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for operation on the standard "entertainment" wavelength of 360 meters (833 kHz). The call sign WKAR was randomly assigned from a sequential list of available call letters. WKAR was the second broadcasting station licensed in the
Lansing area, and is the oldest surviving one. It was one of a number of AM stations established by universities (often
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Department of Commerce, which regulated radio at this time, eventually adopted a regulation requiring that stations making broadcasts intended for the general public needed to be formally licensed as broadcasting stations. On August 18, 1922, the college was issued its first broadcasting license,
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8YG was primarily used for training purposes, and also participated as a relay station, forwarding messages sent between amateur stations. The station was also occasionally used for general broadcasts, including a reported
January 24, 1922, play-by-play broadcast of a basketball game by a college
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WKAR, first licensed on August 18, 1922, is one of the oldest stations in
Michigan. Its establishment was an outgrowth of earlier experimental broadcasts at the then-Michigan Agricultural College. In 1920 the college was issued a "Technical and Training School" license for radio station 8YG. That
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The station was reassigned to multiple transmitting frequencies in its early years, moving to 1070 kHz in 1923, 1050 kHz in early 1925, and 1080 kHz in late 1927. On
November 11, 1928, it was assigned to daytime-only operation on 1040 kHz, as part of the
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Professor Arthur R. Sawyer, head of the School of Electrical Engineering, made a proposal for establishing a broadcast service distributing information of interest to local farmers. But at the time, the school was unable to procure the funding needed for the idea.
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WKAR began to be relayed by a low-powered FM translator, originally at FM 94.5, which moved to FM 105.1 in March 2018. The FM translator station made another move, this time to 102.3 MHz, on
November 10, 2021.
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Lansing; its signal easily covers most of the Lansing area. That year WKAR's programming began to be simulcast on a WKAR-FM
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833:"Michigan College Plans Wireless Telephones for Farms"
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908:Michigan State: the First Hundred Years, 1855-1955
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1693:List of radio stations in Michigan
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714:"Facility Technical Data for WKAR"
588:and weekly Spanish language shows
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329:W272EM (East Lansing, relays
2888:University Research Corridor
2304:Clear channel radio stations
1020:, November 30, 1927, page 9.
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881:, August 8, 1972, page B-2.
852:, January 26, 1922, page 4.
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366:Public license information
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1107:FCC History Cards for WKAR
910:by Madison Kuhn, page 315.
862:"The Operating Department"
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278:Transmitter coordinates
168:; 102 years ago
2868:Life Sciences Corridor
2562:Drayton McLane Stadium
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1803:Harbor Springs WCMW-FM
1647:South Central Michigan
1637:North Central Michigan
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1103:'s AM station database
1018:Radio Service Bulletin
1002:Radio Service Bulletin
986:Radio Service Bulletin
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924:Radio Service Bulletin
868:, April 1921, page 48.
821:Radio Service Bulletin
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2970:Spartan Marching Band
892:Lansing State Journal
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300:42.70528°N 84.47500°W
226:Technical information
109:Public Radio Exchange
104:American Public Media
99:National Public Radio
2953:Capital News Service
2723:Horticulture Gardens
2434:Osteopathic Medicine
2399:Hospitality Business
1955:List of NPR stations
1918:Grand Rapids WBLU-FM
1913:East Lansing WKAR-FM
1898:Berrien Springs WAUS
1808:Mt. Pleasant WCMU-FM
1659:Other nearby regions
1632:Lansing-East Lansing
1109:(covering 1929–1981)
202:1040 kHz (1928–1936)
199:1080 kHz (1927–1928)
196:1050 kHz (1925–1927)
193:1070 kHz (1923–1925)
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2858:Hidden Lake Gardens
2659:Zeke the Wonder Dog
2608:Game of the Century
2449:Veterinary Medicine
1841:Harbor Springs WHBP
776:. radio-locator.com
603:WKAR-FM 90.5 plays
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232:Licensing authority
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190:833 kHz (1922–1923)
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2788:William James Beal
2703:Demonstration Hall
2623:Paul Bunyan Trophy
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2481:Women's Basketball
1970:adult contemporary
1861:Traverse City WICA
1851:Mackinaw City WIAB
1620:Radio stations in
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573:The Splendid Table
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512:digital subchannel
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1765:Grand Rapids WVGR
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