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Big Country

Covers all of Northern Lower Michigan (from Ludington to Tawas northward), as well as the Straits Area and Soo Region.
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Monitor
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Big Country

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On a recent trip to northern Michigan we were impressed by the music selection and presentation on Big Country 102.9 from Indian River. The signal covers a broad area. The best sounding country station we’ve heard in a long while. The only downer on this trip was when trying to listen to AM and the scan function just kept repeating finding few stations there.
MWmetalhead
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Yup, the AM conductivity in northern lower Michigan is terrible.

1270 WMKT is barely audible in TC despite broadcasting with 27,000 watts and having some of the signal travel through water (a good conductor).

580 is the only signal that gets out well.

I will have to give 102.9 a listen online sometime.
Buc-ee's sucks! Stay the hell away from my state.
ChrisWL1980
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Big Country Gold out of Cheboygan (AM w/FM translators in St. Ignace and Indian River) sounds quite good IMO.
organman95
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1240 WCBY used to travel fairly well at 1,000 watts
BayCityJohn2337
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The 100.7 FM translator gets out fantastic too
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48125er
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Monitor wrote: Wed Sep 03, 2025 12:22 pm On a recent trip to northern Michigan we were impressed by the music selection and presentation on Big Country 102.9 from Indian River. The signal covers a broad area. The best sounding country station we’ve heard in a long while. The only downer on this trip was when trying to listen to AM and the scan function just kept repeating finding few stations there.
Black diamond runs their stations very well.
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