City Ludington, Michigan Frequency 98.7 MHz Format News/Talk | Branding News 97 & 98 First air date 2012 | |
Broadcast area Pentwater, Ludington, Manistee | ||
WLDN is an FM radio station owned by Synergy Media and is licensed to Ludington, Michigan. WLDN broadcasts from studios in Ludington, Michigan along with sister stations WKLA, WWMN, WKZC, WMLQ, and WWKR. It runs a news/talk/sports format and can be heard as far north as Copemish, Michigan, as far east as Reed City, Michigan, and as far south as Whitehall, Michigan. Under certain conditions, it can be heard in parts of northeastern Wisconsin and in Traverse City, Michigan. However, WLDN encounters heavy interference to the south from WFGR, which also broadcasts on 98.7 from Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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History
WLDN received an original construction permit on October 18, 2011. At the time, the license was held by Lopester Broadcasting. Late in 2011, the CP was sold to Synergy Media, and the sale was consummated on January 25, 2012. In September 2012, WLDN started testing with a simulcast of sister station WMLQ, which already had (and still has) a translator in Ludington at 104.9 FM. WLDN started its current format in October, with its license being issued on October 17, 2012.
It is the Ludington-Manistee affiliate for Michigan State University sports and the Detroit Tigers Radio Network. Prior to WLDN signing on, the local MSU affiliate was WKLA, which cannot be heard more than ten miles outside of Ludington. Spartan fans in Manistee had to listen to MSU on its Traverse City affiliate, WLDR. The nearest Tigers affiliates were WKAD in Cadillac, WDEE in Reed City, WLCS in Muskegon, and WCCW in Traverse City.