WUPF
WUPF is a radio station licensed to Powers, Michigan and currently broadcasts a classic rock format as "Eagle 107.3 FM". The station is owned by Armada Media Corporation, through licensee AMC Partners Escanaba, LLC. The station first signed on in September, 2008 with a variety hits format. As of late 2016, the station operates under a classic rock format.
Technical Details
The WUPF transmitting antenna is located on a private tower on Veeser Road in Harris Township, Michigan. The antenna is mounted at the top of the tower which stands at. The tower itself sits atop a slight hill giving the antenna an average height above local terrain of. The antenna broadcasts at an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts giving the station an approximate radial coverage distance of under typical atmospheric conditions. The station can typically be received as far south as Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, as far east as Manistique, Michigan and as far north as Gwinn, Michigan.History
The station was created in 2005 under the ownership of Radioactive, LLC. The Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for the station on March 9, 2005. The station was assigned the callsign WXPT on October 2, 2006 and received its broadcast license on June 27, 2008. Shortly before beginning on-air operations, the station changed its callsign to WUPF on August 7, 2008.In late 2016, the station was one of four stations that were sold to Armada Media Corporation. After the sale, the station studio was moved into the Radio Results Network building on Ludington Street in Escanaba, Michigan and was brought under the operating umbrella of the Radio Results Network.