WAWL-LP

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| name = WAWL-LP

| city = Grand Haven, Michigan

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| frequency = {{Frequency|103.5|MHz}}

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| format = Classic Rock, Local News & Sports

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| owner = Tri-Cities Broadcasting Foundation, Inc.

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| facility_id = 196109

| class = LP1

| erp = 100 watts

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| coordinates = {{Coord|43|04|01.1|N|86|12|54.2|W}}

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| webcast = [http://bteradio.com/wawl.html Listen live]

| website = {{URL|https://1035wawl.com/}}

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WAWL-LP (103.5 FM) is a community radio station licensed to serve Grand Haven, Michigan. The station airs a classic rock format, as well as local news and sports.{{cite web |url=https://web.grandhavenchamber.org/TV-and-Radio-Broadcasting/TriCities-Broadcasting-Foundation-Inc-1035-WAWLLP-3596 |title=Tri-Cities Broadcasting Foundation Inc. 103.5 WAWL-LP |website=grandhavenchamber.org |publisher=Grand Haven Chamber of Commerce |access-date=October 23, 2024}}

Owned by Tri-Cities Broadcasting Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, WAWL-LP focuses on assisting young people in pursuing careers in broadcasting. The foundation operates the station in cooperation with public educational institutions in the Grand Haven area.{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115070137/http://www.grandhaventribune.com/article/1084061

|title=Tri-Cities Gets New Radio Voice |last=Havenga |first=Marie |date=August 9, 2014 |website=hollandsentinel.com |publisher=Grand Haven Tribune |access-date=October 23, 2024}}

History

WALW-LP (sp?) was assigned its call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 29, 2014.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=196109&Callsign=WAWL-LP196109 |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}} The station, which began broadcasting in July 2014, was launched by Eric Kaelin, a former general manager of Grand Haven classic hits station WGHN-AM.

In forming the Tri-Cities Broadcasting Foundation, Kaelin brought together officials from Grand Haven High School, Muskegon Community College, and Grand Valley State University. The foundation's mission is to teach broadcasting skills to students, including marketing and financial aspects of the radio industry.

WAWL-LP has not had any connection with Tennessee's Chattanooga State Community College's WAWL 91.5 FM which broadcast on air from 1980 to 2013 and continues to broadcast on the web at WAWL.org. "College Radio at its Best."

References

External links

[https://1035wawl.com/ Official Website]
[https://lpfm.ws/196109 FCC Public Inspection File for WAWL-LP]

AWL-LP

Category:Radio stations established in 2014

Category:2014 establishments in Michigan

Category:Community radio stations in the United States

Category:Ottawa County, Michigan