WOUF | |
City: | Petoskey, Michigan |
Branding: | Memories FM |
Frequency: | 750 kHz |
Airdate: | June 2000[1] [2] |
Format: | Defunct (was Easy listening) |
Power: | 1,000 watts day 330 watts night |
Class: | B |
Facility Id: | 79338 |
Coordinates: | 45.335°N -84.926°W |
Owner: | Suzanne Henderson[3] |
Licensee: | N Content Marketing, LLC |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WOUF (750 AM) was a radio station licensed to Petoskey, Michigan, and was owned by Suzanne Henderson through N Content Marketing, LLC.[3]
The station began broadcasting in June 2000, holding the call sign WWKK, and aired an oldies format with programming from Westwood One.[1] [2] [4] The station was branded "Kool 750".[5] The station was owned by Stone Communications.[1] In 2002, the station's weekday programming was changed to talk.[2] [6] The station retained the "Kool 750" branding.[6] In 2007, Stone Communications exchanged the station for 1210 WLDR in Kingsley, Michigan, with Roy Henderson's Fort Bend Broadcasting taking ownership of 750 WWKK and a payment of $244,000 in cash.[2] [7] In April 2007, the station's format was changed to country music, simulcasting WLDR-FM.[2] [8] In May 2007, the station's call sign was changed to WLDR. In 2008, the station's call sign was changed to WARD, which was named after Roy Henderson's son.[9] In 2014, WARD and its simulcast partner WLDR-FM adopted an adult contemporary format.
In mid-October 2019, WARD went silent (off the air).[10] The callsign was changed to WOUF, previously used on two other Northern Michigan stations, on November 9, 2021.
The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station’s license on December 4, 2024.[11]