WJWC-LP ("97.3 The Heat") is a radio station in

Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids is the largest city and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States. With a population of 198,917 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and estimated at 200,117 in 2024, Grand Rapids is the List of municipalities ...

. It is owned by the Empowerment Radio Project.

History

The station was established by the Community Empowerment Project, a non-profit corporation founded by the late Robert LaDew in 1994. Mr. LaDew was the publisher of

based Equality Magazine that organized the African American Festival, and continued the festival after 2000 when the city of Grand Rapids dropped its funding support. Mr LaDew died in 2004, according to the station Facebook Page. An application was filed by the non-profit to license a new Low Power FM station for Grand Rapids in 2014 and began operations in 2016. At that time, control of the Community Empowerment Project was split equally among Jon Covington, Al Brown, and David Dew

As of 2019, the President of the non-Profit was Jose A Flores, with Mr Brown and Few continuing as director

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Radio stations in Grand Rapids, Michigan, JWC-LP Radio stations established in 2016 Urban contemporary radio stations in the United States 2016 establishments in Michigan JWC-LP {{Michigan-radio-station-stub