WFGR
| City of license | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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| Broadcast area | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Branding | 98.7 WFGR |
| Slogan | Classic Hits of the 60's 70's and 80's |
| Frequency | 98.7 MHz |
| First air date | 1992 |
| Format | Classic Hits |
| ERP | 2,750 watts |
| HAAT | 150 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 25837 |
| Callsign meaning | For Grand Rapids |
| Former callsigns | WXJI (7/12/90-7/8/1992) |
| Owner | Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media of Grand Rapids, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WGRD-FM, WLHT-FM, WNWZ, WTRV |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wfgr.com |
WFGR (Classic Hits 98.7) is an American FM radio station serving Grand Rapids, Michigan. It transmits from their facility in Alpine Township on 98.7 FM. WFGR is owned by Townsquare Media. The station was known as "Oldies 98.7" and played mostly hits of the 1950s through early 1970s until June 29, 2009 when the station tweaked its format to rock-based Classic Hits and added more music from the 1970s through 1990s. The change left the Grand Rapids market without a local outlet for oldies in the traditional sense of the format, until Grand Valley State University stepped in to fill the void by flipping its WGVU-AM from NPR news and talk to "Real Oldies" a few months later. The WFGR signal can be heard as far north as Stanwood, Michigan, far east as Pewamo, Michigan, and as far south as Plainwell, Michigan WFGR also broadcasts on a low-power signal (96.5) based out of Big Rapids, Michigan.
WFGR was previously a classical music station throughout the 1990s, broadcasting the World Classical Network from WFCC-FM in Chatham, Massachusetts. It changed its format to oldies music on October 11, 2004 when Grand Rapids' current oldies station at the time, WODJ, was displaced by rock station WKLQ.
When WFGR debuted its oldies format, it was satellite-fed using ABC Radio's "Oldies Radio" feed, but soon debuted a mostly-local lineup of DJs. WFGR currently plays a wide variety of Pop, Rock, Disco and Funk from the Mid-60's to the Late 80's. The station has also picked up the weekend feature "Awesome 80's" from sister station WLHT 95.7. The feature debuted on March 19, 2011, and has been well received.
On October 5, 2009, The Bob & Tom Show premiered on the morning lineup, Monday through Saturday 6am to 10am. The show was added when 101.3 The Fox dropped the morning show due to too many stations airing talk and wanted to go to all music in the morning.
[edit] The Current Weekday On-Air Lineup
6am - 10am The Bob & Tom Show
10a - 3pm Matt Hendricks (as of October 2010, previously of WBFX)
3pm - 7pm Craig Russell and the Afternoon Hustle
[edit] Sources
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WFGR
- Radio-Locator information on WFGR
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WFGR
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