WMAX is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Catholic religious

Christian radio

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 format. It is co-owned with WDEO

WDEO (AM)

WDEO is a radio station broadcasting on 990 kilohertz in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Broadcasting Catholic programming, WDEO is operated by Ave Maria Radio....

 990 AM in Ypsilanti, Michigan

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Ypsilanti is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 22,362. The city is bounded to the north by the Charter Township of Superior and on the west, south, and east by the Charter Township of Ypsilanti...

, and features the same programming from the EWTN Global Catholic Radio network. Licensed to Bay City, Michigan

Bay City, Michigan

Bay City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 34,932, and is the principal city of the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Saginaw-Bay City-Saginaw Township North...

, it first began broadcasting in 1925 under the WSKC call sign, and served the Bay City area as a local station for many years as WBCM with a variety of formats including MOR and country music

Country music

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. Today, WMAX is physically located in Saginaw

Saginaw, Michigan

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WMAX is of no relation to WMAX-FM

WMAX-FM

WMAX-FM are the call letters of a radio station owned by Clear Channel Communications located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, transmitting on a frequency of 96.1 MHz....

 96.1, a Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications

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-owned radio station in Holland, Michigan

Holland, Michigan

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WMAX is also the former call sign of an AM station at 1480 kHz in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...

 (now WGVU-AM).

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