WDBM

WDBM, East Lansing, Michigan, is a 2,000 watt, Class A, student-run college radio station at Michigan State University that broadcasts to listeners in the Lansing, Michigan, metropolitan area. The signal can be heard as far south as Jackson, MI, southeast almost to Brighton, MI, and north to Alma, MI far beyond its 60 dBu service countour which represents its clearest signal. The station is the successor to the Michigan State Network, which in the 1970s was the nation's largest college carrier current radio network, and had studios in several MSU dormitories. The network was eventually consolidated to one carrier current station, WLFT, which broadcast from the former WKAR studios on the third floor of the MSU Auditorium Building. This would also be the first home of WDBM-FM. WDBM began broadcasting in 1989 with the moniker Impact 89FM, a name it still uses today. But WDBM was originally licensed by the FCC with call letters WBDM on 11/10/1987. As told by Professional General Manager, Gary Reid, someone wrote the call letters down as WDBM. Marketing and promotional items were all created with the incorrect WDBM call letters.