Baker Hums On Low Power
By Mark Sanchez
Published: November 10, 2003
Information Station Specialists is working with emergency-management organiza-tions to install low-power AM radio stations that broadcast specific information, according to owner Bill Baker. ZEELAND — The idea first came to him while he was camping in Ludington more than 20 years ago. Traveling in the fall during the slow off-season, Bill Baker's group found little information available on what to do, what to see, or even where to go for camping supplies. A disc jockey at a radio station in Moline, Ill., across the Mississippi River from Iowa, Baker thought about the potential for starting a radio station that would broadcast continuous messages for visitors to the area.

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