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WJRW
WJRW (1340 AM broadcasting, AM) – branded as The Ticket – is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, serving the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. Owned by Cumulus Media, WJRW is the Grand Rapids Network affiliate, affiliate for the BetQL Network, CBS Sports Radio, and Fox Sports Radio. The WJRW studios and transmitter both reside in Grand Rapids. In addition to a standard analog transmission, the station also simulcasts over low-power FM Broadcast relay station, translator W291DJ (106.1 FM) and is available online. History On September 16, 1940, the station sign-on, signed on under the WLAV call sign (which stood for Leonard Adrian Versluis, the station's original owner). It was Grand Rapids' second radio station. Versluis added WLAV-FM in 1947 and WLAV-TV, West Michigan's first television station, in 1949. He sold the television station to the owners of Grand Rapids' first radio station, WOOD (AM), WOOD; it is now WOOD-TV. WLAV became a full-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTNR (FM)
WTNR (107.3 MHz, "Thunder 107.3") is an FM radio station licensed to Greenville, Michigan. Owned by Cumulus Media, the station broadcasts a country music format targeting Grand Rapids. History The station was first assigned the call sign WPLB-FM in 1962 and was originally licensed to Greenville, Michigan. It was sister station to WPLB (AM) (1060 and later 1380). The station became oldies-formatted on November 15, 1989 and the call sign was changed to WODJ. The WPLB-FM call sign was subsequently moved to 106.3 FM in Lakeview, Michigan (the AM and FM are now known as WGLM). WODJ WPLB-FM became WODJ, an oldies station targeting the Grand Rapids market, in 1989, and was an immediate success, reaching number one in the 12+ Arbitron ratings for Grand Rapids the following year. The station's success was built on its visibility at community events, such as the Grand Center Boat Show, which took place at the Grand Center in downtown Grand Rapids. By 2000, however, the station was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLAV-FM
WLAV-FM (96.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is owned by Cumulus Media and it broadcasts a classic rock format. The studios and offices are in the First Community Bank Building on Monroe Center Street NW in Grand Rapids. WLAV has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 43,000 watts. The transmitter is off Pierce Street in Allendale. History Early years WLAV-FM signed on the air in . It was the FM sister station of WLAV 1340 AM (now WJRW). They were owned by Leonard Adrian Versluis, hence the call signs. The two stations would simulcast most of their programming through the 1960s. Both stations were network affiliates of ABC Radio. By the early 1970s, WLAV-FM began airing separate programming. In the daytime, it used the automated "Love" format, a mix of instrumentals and soft vocals. At night, it played progressive rock music. Also for a time in the early 1970s, WLAV-FM played oldies under the tag line "Grand Rapids' Goldmine." The r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLHT-FM
WLHT-FM (95.7 MHz) is a hot adult contemporary music formatted radio station in Grand Rapids, Michigan, owned by Townsquare Media. WLHT's studios are located on Ottawa Avenue Northwest in downtown Grand Rapids, while its transmitter is located in Comstock Park. WLHT-FM is also licensed for HD Radio operation, and features WSLI-FM on its HD-2 subchannel. WKLW, WZZM-FM, and WZZR The station signed on the same day as WOOD-FM (now WSRW-FM) in 1962. The original call letters of 95.7 FM were WKLW. In the mid-1960s, the station came into common ownership with WZZM-TV Channel 13 and became WZZM-FM, an example of the call letters and rounded frequency number both forming ambigrams as "96 WZZM". By 1967, the station was block-programmed, with country music in the morning, Top 40 music in afternoon drive, and middle of the road music at night. Then, in 1968, WZZM-FM converted its format to full-time Top 40. WZZM-FM "Z96" was one of the first FM Top 40s in Michigan to pose a seriou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHTS
WHTS (105.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Coopersville, Michigan, and serving the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. It airs a top 40 (CHR) radio format and is owned by Cumulus Media. The studios are on Monroe Center Street NW in Grand Rapids. WHTS is a Class B FM station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 20,000 watts. It is heard as far north as Baldwin, as far south as Holland, and as far east as Edmore. The transmitter tower is on Alger Road at West 136th Street in Ashland Township, Michigan. History Rock, Soft AC and Dance The station signed on the air in . Its original city of license was Hart, Michigan, and its first call sign was WCXT. It had an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts, the maximum permitted for most FM stations. The signal covered a large amount of West Michigan. Although the station mentioned Hart, Muskegon, Ludington and Grand Haven in its top-of-the-hour station identification, it could be heard clearly out to M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WOOD-TV
WOOD-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for West Michigan. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Battle Creek–licensed dual American Broadcasting Company, ABC affiliate/The CW, CW owned-and-operated station WOTV (channel 41) and Class A television service, Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate WXSP-CD (channel 15). The three stations share studios on College Avenue Southeast in Grand Rapids; WOOD-TV's transmitter is located southwest of Middleville, Michigan, Middleville. In addition to its main signal, WOOD-TV operates Class A digital Broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators, translator WOGC-CD (UHF channel 25), licensed to Holland, Michigan, Holland with a transmitter in Zeeland, Michigan, Zeeland. There is also a digital repeater on channel 34, also licensed to Grand Rapids, with a transmitter in the Wolf Lake, Michigan, Wolf Lake section of Egelston Township. History The station signed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKLQ (FM)
WKLQ (94.5 MHz, "The Q 94.5") is an FM radio station licensed to Holland, Michigan. Owned by Cumulus Media, the station broadcasts an adult album alternative format serving the Grand Rapids, Michigan market. History When launched, 94.5 was occupied by WKLQ, with a Top 40/ CHR format as ''"Hit Rock! The FM 94 KLQ"'' that started in 1984. But by the early 1990s, the station flipped formats to an active rock format. In 1996, the station added Howard Stern to the morning lineup. By 1999, the station had tweaked into Alternative and became known as ''The [email protected] KLQ''. After a few years of struggling with the rock format, the station flipped to WTNR and country on October 11, 2004 as ''94.5 The New Thunder Country'', later branded as ''Thunder 94-5''. On October 27, 2011, WTNR completely revamped the station's playlist by adding gold tracks not previously played on the station. These included songs by artists from the 1990s and early 2000s like Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Brooks & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Hits
Hot Hits was a radio format created by consultant Mike Joseph in the 1970s. That concept, which helped spur the birth of what is now known as CHR, also revitalized the Top 40 format and would play a role in bringing the format to the FM band throughout the 1980s. The concept was to play only the current hits on the Top 30 (or Top 50 on some stations) and no recurrents (that is, recent hits which had already finished their run on the charts) or oldies whatsoever (unless they happened to be cuts on current chart albums). The Hot Hits Jingles Most "Hot Hits" stations used a jingle package from TM Productions, Inc. (now TM Studios) of Dallas, Texas, known initially as "The Actualizers" and syndicated combined with another package as "Fusion" by 1982, however both "The Actualizers" and "Fusion" cuts had been renamed the jingles as "Hot Hits!" to solidify its association with Joseph's stations (although the jingle package was not exclusive to Joseph-consulted stations, and in fact was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BetQL Network
The BetMGM Network (known on air as The Bet) is a radio network owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. that focuses on the world of sports betting. It is heard on the Audacy app as well as Audacy's portfolio of sports stations. The network was launched as the BetQL Network on January 25, 2021, after Entercom (the forerunner of Audacy) purchased the QL Gaming Group in November 2020. On February 2, 2025, the network was relaunched as BetMGM Network as part of Audacy's ongoing partnership with sportsbook company BetMGM. - ''RadioInsight'' (published February 2, 2025) Affiliates Current :''All stations in bold lettering are owned by Audacy, Inc.' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNWZ
WNWZ (1410 AM broadcasting, AM, "Magic 104.9") is a radio station broadcasting an urban contemporary radio format, format, licensed to Grand Rapids, Michigan. The station is simulcast on FM translator W285FO (104.9), licensed to Grand Rapids. History WGRD The station first began broadcasting under the WGRD call sign in 1948. As AM 1410 was originally a daytime-only station, the WGRD calls stood for Grand Rapids Daytime. The station adopted the Top 40 music format in 1959 and was a top-rated station in the Grand Rapids market during the late 1950s and early 1960s, though the station had lost ground to WJRW, WLAV 1340 and WZZM-FM 95.7 by the end of the decade. WGRD made a number of format adjustments in the mid-1960s in response to its falling ratings, shifting to an adult contemporary format in 1964 and then to a Top 40/oldies mix the following year before tweaking back to Top 40 in 1967. WGRD reclaimed its market dominance after it added an FM signal at 97.9 MHz in 1971 (for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area (DMA), television market area, or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television station, television and radio broadcasting, radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media such as newspapers and internet content. They can coincide with or overlap with one or more metropolitan areas, though rural regions with few significant population centers can also be designated as markets. Conversely, very large metropolitan areas can sometimes be subdivided into multiple segments. Market regions may overlap, meaning that people residing on the edge of one media market may be able to receive content from other nearby markets. They are widely used in audience measurements, which are compiled in the United States by Nielsen Media Research. Nielsen has measured both television and radio audiences since its acquisition of Arbitron, which was completed in Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sign-on
A sign-on (or start-up in Commonwealth countries except Canada) is the beginning of operations for a radio or television station, generally at the start of each day. It is the opposite of a sign-off (or closedown in Commonwealth countries except Canada), which is the sequence of operations involved when a radio or television station shuts down its transmitters and goes off the air for a predetermined period; generally, this occurs during the overnight hours although a broadcaster's digital specialty or sub-channels may sign-on and sign-off at significantly different times than its main channels. Like other television programming, sign-on and sign-off sequences can be initiated by a broadcast automation system, and automatic transmission systems can turn the carrier signal and transmitter on/off by remote control. Sign-on and sign-off sequences have become less common due to the increasing prevalence of 24/7 broadcasting. However, some national broadcasters continue the pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
