WLST
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WLST is a radio station
licensed to Marinette, Wisconsin
broadcasting a country music
format.
95.1 FM had been an adult contemporary format (as "The Wave", previously known by the monikers "Live 95" and "Easy Rock 95") station up until January, 2008 when Armada Media swapped formats between WLST and WHYB
in Menominee, Michigan
. WHYB became "The Wave" while the higher powered WLST took on the "Cat Country" name and format.
Original call letters were WLOT-FM. WLOT (AM) was located at 1300 kHz and later became WCJL-AM before going silent in the late 1980s.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Marinette, Wisconsin
Marinette, Wisconsin
Marinette is a city in and the county seat of Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 11,749 at the 2000 census.Marinette is the principal city of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Marinette County, Wisconsin and Menominee...
broadcasting a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format.
95.1 FM had been an adult contemporary format (as "The Wave", previously known by the monikers "Live 95" and "Easy Rock 95") station up until January, 2008 when Armada Media swapped formats between WLST and WHYB
WHYB
WHYB is a radio station licensed to Menominee, Michigan and serving the areas of Menominee, neighboring Marinette, Wisconsin, and the immediate border area of Upper Michigan and Northeast Wisconsin...
in Menominee, Michigan
Menominee, Michigan
Menominee is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,131. It is the county seat of Menominee County. Menominee is the fourth-largest city in the Upper Peninsula, behind Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, and Escanaba...
. WHYB became "The Wave" while the higher powered WLST took on the "Cat Country" name and format.
Original call letters were WLOT-FM. WLOT (AM) was located at 1300 kHz and later became WCJL-AM before going silent in the late 1980s.