WCMU-FM

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WCMU-FM
Image:WCMU-FM.jpg
City of license Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Broadcast area [1]
Branding CMU Public Radio
Frequency 89.5 MHz
First air date April 6, 1964
Format News/Talk, Classical
Power 100,000 watts
Class C1
Callsign meaning Central Michigan University
Former callsigns none
Affiliations NPR, PRI
Owner Central Michigan University
Website http://www.wcmu.org/

WCMU-FM is a radio station in the United States, broadcasting at FM 89.5 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The station, owned by Central Michigan University, is a National Public Radio member station, airing a large amount of classical and jazz music along with a variety of other programming. The station call letters WCMU are also used to refer to the station network, CMU Public Radio.

The station also serves most of Northern Michigan, including the eastern Upper Peninsula, through a network of repeater stations:

Callsign Frequency City of license Broadcast Area First air date Former callsigns
WCMB-FM 95.7 FM Oscoda, MI [2] September, 1988 WCMV-FM
(12/20/96-2/13/98)
WCML-FM 91.7 FM Alpena, MI [3] unknown none
WCMW-FM 103.9 FM Harbor Springs, MI [4] 1988 WLTO
(4/6/88-9/24/93)
WCMZ-FM 98.3 FM Sault Ste. Marie, MI [5] November 22, 1988 none
WWCM-FM 96.9 FM Standish, MI [6] June 3, 1988 off-air
(11/23/99-11/17/00)
WSTD
(12/28/94-11/23/99)
WCYY
(7/8/94-12/28/94)
WSTD (6/3/88-7/8/94)

WCMW Harbor Springs and WWCM Standish were both commercial FM stations before joining the CMU Public Radio network. What is now WCMW was once WLTO. 96.9 in Standish operated with a full-service Adult Contemporary music format as WSTD until it went dark in November 1999; The frequency was donated to CMU Public Radio and it was on the air with WCMU programming a year later.

CMU Public Radio offers a number of jazz and blues programs, including Nightside Jazz and Blues, Take Five, The Juke Joint and Destination Out. Locally produced weekend programs include Our Front Porch and Homespun. The station was MAB Public Station of the Year for 2002. Staff producers David Nicholas, Rick Westover, Jamie Lynn Gilbert, Sara Bingham and Eileen LaTarte have also won state awards.

WUCX-FM simulcasts WCMU-FM, except between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m. on weekdays.

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