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WLCO
Broadcast area[1] (Daytime)
Frequency1530 kHz
BrandingThe NEW 1530 am
Programming
FormatCountry
AffiliationsReal Country (Westwood One)
Ownership
Owner
WCRZ, WFNT, WQUS, WRCL, WWBN
History
First air date
November 16, 1962[1]
Former call signs
WLSP (3/14/94-3/1/07)
WWGZ (11/8/90-3/14/94)
WDEY (9/22/80-11/8/90)
WTHM (11/16/62-9/22/80)
Call sign meaning
Lapeer COuntry
Technical information
Facility ID14225
ClassD
Power5,000 watts (daytime only)
Transmitter coordinates
43°01′35″N 83°17′12″W / 43.02639°N 83.28667°W / 43.02639; -83.28667
Links
WebsiteTownsquare Media Michigan Website

WLCO (1530 AM) (and until March 2007, WLSP) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Lapeer, Michigan, it first began broadcasting under the WTHM call sign. The WTHM call letters are derived from THuMb indicating that the signal covers the Thumb region of Michigan.[2] The station's format, from Citadel Media, is called "Real Country" and combines classic country favorites with select current titles. Prior to the current format, as WLSP, the station had aired satellite-fed adult standards from ABC (Timeless Classics), and, prior to that, Talk and Sports formats. The "Real Country" format is not the first time 1530 AM has programmed classic country; as WWGZ in the early 1990s, the station was known as "Country Gold."

The transmitter is in Lapeer, but the studios are in Burton, east of Flint.

It operates from local sunrise to local sunset to protect Clear-channel station WCKY in Cincinnati, Ohio.

References

  1. ^ "Broadcasting Yearbook". 1975.
  2. ^ "WLCO-AM Radio Station Coverage Map".