WTOU (1560 AM)
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| City | Portage, Michigan |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | [1] (Daytime) |
| Frequency | 1560 kHz |
| Branding | The Touch |
| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct (was urban adult contemporary) |
| Affiliations | The Touch |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Midwest Communications |
| WKZO, WNWN, WQLR, WVFM, WZOX | |
| History | |
First air date | July 25, 1966 |
Last air date | January 5, 2021 |
Former call signs | WTPS (1966-1973) WBUK (1973-1985) WHEZ (1985-1995) WNWN (1995-2019) WTOU (2019-2020) WQLR (2020-2021) |
Call sign meaning | W TOUch |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 67767 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 4,100 watts day |
| Translator(s) | 95.5 W238AL (Portage) |
WTOU (1560 AM) was a radio station licensed to Portage, Michigan which last broadcast an urban adult contemporary format, provided by ABC Radio Networks (The Touch, or "Today's R&B and Old School"). Owned by Midwest Communications, the station served the greater Kalamazoo, Michigan area. Its license was cancelled January 5, 2021.
WTOU was also heard in Portage/Kalamazoo on translator 95.5 W238AL. The translator was formerly used to relay country sister station WNWN-FM based in Battle Creek, but when another sister station, 96.5 WFAT, was switched to country music as WYZO, W238AL changed its programming source from WNWN-FM to the then-WNWN. W238AL was the third FM translator in Michigan to relay an AM station, after stations in Big Rapids and Charlevoix/Petoskey. The translator on 95.5 allowed "The Touch" programming to continue after WTOU signed off for the night.
WTOU was previously a Top 40 station as WTPS in the 1960s, a country station as WBUK in the 1970s and 1980s (except for a brief period as an oldies station in 1981-1982), and a beautiful music station as WHEZ.
On September 12, 2019, sister station WTOU (now WFAT) and W274AQ broke away from the simulcast and flipped to classic hits.[1] On December 18, 2020, WTOU switched callsigns with AM 1660 WQLR, and AM 1560's license was surrendered January 5, 2021.[2] W238AL then began simulcasting with 1660, which subsequently took the WTOU call letters.
References[]
- ^ "The Fat One Returns To Michigan". RadioInsight. 2019-09-12. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "License Surrendered for Cancellation", fcc.gov. January 5, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
Coordinates: 42°10′59″N 85°35′30″W / 42.18306°N 85.59167°W
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