From the town of Spring Harbor, Mich., a Class A FM serves the cities of Jackson and Albion with a student-run Christian music format. Until now, it has reached the Ann Arbor area via a FM translator outside of the city that’s home to the University of Michigan.
Soon, that will end, as the school that owns the FM translator is selling it to another religious broadcaster.
Spring Harbor University is selling W300CO at 107.9 MHz in Dexter, Mich., to Ave Maria Communications.
And, it’s paying $105,000 for the rimshot FM translator.
A $10,000 deposit has been made and is being held by Broadcast Properties LLC as escrow agent. Broadcast Properties is led by Jon Yinger, and he served as the exclusive broker representing both buyer and seller in this transaction.
Ave Maria is based in Ann Arbor, and the plans are to have it rebroadcast owned-and-operated WDEO-AM 990 in Ypslanti, Mich. That’s a Class B Christian Talk & Teaching facility that has a unique Northeast-directional signal pattern. As such, WDEO’s signal blankets the Detroit metropolitan area and can be heard in Flint during daytime hours, from 4 towers. After dark, the signal pattern shifts significantly, with 3 towers putting a signal chiefly over Ann Arbor.
