The tower itself is located at the top of a natural bluff between Ishpeming and Negaunee, Michigan giving it a height above the average local terrain of 639 feet.

The station has a translator holding callsign W227CJ which is located on the Front Street Tower in downtown Marquette, Michigan (directly behind the studio itself).

[3] The translator was primarily brought online to reinforce reception of the station within the lowest elevation areas of the greater Marquette city.

(It having been one of the first FM radio stations in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to adopt and begin transmitting a stereo audio signal.)

WMQT was originally owned by Taconite Broadcasting, Inc. until it was acquired by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) on February 18, 2022.