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WSMZ
MUSKEGON MI
AM BROADCAST
850 kHz
Smile FM
172 N Cedar St
IMLAY CITY MI 48444
8108952040
Facility ID: 33695
Licensed
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FRN: 0017040510
 
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Construction Permits and Licenses
Date Field File Number Application
Type
Application
Status
Status
Date
Permit
Expires
kHz Daytime Power Nighttime Power Schedule or
Time Share
Antenna
Mode
Facility
Type
06/04/1986 BL-19860604AD License to Cover Granted 02/12/1987 850 1000 1000 Directional 1 Main
LIC. TO COVER (BP-860221AD) FOR CHGS.
12/10/2009 BZ-20091123ALG Modification Granted 02/25/2010 850 1000 1000 Main
Direct Measurement
03/18/2024 0000241448 Modify License Superceded 07/26/2024 Main
07/25/2024 0000241448 Modify License-Amendment Granted 08/27/2024 Main
Assignment of Licenses and Permits
Date Field File Number Assignor Assignee Application
Status
Status
Date
10/10/1986 BAPL-19861010GY Granted 11/25/1986
VOL AL & CP (BP-860221AD) FROM REAMS BROADCASTING CORPORATION TO KBZ BROADCASTING, INC. FORM 314 ATTY: (ASNR) WILLIAM H. FITZ ATTY: (ASNE) VINCENT J. CURTIS, JR. ASSIGNEE ADDRESS: 592 PONTALU592 PONTALUNA ROAD, MUSKEGON, MI 49441 PUBLIC NOTICE DATE 11-28-86
12/31/1998 BAL-19981231GL KBZ BROADCASTING, INC. GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY Granted 04/09/1999
VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE FROM: KBZ BROADCASTING, INC. TO: GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (FORM 314)
05/12/2022 0000190558 GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY Smile FM Granted 06/23/2022
Transfer of Control
Date Field File Number Transferor Transferee Application
Status
SStatus
Date
12/06/1979 BTC-19791206HT Granted 12/19/1979
VOL ACQUISITION OF POSITIVE CONTROL OF LIC CORP BY FRAZIER REAMS, JR., INDIVIDUALLY (28%)AND AS CONTROLLING STOCKHOLDER OF REALIN CORP (PROPOSED 30% STOCKHOLDER OF LICENSEE) THRU SALE OF STOCK BY JOHN R. LINN
06/01/1992 BTC-19920601GO Granted 06/26/1992
VOL TC OF KBZ BROADCASTING INC FROM FREDERICK P. TASCONE TO ROBERT D. JEWELL AND DANIEL J. THILL FORM 316 ATTY: DAVID N. ROBERTS
12/30/1994 BTC-19941230GE Granted 03/23/1995
VOL TC OF KBZ BROADCASTING INC FROM ROBERT D. JEWELL, DANIEL THILL TO GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF CONTROL AUX FORM 315 ATTY: NONE
03/04/1997 BTC-19970304GL GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIV BD OF CONTRL WLC BROADCASTING, INC. Granted 06/16/1997
VOLUNTARY TRANSFER OF CONTROL FROM: GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF CONTROL TO: WLC BROADCASTING, INC. (FORM 315)
06/18/2012 BTC-20120618AAF OLD BOARD OF TRUSTEES NEW BOARD OF TRUSTEES Granted 07/16/2012
Voluntary Transfer of Control From: OLD BOARD OF TRUSTEES To: NEW BOARD OF TRUSTEES Form 316
Special Temporary Authority (STA) and Experimental and other miscellaneous authorizations
Type Date File Number Remarks Outcome
Special Temporary Auth.-engineering 06/27/2002 BSTA-20020621AFE Granted
Special Temporary Auth.-engineering 12/02/2010 20021004ADA Dismissed
Special Temporary Auth.-engineering 05/28/2009 BSTA-20090527AFS Granted
Special Temporary Auth.-engineering 09/08/2022 BSTA-20220823AAC Granted
Special Temporary Auth.-engineering 09/19/2023 0000220492 Granted
Special Temporary Auth.-engineering 04/01/2024 0000241449 Granted
Special Temporary Auth.-engineering 09/30/2024 0000254715 Granted
Special Temporary Auth.-engineering 04/11/2025 0000269213 Granted
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