WKHQ Tower Falls In Ice Storm

Local Radio Station Temporarily Off The Air Due To Ice Storms

Listeners of 106 KHQ, a long-running pop music radio station in northern Michigan, should expect radio silence for at least a day or two. The station repo…

WKHQ On Ice After Tower Falls

• Macdonald Garber Broadcasting Top 40 WKHQ (106 KHQ)/Charlevoix-Traverse City, MI is currently off the air after its 600-foot tower collapsed Sunday evening due to a devastating weekend ice storm that left a reported 90,000 residents in the area without power. Yesterday morning, and suddenly without a functioning radio station, WKHQ PD/morning host Ashley Z crossed the hall as a guest with Mike In The Morning on Adult Hits sister WZTC (104.5 Bo…

Ice Topples Michigan Radio Tower, Knocking Traverse City Station Off The Air.

The 600-foot-tall tower of MacDonald Garber Broadcasting CHR “106 KHQ” WKHQ in the Traverse City-Petoskey, MI market was knocked down during ice storms that swept through the area over the weekend. “We are working to figure out how we can…

WKHQ Tower Falls In Ice Storm

Macdonald Garber Broadcasting CHR “106 KHQ” 105.9 WKHQ-FM Charlevoix MI has lost its tower from what the station is calling an “apocalyptic” ice storm. The 600 foot tower collapsed on Sunday evening from multiple days of heavy sleet and freezing rain accumulation in the area that led to heavy ice accumulation. In addition to the tower, the area has had snapped power lines with over 90,000 homes and businesses losing power. WKHQ Program Director/…