WHMI-FM

WHMI-FM (93.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting from the Howell, Michigan area. The station broadcasts a Classic Hits format with local news, sports, traffic and weather and bills itself as Livingston County's Own. It also airs hourly news updates from ABC News Radio. WHMI is owned by Rodney Krol through licensee Krol Communications Inc.

WHMI-FM studios

WHMI-FM

Howell, Michigan
Broadcast area	Brighton, Michigan
Frequency	93.5 MHz
Branding	FM 93.5
Programming
Format	Classic hits
Affiliations	ABC News Radio
Ownership
Owner	Rodney Krol (Krol Communications Inc.)
History
First air date	September 1, 1977
Call sign meaning	Howell MIchigan
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	65917
Class	A
ERP	5,200 watts
HAAT	108 meters
Transmitter coordinates	42°39′37″N 83°56′23″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	whmi.com

History

WHMI began as an AM radio station at 1350 kHz in 1957. The call letters could be said to stand for both "Howell, Michigan" and "Heart of Michigan", a reference to an ad campaign of the late 1950s which promoted Livingston County as a good place to live. An FM signal at 93.5 was added in September 1977, simulcasting the AM.^[2] Originally, WHMI was a small-town station typical of its era, with adult contemporary/MOR music and a strong news commitment.

The AM signal, which was inferior to the FM signal, was silenced in 1995. Since then WHMI has been solely on FM. During the late 1990s, WHMI's music programming gradually evolved from hot AC into the current "classic hits" format.

In 2001, WHMI moved out of its longtime studios on Grand River Avenue in Howell into a state-of-the-art facility at 1277 Parkway Drive in Genoa Township, Michigan.