WTOU (1560 AM)

WTOU (1560 AM) was a radio station licensed to Portage, Michigan which last broadcast an urban adult contemporary format, provided by ABC Radio Networks (The Touch, or "Today's R&B and Old School"). Owned by Midwest Communications, the station served the greater Kalamazoo, Michigan area. Its license was cancelled January 5, 2021.

WTOU

City	Portage, Michigan
Broadcast area	(Daytime)
Frequency	1560 kHz
Branding	The Touch
Slogan	Today's R&B and Old School
Programming
Format	Defunct (was urban adult contemporary)
Affiliations	The Touch
Ownership
Owner	Midwest Communications
Sister stations	WKZO, WNWN, WQLR, WVFM, WZOX
History
First air date	July 25, 1966
Last air date	January 5, 2021
Former call signs	WTPS (1966-1973) WBUK (1973-1985) WHEZ (1985-1995) WNWN (1995-2019) WTOU (2019-2020) WQLR (2020-2021)
Call sign meaning	W TOUch
Technical information
Facility ID	67767
Class	D
Power	4,100 watts day
Translator(s)	95.5 W238AL (Portage)

WTOU was also heard in Portage/Kalamazoo on translator 95.5 W238AL. The translator was formerly used to relay country sister station WNWN-FM based in Battle Creek, but when another sister station, 96.5 WFAT, was switched to country music as WYZO, W238AL changed its programming source from WNWN-FM to the then-WNWN. W238AL was the third FM translator in Michigan to relay an AM station, after stations in Big Rapids and Charlevoix/Petoskey. The translator on 95.5 allowed "The Touch" programming to continue after WTOU signed off for the night.

WTOU was previously a Top 40 station as WTPS in the 1960s, a country station as WBUK in the 1970s and 1980s (except for a brief period as an oldies station in 1981-1982), and a beautiful music station as WHEZ.

On September 12, 2019, sister station WTOU (now WFAT) and W274AQ broke away from the simulcast and flipped to classic hits.[1] On December 18, 2020, WTOU switched callsigns with AM 1660 WQLR, and AM 1560's license was surrendered January 5, 2021.[2]