WJPD

WJPD

City	Ishpeming, Michigan
Broadcast area
Branding	Big Country 92.3 WJPD
Slogan	Today's Hit Country and your all-time Favorites!
Frequency	92.3 MHz
First air date	1975
Format	Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	155 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	24449
Callsign meaning	John Paul David
Former callsigns	WJPD-FM (1975-11/15/92)
Owner	Sovereign Communications
Website	wjpd.com

WJPD (92.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Ishpeming, Michigan broadcasting a country music format. It serves the Marquette area. It can be heard as far east as Newberry, as far north as Thunder Bay, as far west as Bergland, and as far south as Ludington.

Programming

The station carries Premiere Radio Network's syndicated 'Big D & Bubba', every weekday morning from 6am to 10am. Following Big D & Bubba is Mid-Days with Steve Cassidy, airing Monday-Saturday from 10am to 3pm. 'The Drive Home' is hosted by Iain Black, and airs Monday-Friday from 3pm to 7pm. Winding down the day is Dial Global's syndicated Lia Knight program, which airs Monday-Friday from 7pm to midnight. BIG Country 92.3 WJPD has long been the dominant station in Marquette County, maintaining a 33 share in the latest County-by-County ratings.

BIG Country 92.3 WJPD's Program Director and News/Sports Director is Eric Tasson (Ryan Erickson), Brodie Woodward (Iain Black) is the station's Production Director/Film Critic, and Joey D is the station's Music Director.

Other Programming on BIG Country 92.3 WJPD includes:

Thunder Road with Steve Mitchell - Saturday Morning's at 7am.

Retro Country USA with Ken Cooper - Sunday Morning's at 9am.

The Crook & Chase Countdown - Sunday Morning's at 11am.

History of call letters

The call letters WJPD were previously assigned to an AM station in Ishpeming. It began broadcasting November 16, 1947, on 1240 kHz with 250 W power.^[1]

References

↑ "Ishpeming Station, WJPD, Starts on 250 w Fulltime" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 17, 1947. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

Sources

Michiguide.com - WJPD History

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WJPD

Radio-Locator information on WJPD

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WJPD

Radio stations in the Marquette, Michigan area

By FM frequency	88.3 90.1 91.5 92.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.7 97.1 97.5 98.3 99.5 99.9 100.3 101.9 103.3 105.1 106.1 107.7

By AM frequency	600 680 970 1240 1320 1400

By callsign	W248BU W260AG W286BC W291CJ WCHT WDBC WDMJ WFXD WGLQ WHWL WIAN WJPD WKQS-FM WKPK WMQT WNGE WNMU-FM WQXO WRUP WUPG WUPK WUPT WUPX WUPZ WZAM

Nearby radio markets Houghton Iron Mountain Sault Ste. Marie–Newberry See also List of radio stations in Michigan

Country radio stations in the state of Michigan

Stations	WFYC - Alma WATZ-FM – Alpena WBCH-FM – Hastings WBCM – Boyne City WBCT – Grand Rapids WBGV – Marlette WBMI – West Branch WCEN-FM – Hemlock WCMM – Gulliver WCUP – L'Anse WCZE - Harbor Beach WDRQ - Detroit WFBE – Flint WFXD – Marquette WGDN-FM – Gladwin WGNC-FM - Constantine/South Bend, IN WGRY-FM – Grayling WHKB – Houghton WIBM - Jackson WIKB-FM - Iron River WITL-FM – Lansing WJMS – Ironwood WJNR-FM – Iron Mountain WJPD – Ishpeming WKCQ – Saginaw WKFR-HD2/W273AR - Paw Paw/Kalamazoo WKJC – Tawas City WKKM-LP - Harrison WKZC – Scottville WLAW – Newaygo WLCO – Lapeer WLEW – Bad Axe WLST – Marinette, Wisconsin WMIC – Sandusky WMIM – Luna Pier WMKC – Indian River WMKD – Pickford WMLM – Saint Louis WMRP-LP - Mundy Township WMUS – Muskegon WNBY – Newberry WNWN-FM – Coldwater WQTE – Adrian WRCI/W246BW – Three Rivers WRGZ – Rogers City WSAQ – Port Huron WTCM-FM – Traverse City WTIQ - Manistique WTNR – Holland WTWS – Houghton Lake WUPG - Republic WUPY – Ontonagon WWBR – Big Rapids WWDK – Jackson WWSS – Tuscarora Township WWWW-FM – Ann Arbor WYCD – Detroit WYKX – Escanaba WYTZ – Bridgman

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Michigan

Coordinates: 46°30′50″N 87°28′59″W / 46.514°N 87.483°W / 46.514; -87.483

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