WUPT (FM)
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| Broadcast area | Marquette, Michigan |
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| Frequency | 100.3 MHz |
| Branding | 100.3 The Point |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
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| History | |
First air date | 2008 |
Former call signs | WUPF (2006–2008, CP) |
Call sign meaning | Upper Peninsula |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 164244 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 156 meters (512 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 46°30′51.5″N 87°28′40.8″W / 46.514306°N 87.478000°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | WUPT Online |
WUPT (100.3 FM, "100.3 The Point") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits music format.[2] Licensed to Gwinn, Michigan. The station is currently owned by Armada Media Corporation, through licensee AMC Partners Escanaba, LLC.[3] (d.b.a. the Radio Results Network). Current station staff include Dave Starr (host of Fresh Coast Mornings), Cara Carrivous, Mike Smith, and Tim Jeffreys.[4]
The transmitting antenna for WUPT is co-located on a private leased tower located near Marquette County Road 492 approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) east-southeast of the city of Marquette, Michigan. WUPT shares its transmitting tower with WUPZ, one of its sister stations. The antenna is mounted at 325 feet (99 m) on the tower. The tower itself is situated atop a local hill which gives the transmitter a total height above average terrain (HAAT) of 512 feet (156 m).[5]
The station transmitting antenna broadcasts at 100,000 watts effective radiated power (ERP) which, under normal atmospheric conditions, covers an approximate radius of 65 miles (105 km). The station can typically be received as far south as Escanaba, Michigan, as far west as L'Anse, Michigan, and as far east as Seney, Michigan.
