WSAE

WSAE

City of license	Spring Arbor, Michigan
Broadcast area	Jackson, Michigan
Branding	HOME.fm
Slogan	Music That Makes You Feel Good!
Frequency	106.9 MHz
First air date	June 29, 1963
Format	Modern Adult Contemporary (secular and Christian titles)
ERP	3,900 watts
HAAT	102 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	61994
Callsign meaning	Spring Arbor
Owner	Spring Arbor University
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	home.fm

WSAE (106.9 FM) is a non-commercial radio station located in Spring Arbor, Michigan. The station is owned by Spring Arbor University.

WSAE began broadcasting in 1963 as a 10 watt college station on 89.3 MHz. Power was increased to 1,000 watts in February, 1971 and 3,100 watts in April, 1977. The station moved to 106.9 MHz in October 1991 with 2,900 watts. In December 1993 WSAE made a final increase to 3,900 watts.

On May 18, 2005 the station switched from a contemporary Christian format to HOME.fm. HOME.fm plays a mixture of mainstream adult contemporary and contemporary Christian music. The former format, known as Power Praise FM, was moved to sister station WJKN-FM, which adopted a Christian Hit Radio format as "The Vibe" (later changed to the current Christian AC format as "The Message"). From Thanksgiving Day through December 31 WSAE broadcasts Christmas music around the clock.

Home.FM originally played such Soft AC artists as Lionel Richie, Amy Grant, and Sade, but the music mix has changed to more of a Hot/Modern AC mix since. Typical mainstream artists heard on the station now include the likes of U2, Jack Johnson, Taylor Swift, Sheryl Crow, Coldplay, Ingrid Michaelson, Dave Matthews Band, Regina Spektor and Norah Jones. Mainstream artists make up the bulk of the playlist, but the station does still play a few Christian songs an hour by artists such as Jeremy Camp, Francesca Battistelli, Brandon Heath, Shawn McDonald and Needtobreathe.

The station is broadcast throughout South Central Michigan over a network of translators.

Translators

Translators of WSAE

Call sign	MHz	City of license	Power (W)	Additional Information
W222BB	92.3 FM	Battle Creek, MI	80	FCC
W227BY	93.3 FM	Somerset, MI	170	FCC
W243AD	96.5 FM	Adrian, MI	120	FCC
W246AU	97.1 FM	Coldwater, MI	170	FCC
W252BA	98.3 FM	Chelsea, MI	250	FCC
W258AH	99.5 FM	Kalamazoo, MI	19	FCC
W284AH	104.7 FM	Lansing, MI	250	FCC

Sources

• Michiguide.com - WSAE History
• Interview of Malachi Crane, General Manager

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for WSAE
• Radio-Locator information on WSAE
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WSAE