Interlochen Public Radio

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IPR Music Radio WIAA, WIAB, & WICV

City of license	WIAA: Interlochen, Michigan WIAB: Mackinaw City, Michigan WICV: East Jordan, Michigan
Broadcast area	WIAA: [1] WIAB: [2] WICV: [3]
Branding	IPR Music Radio
First air date	WIAA: 1963 WIAB: October 1, 2000 WICV: 1989
Frequency	WIAA: 88.7 MHz WIAB: 88.5 MHz WICV: 100.9 MHz
Format	Public: Classical
Power	WIAA: 100,000 watts WIAB: 20,000 watts WICV: 2,800 watts
Class	WIAA: C WIAB: C2 WICV: A
Callsign meaning	WIAA: Interlochen Arts Academy WIAB: same as WIAA WICV: Interlochen Center for the Arts
Former callsigns	WIAA: none WIAB: WDQV (7/3/00-7/25/05) WAAQ (2/8/99-7/30/00) WICV: WIZY (7/1/87-8/11/03)
Affiliations	NPR
Owner	Interlochen Center for the Arts
Website	http://www.interlochen.org/ipr/

WICA

City of license	Traverse City, Michigan
Broadcast area	[4]
Branding	IPR News Radio
First air date	September 13, 2000
Frequency	91.5 MHz
Format	Public: News/Talk
Power	4,000 watts
Class	C3
Callsign meaning	Interlochen Center for the Arts
Affiliations	IPR, NPR
Owner	Interlochen Center for the Arts
Website	http://www.interlochen.org/ipr/

Interlochen Public Radio, established in 1963, is one of the most successful public radio stations in the U.S.^{[citation needed]} It broadcasts classical music and news on four stations for northwest lower Michigan.

IPR Music Radio provides classical music and NPR news updates. It is heard on WIAA (88.7 FM) Interlochen, WICV (100.9 FM) East Jordan/Petoskey, and WIAB (88.5 FM) Mackinaw City. IPR News Radio, providing news and talk from NPR and other sources, is heard on WICA (91.5 FM) Traverse City. Both IPR Music Radio and IPR News Radio are streamed on the Internet.

1 WIAA
2 WIAB
3 WICA
4 WICV
5 Sources
6 External links

[edit] WIAA

WIAA is the flagship station of the IPR Music Radio network, and began broadcasting in 1963 at 88.3 FM. By 1985, the station had moved to 88.7 FM and boosted its power to 100,000 watts. 100.9 FM East Jordan serves the Petoskey, Charlevoix and Gaylord areas and has been simulcasting WIAA since it signed on in 1989 with the calls WIZY. The call letters changed to WICV in August 2003. WIAA also formerly operated a translator station in Traverse City, W264AC (100.7 FM), which went off the air in 2000.

[edit] WIAB

Interlochen purchased WDQV in March 2005, and after a brief period of silence, 88.5 FM became WIAB, simulcasting WIAA, in July. WIAB is simulcast on a translator in Mackinaw City, W237CF (95.3 FM), which was formerly owned by Xavier University and then Cincinnati Classical Public Radio as a translator of WVXU 96.7 FM (now WRGZ) in Rogers City, Michigan. The FCC approved Interlochen's acquisition of W237CF in April 2006.