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| Frequency | 1560 kHz |
|---|---|
| Branding | The Touch |
| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct (was urban adult contemporary) |
| Affiliations | The Touch |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Midwest Communications |
| 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 (1560 AM) was the call sign assigned from 2019 until 2020, and the last call sign used on the air, by a radio station licensed to Portage, Michigan. It 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. The station was assigned the call letters WQLR by the Federal Communications Commission on December 18, 2020, but its license was deleted without any broadcasts being made under the WQLR call letters.
WTOU was also heard in Portage/Kalamazoo on FM translator 95.5 W238AL. Because the station was only licensed for daytime operation, the translator allowed "The Touch" programming to continue after WTOU signed off for the night. This 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.