WICA (FM)

WICA
City of license	Traverse City, Michigan
Branding	IPR News Radio
Frequency	91.5 MHz
First air date	September 13, 2000
Format	Public radio; News/talk
ERP	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/

WICA (91.5 FM) is a radio station in Traverse City, Michigan. The station is owned by Interlochen Center for the Arts, and is an affiliate of the Interlochen Public Radio's "IPR News Radio" network, consisting of News/talk.

Main article: Interlochen Public Radio

History

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.

When WICA signed on, all NPR news and talk programming moved there from WIAA and its satellites. This left Cadillac, the second-largest city in IPR's coverage area, without a clear signal for most NPR programming. Partly to alleviate ths problem, Interlochen signed on WLMN in Manistee in August 2010. However, WLMN's signal doesn't reach Cadillac.

In the spring of 2011, a third IPR News Radio signal began operations with the sign-on of WHBP 90.1 FM in Harbor Springs, Michigan, expanding the network's reach to include the Petoskey, Charlevoix and Mackinaw City area.

References

Michiguide.com - WICA History

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WICA

Radio-Locator information on WICA

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WICA

Radio stations in the Traverse City–Petoskey, Michigan market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.7 89.3 89.9 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.5 92.3 92.5 92.9 93.5 94.3 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.5 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.5 97.7 98.1 98.9 99.3 100.1 100.1 100.9 101.5 101.9 102.9 103.5 103.9 104.5 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.5 107.9

By AM frequency	530 580 750 940 1110 1210 1230 1240 1270 1310 1340 1400 1610

Future stations	WKLA 106.3 Thompsonville

By callsign	W235CL WARD WBCM WBLW WBNZ WCBY WCCW WCCW-FM WCHY WCMW-FM WCUZ WCZW WFCX WFDX WGFM WGFN WIDG WIAA WICA WICV WJML WJNL WJOG WJZQ WKHQ-FM WNHC787 WKLT WKLZ WLDR-FM WLJN WLJN-FM WLJW-FM WLXT WLXV WMBN WMJZ WMKC WMKT WMQU WNMC-FM WOEZ WOUF WQEZ WSRJ WSRT WTCK WTCM WTCM-FM WTCY WTLI WVBI-LP WWSS WYPV WZTC

Nearby radio markets Alpena–Tawas City Door County North Central Michigan Sault Ste. Marie–Newberry Tri-Cities See also List of radio stations in Michigan

NPR member stations in the state of Michigan

Michigan Radio	Ann Arbor WUOM Flint WFUM Grand Rapids WVGR

CMU Public Radio	Alpena WCML-FM Bay City WUCX-FM Harbor Springs WCMW-FM Mt. Pleasant WCMU-FM Oscoda WCMB-FM Sault Ste. Marie WCMZ-FM Standish WWCM

Interlochen Public Radio	East Jordan WICV Harbor Springs WHBP Interlochen WIAA Mackinaw City WIAB Manistee WLMN Traverse City WICA

WGVU Radio	Allendale WGVU-FM Kentwood WGVU Muskegon WGVS Whitehall WGVS-FM

Other stations	Berrien Springs WAUS Detroit WDET-FM East Lansing WKAR East Lansing WKAR-FM Grand Rapids WBLU-FM Houghton WGGL-FM Kalamazoo WMUK Marquette WNMU-FM Twin Lake WBLV Ypsilanti WEMU

See also: List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Michigan

Coordinates: 44°45′22″N 85°40′42″W / 44.7561°N 85.6784°W / 44.7561; -85.6784

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