, though its claim of being "Petoskey's first radio station" is technically incorrect since it was preceded on the air by the short-lived WBBP in the 1920s. The station was founded by Les Biederman and, along with WTCM in Traverse City, WATZ in Alpena, and the now-defunct WATC in Gaylord, was affiliated with his "Paul Bunyan Network."
The station bore the call letters WWPZ (known as simply "WPZ" on the air) from 1980 to 1992 and had a very wide-ranging, eclectic pop/rock music format similar to today's Variety Hits concept. The station also aired Detroit Tigers baseball during this time. In 1992, the station returned to the WMBN calls and picked up the beautiful music format from WMBN-FM 96.3, which transitioned to adult contemporary as WLXT. The beautiful music was eventually replaced by satellite-fed standards, though the station continues to air old "Michigan's Beautiful North" jingles from the WMBN-FM beautiful-music era.
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