WMAX (AM)
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| City | Bay City, Michigan |
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| Broadcast area | Saginaw-Bay City-Midland |
| Branding | Ave Maria Radio |
| Frequency | 1440 kHz |
| First air date | April 23, 1925 |
| Format | Religious; Catholic based talk/sermons |
| Power |
5,000 watts (Daytime) 2,500 watts (Nighttime) |
| Class | B |
| Former callsigns |
WUNI (7/30/91-7/30/92) WRDD (?-7/30/91) WBCM (1930-?) WSKC (1925-1930) |
| Owner |
Word Broadcasters (AM Media Services) |
| Website | http://www.avemariaradio.net/ |
WMAX (1440 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic religious format. It is co-owned with WDEO 990 AM in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and features the same programming from the EWTN Global Catholic Radio network. Licensed to Bay City, Michigan, 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. Today, WMAX is physically located in Saginaw.
WMAX is of no relation to WMAX-FM 96.1, a IHeartMedia-owned radio station in Holland, Michigan.
WMAX is also the former call sign of an AM station at 1480 kHz in Grand Rapids, Michigan (now WGVU-AM).
WMAX's programming is simulcast on WHHQ AM 1250, a station based in Bridgeport and covers much of the same broadcasting area as WMAX.
Sources
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WMAX
- Radio-Locator Information on WMAX
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WMAX
Coordinates: 43°31′27″N 83°57′58″W / 43.52417°N 83.96611°W