Northern Star Broadcasting


Northern Star Broadcasting was a radio broadcasting company which owned various radio stations in Michigan from 1998–2016, with offices in Cheboygan and Traverse City. Northern Star was owned by Reynolds Communications, ran by Del & Mary Reynolds.
At one time or another, Northern Star Broadcasting owned eleven stations in Northern Michigan and previously fourteen additional stations in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, exiting Upper Peninsula markets in 2010 & 2011 after selling all but one repeater station to new owners, largely Sovereign Communications of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in February 2010. Despite the sales, Northern Star's stations in Cheboygan, Mackinaw City, and Indian River could still be heard in much of the Eastern Upper Peninsula.
In May 2016, and due to Northern Star vice president Mary Reynolds' health concerns, Reynolds Communications announced the sale of all but one of Northern Star's remaining radio stations to Black Diamond Broadcast Holdings in a transaction worth $1,950,000, with WCKC in Cadillac instead being sold to Up North Radio for $180,000. Despite the sales of their remaining radio stations, Reynolds Communications will retain ownership of these stations' tower sites.

Radio Stations

Northern Michigan

All Northern Michigan stations were sold to Black Diamond Broadcasting in 2016 unless otherwise stated
All of Northern Star Broadcasting's stations in Michigan's Western Upper Peninsula were sold to Sovereign Communications in 2010

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bar:2 color:tan1 from:1998 till:2016 text: 105.1 WGFM
bar:3 color:tan1 from:1998 till:2016 text: 95.5 WJZJ/WQEZ
bar:4 color:tan1 from:1998 till:2016 text: 102.9 WMKC
bar:5 color:tan1 from:1998 till:2016 text: 107.1 WCKC
bar:6 color:tan1 from:1998 till:2016 text: 1240 WCBY
bar:7 color:tan1 from:1998 till:2013 text: 94.5 WLJZ/WOEZ/WJZJ
bar:8 color:tan1 from:1998 till:2013 text: 93.9 WAVC
bar:9 color:tan1 from:1998 till:2008 text: 940 WIDG
bar:10 color:tan1 from:2001 till:2011 text: 97.9 WIHC
bar:11 color:tan1 from:2001 till:2010 text: 92.3 WJPD
bar:12 color:tan1 from:2001 till:2010 text: 93.1 WIMK
bar:13 color:tan1 from:2001 till:2010 text: 94.1 WUPK
bar:14 color:tan1 from:2001 till:2010 text: 94.3 WZNL
bar:15 color:tan1 from:2001 till:2010 text: 99.5 WNGE
bar:16 color:tan1 from:2001 till:2010 text: 1240 WIAN
bar:17 color:tan1 from:2001 till:2010 text: 1320 WDMJ
bar:18 color:tan1 from:2001 till:2010 text: 1450 WIMQ
bar:19 color:tan1 from:2001 till:2010 text: 99.5 WYSS
bar:20 color:tan1 from:2001 till:2010 text: 1400 WKNW
bar:21 color:tan1 from:2005 till:2010 text: 105.5 WADW/WMKD
bar:22 color:tan1 from:2011 till:2016 text: 97.7 WQEZ/WJZJ/WOEZ/WCHY
bar:23 color:tan1 from:2012 till:2016 text: 100.7 W264CF
bar:24 color:tan1 from:2013 till:2016 text: 106.3 WJZJ/WOEZ
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text:"Northern Star Broadcasting Timeline"

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