WKJC is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a country music

Country music

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 format. Licensed to Tawas City, Michigan

Tawas City, Michigan

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, United States

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, it first began broadcasting in 1980 at 103.9. WKJC is locally programmed.

WKJC's signal can travel southward across the Saginaw Bay depending on the wind direction. It's signal has been known to reach as far south as Lapeer County. WIOT

WIOT

WIOT is a FM radio station in Toledo, Ohio. Owned by Clear Channel Communications, the station broadcasts at 104.7 MHz.WIOT was Toledo's first FM rock station when it went on the air December 25, 1972, replacing a beautiful music/classical format. The call letters stood for "In Our Time"...

 104.7 in Toledo, OH shares the same frequency as well as WFRN-FM

WFRN-FM

* 93.7 MHz Walton, Indiana - station** 96.3 Kokomo, Indiana - repeater* 100.1 MHz Winamac, Indiana - station** 107.7 Marion, Indiana - repeater...

 104.7 in Elkhart, Indiana. These three signals are often heard "fighting" each other out across lower Michigan.

History

Between 1993 and 1998, WKJC was simulcast

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 on WKJZ 94.9 FM in Hillman, Michigan

Hillman, Michigan

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. In 1998, WKJZ was switched to a simulcast of WKJC's sister station, classic rocker WQLB

WQLB

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 103.3 FM (now adult hits

Adult hits

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as "Hits FM"), which is also located in Tawas City.