LANSING -- A local radio station's ownership has decided the station will no longer have local and national sports programming.

At 6 a.m. Wednesday, WQTX The Team 92.1-FM will switch to a music-only format and rename itself Fuel 92.1-FM.

The slogan: "Lansing's High Octane Fun!"

"This market is going to love this new music station," Mark Jaycox, Midwest Communications Lansing's vice president and marketing manager, said.

The station will be targeted to a female audience, ages 25 to 54, and feature contemporary music hits from the 1990s and 2000s.

Jaycox said Midwest Communications decided to make the switch because the station wasn't profitable with a sports format, airing shows it didn't produce.

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Jaycox said Midwest Communcations' parting with syndicate Spotlight Communications was "amicable." The companies still have programming partnerships in other markets.

Joe Cassady, WQTX's brand manager, said the new Fuel 92.1-FM music format aims to "address every aspect of every female’s life in this demographic."

Jeff Huard, owner/general manager of the Spotlight Radio Network, said Friday in a statement all Spotlight sports programming that's been heard on WQTX will continue to be produced live from its downtown Lansing studios, its website spotlightradionetwork.com and will stream "on all available digital platforms."

WQTX, as a sports station, currently airs three local shows on weekdays produced by Spotlight Communications:

"Michigan's Big Show with Michael Patrick Shiels," 6 a.m.-9 a.m.

"The Drive with Jack & Tom," 3 p.m.-6 p.m.

"The Spartan Beat with Rico Beard," 6 p.m.-7 p.m.

It also has nationally syndicated sports shows such as "The Dan Patrick Show," "The Rich Eisen Show" and Fox Sports Radio's "JT The Brick" show.

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Shiels' "Michigan's Big Show" dabbles often in sports-related topics but focuses primarily on politics, news, travel and entertainment.

Shiels' show is currently syndicated in 12 markets statewide and will stay with the Spotlight Radio Network. It will still be broadcast live from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.

In Lansing, starting Wednesday, the show will be broadcast via tape delay from 9 a.m. to noon on 1240 WJIM-AM. WJIM is a station owned by Townsquare Media in Lansing.

A look at WJIM's new lineup starting Wednesday:

"The Steve Gruber Show," 6 a.m.-9 a.m."

"Michigan's Big Show with Michael Patrick Shiels," 9 a.m. to noon (tape delay)

"The Rush Limbaugh Show," noon to 3 p.m.

"The Dave Ramsey Show," 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

"The Joe Pags Show," 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

"The Todd Schnitt Show," 9 p.m. to midnight

WJIM will continue to broadcast Michigan State football and basketball games, Detroit Tigers games and Detroit Lions games.

Shiels, Ebling, who is a former State Journal reporter, Tom Crawford, and Beard were scheduled to host their final shows on WQTX Tuesday. They were expected to share more details about the format change and how they will be affected by it.

Their shows can currently be heard on the WQTX mobile app, other streaming radio apps, via iTunes in podcast form and on the WQTX website, team921fm.com. "The Drive with Jack & Tom" can also be heard via the show's mobile app and at JackandTom.com.

Once WQTX changes its format from sports to music, there will be only one terrestrial radio station in the Lansing market with local and national sports programming.

WVFN The Game 730-AM offers eight hours of live and local sports talk radio each weekday and broadcasts of high school football games in the fall.

The lineup is headlined by the long-running "Staudt on Sports" show hosted by veteran WILX-TV sports anchor Tim Staudt.

Eric Lacy is a reporter for the Lansing State Journal. Contact him at 517-377-1206 or elacy@lsj.com. Follow him on Twitter @EricLacy.