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 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.
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History[edit]
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 as "Oldies 98.7" 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, playing music from the 1960s and early 1970s. On June 29, 2009, the station changed its name to Classic Hits "98.7 WFGR" and began to focus more on the 1970s and 1980s. 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.
WFGR currently plays a wide variety of Pop, Rock, Disco and Funk from the mid-'60s to the late '80s, after having somewhat of a more Classic Rock focus in its first incarnation of "Classic Hits" 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. WFGR is considered to be the next generation of Oldies, branded as "Classic Hits". The stations image and delivery is that of a CHR/Top 40 station of the late '70s or early '80s.
On October 5, 2009, The Bob & Tom Show premiered on the morning lineup, Monday through Saturday 6 am to 10 am. The show was added when Clearchannel's 101.3 The Fox WBFX did not renew the contract for the show. As of October 5, 2012, three years to the day—Bob and Tom have been replaced with local talent Andy O' Riley and Dave Kaechele.
Current weekday on-air lineup[edit]
6 am – 10 am Andy and Dave (Andy O' Riley and Dave Kaechele)
10 a – 3 pm Matt Hendricks
3 pm – 7 pm Craig Russell and the Afternoon Hustle
Weekend Lineup includes radio veteran Steve Labenz, as well as Russell, Hendricks and Ned Michaels.
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External links[edit]
- 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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Coordinates: 43°01′59″N 85°41′46″W / 43.033°N 85.696°W
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