WSAE
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| City of license | Spring Arbor, Michigan |
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| Broadcast area | Jackson, Michigan |
| Branding | HOME.fm |
| Slogan | Music That Makes You Feel Good! |
| Frequency | 106.9 MHz |
| First air date | June 29, 1963 |
| Format | Modern Adult Contemporary (secular and Christian titles) |
| ERP | 3,900 watts |
| HAAT | 102 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 61994 |
| Callsign meaning | Spring Arbor |
| Owner | Spring Arbor University |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | home.fm |
WSAE (106.9 FM) is a non-commercial radio station located in Spring Arbor, Michigan. The station is owned by Spring Arbor University.
WSAE began broadcasting in 1963 as a 10 watt college station on 89.3 MHz. Power was increased to 1,000 watts in February, 1971 and 3,100 watts in April, 1977. The station moved to 106.9 MHz in October 1991 with 2,900 watts. In December 1993 WSAE made a final increase to 3,900 watts.
On May 18, 2005 the station switched from a contemporary Christian format to HOME.fm. HOME.fm plays a mixture of mainstream adult contemporary and contemporary Christian music. The former format, known as Power Praise FM, was moved to sister station WJKN-FM, which adopted a Christian Hit Radio format as "The Vibe" (later changed to the current Christian AC format as "The Message"). From Thanksgiving Day through December 31 WSAE broadcasts Christmas music around the clock.
Home.FM originally played such Soft AC artists as Lionel Richie, Amy Grant, and Sade, but the music mix has changed to more of a Hot/Modern AC mix since. Typical mainstream artists heard on the station now include the likes of U2, Jack Johnson, Taylor Swift, Sheryl Crow, Coldplay, Ingrid Michaelson, Dave Matthews Band, Regina Spektor and Norah Jones. Mainstream artists make up the bulk of the playlist, but the station does still play a few Christian songs an hour by artists such as Jeremy Camp, Francesca Battistelli, Brandon Heath, Shawn McDonald and Needtobreathe.
The station is broadcast throughout South Central Michigan over a network of translators, and holds construction permits for several more.
WSAE Known as 89.1 Big Mix FM is Your #1 For Hip Hop & R&B and the Home of The Miley Cyrus Morning Show Weekdays from 6am- 10am.
Translators
| Call sign | Frequency (MHz) | City of license | ERP W | FCC info |
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| W222BB | 92.3 FM | Battle Creek, MI | 80 | FCC |
| W243AD | 96.5 FM | Adrian, MI | 120 | FCC |
| W246AU | 97.1 FM | Coldwater, MI | 170 | FCC |
| W252BA | 98.3 FM | Chelsea, MI | 250 | FCC |
| W258AH | 99.5 FM | Kalamazoo, MI | 19 | FCC |
| W284AH | 104.7 FM | Lansing, MI | 250 | FCC |
Former translator W227BY (93.3 FM, Somerset) now operates out of Jackson as a translator of WSAE's former sister station WJKN-AM 1510, which now carries Catholic programming.
Sources
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WSAE
- Radio-Locator information on WSAE
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WSAE
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Coordinates: 42°09′14″N 84°32′56″W / 42.154°N 84.549°W