WTLI

WTLI

City	Bear Creek Township, Michigan
Broadcast area	Petoskey, Michigan
Branding	Smile FM
Slogan	Michigan's Positive Hits
Frequency	89.3 MHz
First air date	November 2, 1999
Format	Religious; Contemporary Christian
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	312 meters
Class	C1
Callsign meaning	The Light
Affiliations	Smile FM
Owner	Superior Communications
Webcast	http://www.smile.fm/streaming/
Website	http://www.smile.fm/

WTLI is a non-commercial, contemporary Christian FM radio station licensed to broadcast from Bear Creek Township and Boyne City, Michigan. The transmitter is located west of Vanderbilt, Michigan on the WFUP-TV channel-45 tower. The station broadcasts on 89.3 MHz and is owned by Superior Communications (aka Michigan Community Radio and Northland Community Broadcasters), which is owned by Jennifer and Edward Czelada.

The call letters stand for "The Light", the positioner the station went by until June 2004 when all "The Light" and "Joy FM" stations owned by Superior Communications merged to form Smile FM. All programming with local inserts originates at WLGH in Lansing.

Originally the station broadcast with 6 kW from the 1023 foot tower of WFUP. In May 2005 it increased its power to 17 kW. In April 2015 it increased power again to 50 kW.

Translators

W285ET and W246CW improve reception in the Traverse City area.

Call	Frequency	City of License	Broadcast Area	ERP	HAAT	Facility ID
W246CW	97.1 MHz	Long Lake Twp., MI		10 w	261 m	158283
W285ET	102.5 MHz	East Bay Twp., MI		10 w	165 m	158424

References

Michiguide.com - WTLI History

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WTLI

Radio-Locator information on WTLI

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WTLI

Radio stations in the Traverse City–Petoskey, Michigan market

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Nearby radio markets Alpena–Tawas City Door County North Central Michigan Sault Ste. Marie–Newberry Tri-Cities See also List of radio stations in Michigan

Coordinates: 45°10′12″N 84°45′04″W / 45.1700°N 84.7511°W / 45.1700; -84.7511

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