Ave Maria radio buying Lansing area AM

[Ben Zonia]

Ave Maria might be silly enough to consider 1080 in Owosso to be a "Lansing" signal.

Wasn’t Ave Maria on 1080 before in the mid 2000s, Or was that who owned WDEO at the time.

It wasn't Ave Maria that owned it, but the group that ran it then aired most of the same EWTN programming that Ave Maria carries.

It lasted only from early 2006 to mid 2007 I remember them calling it a lansing station, their sister station at the time 1090 in Detroit shuttered in 2009.

The group was Michigan Catholic Radio. They applied to move the transmitter to Lansing with a 50 KW directional daytime signal and COL of Waverly. I believe the CP was approved but they didn't have the cash to build it out. MCR continued the local Oldies/Nostalgia format on WOAP during the week with some Catholic programming, mostly on weekends. The station eventually went dark and the Catholic group sold it to Birach Broadcasting.

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Between the following two links, you can see the details of the 50000 watt Day/4500 watt Night Contruction Permit for WOAP.

https://www.fccdata.org/?lang=en&appid= ... acid=41682

https://fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?ta ... sHours=DAY