WMAX (AM)

WMAX

City	Bay City, Michigan
Broadcast area	Saginaw-Bay City-Midland
Branding	Ave Maria Radio
Frequency	1440 kHz
First air date	April 23, 1925
Format	Religious; Catholic based talk/sermons
Power	5,000 watts (Daytime) 2,500 watts (Nighttime)
Class	B
Former callsigns	WUNI (7/30/91-7/30/92) WRDD (?-7/30/91) WBCM (1930-?) WSKC (1925-1930)
Owner	Word Broadcasters (AM Media Services)
Website	http://www.avemariaradio.net/

WMAX (1440 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic religious format. It is co-owned with WDEO 990 AM in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and features the same programming from the EWTN Global Catholic Radio network. Licensed to Bay City, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1925 under the WSKC call sign, and served the Bay City area as a local station for many years as WBCM with a variety of formats including MOR and country music. Today, WMAX is physically located in Saginaw.

WMAX is of no relation to WMAX-FM 96.1, a IHeartMedia-owned radio station in Holland, Michigan.

WMAX is also the former call sign of an AM station at 1480 kHz in Grand Rapids, Michigan (now WGVU-AM).

WMAX's programming is simulcast on WHHQ AM 1250, a station based in Bridgeport and covers much of the same broadcasting area as WMAX.

Sources

Michiguide.com - WMAX History

External links

Radio stations in the Tri-Cities (Saginaw–Bay City–Midland, Michigan) market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.5 90.1 90.9 91.3 91.9 93.3 94.5 96.1 96.9 97.3 97.7 98.1 99.7 100.5 100.9 101.7 102.5 103.1 103.5 104.1 104.5 105.1 106.3 107.1

By AM frequency	790 1250 1350 1400 1440 1490

By callsign	WCEN-FM WCHW-FM WCMU-FM WEJC WGDN WGDN-FM WGER WHHQ WHNN WILZ WIOG WKCQ WKQZ WLKB WLUN WMAX WMJO WMPX WPRJ WSAG WSAM WSGW WSGW-FM WSMO WTLZ WTRK WUCX-FM WUGN WWCM

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Coordinates: 43°31′27″N 83°57′58″W / 43.52417°N 83.96611°W / 43.52417; -83.96611

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