WCZE

WCZE
City of license	Harbor Beach, Michigan
Broadcast area
Branding	Positive Country
Slogan	Positive County 103.7 for Farm, Family & Country
Frequency	103.7 MHz
First air date	April, 2005
Format	Country music
ERP	43,000 watts
HAAT	161 meters
Class	C2
Callsign meaning	Czelada
Owner	Jennifer & Edward Czelada
Website	https://www.facebook.com/PositiveCountryFM

WCZE is a Commercial broadcasting, country music FM radio station, licensed to Harbor Beach, Michigan. WCZE is owned by Jennifer and Edward Czelada. Jennifer and Edward Czelada are the founders of non-commercial Superior Communications, Michigan Community Radio, Northland Community Broadcasters, and Smile FM.

Being under the "Postitve Country" format gives the station a very limited playlist. Besides that they have been known to play some artists you don't normally hear on the radio such as Granger Smith. On the top of each hour they have local news and weather.

WCZE began broadcasting in April 2005 from a transmitter near Bad Axe, Michigan. The station has a signal that covers the thumb area of Michigan and can be heard out to Bay City and Tawas City and often as far as London, Ontario. Unlike most FM Radio stations in the area, WCZE does not broadcast in FM Stereo. Only in Mono. Oddly, the station broadcast without a license to cover for nearly 7 years due to a complaint filed by Thumb Broadcasting, Inc. (owners of WLEW and WLEW-FM in Bad Axe, Huron County's only other commercial radio stations) with the FCC stating the station wasn't providing a strong enough signal to Harbor Beach. The station disputed the claim, but also offered to slightly increase power to 47 kW. On March 26, 2012, the FCC found in WCZE's favor and granted a license of the original construction permit.

WCZE relayed Smile FM until the new Smile FM station, WSMB (FM) 89.3 Harbor Beach came on the air. On December 12, 2012, at 12:12 pm WCZE began operating as a commercial station with a country music format.

The morning DJ is Dennis Edwards. The afternoon DJ is Jennifer Czelada using the name Jenni Jackson. Mornings she can be heard on Smile FM.

References

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WCZE

Radio-Locator information on WCZE

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WCZE

Radio stations in the Thumb area of east-central Michigan

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Coordinates: 43°41′10″N 82°59′40″W / 43.6861°N 82.9944°W / 43.6861; -82.9944

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