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Overview
WKAR is a public radio station on 870 AM, licensed to East Lansing, Michigan. On air it goes by “WKAR NewsTalk.” It first signed on in 1920.
License and signal
- Call sign
- WKAR
- Frequency
- 870 AM
- Format
- Public radio; news/talk
- On-air name
- WKAR NewsTalk
- City of license
- East Lansing, MI
- Market
- Lansing, MI
- Licensee
- Board of Trustees, Michigan State University
- Power
- 10,000 watts day
- Station class
- D
- First on air
- 1920
- FCC facility ID
- 41684
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Its programming is listed as public radio; news/talk. It carries programs from NPR, American Public Media, PRX and BBC World Service. Board of Trustees, Michigan State University holds the station’s FCC license.
East Lansing is in the Lansing, MI market, where local newspapers include The State News. Its sister stations are WKAR-FM.
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WKAR at a glance
- Frequency
- 870 AM
- On air as
- WKAR NewsTalk
- Format
- Public radio; news/talk
- Licensed to
- East Lansing, MI
- Market
- Lansing, MI
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