WSNX

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WSNX-Muskegon, MI. This station is located in Clear Channel Communications' Grand Rapids, Michigan headquarters. The current (2006) format is CHR, with a hip-hop flavored lean. The 104.5 dial position is licensed to Muskegon, in Western Michigan with the station serving the Grand Rapids, MI area.

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What is now 104.5 WSNX began life as Beautiful Music station WQWQ (the "Q" stood for "Quality") in 1971. Goodrich Radio Marketing purchased the frequency in 1984 and quickly changed the Beautiful Music format to Top 40 and used the moniker "Sunny-FM" on-air. Goodrich Radio located the studios at 875 E. Summit in Norton Shores, just outside Muskegon. The antenna was upgraded to get a city-grade signal into Grand Rapids.

WSNX moved to Grand Rapids (at 2610 28th Street) in 1996, where it was occupying the same offices of sister station (107.3) WODJ Oldies format and (1140) WKWM Urban AC. It was around this time that new program director, John Thomas along with music director Keith Curry gave the CHR formatted station an apparent hip-hop or urban feel musically. The musical adjustment appeared to work, as WSNX climbed to #2 in the Arbitron ratings during Thomas' watch in 1998. The next book after PD (program director) Thomas left the station hit number one in the 12+ demographic according to Arbitron

WSNX moved again to downtown Grand Rapids after it was purchased by Clear Channel Radio in 1999. By that time, the "Sunny FM" name had already been dropped in favor of IDing with the calls and the slogan "Grand Rapids' Hottest Music," which changed to "Continuous Hit Music" after Clear Channel's takeover. Some of the air talent that have spent some time behind the WSNX microphone include: Jo Jo Girard, Jim Richards, Kieth Curry, John Thomas, Fast Eddie, Mark McGill, Britta Rodewal, Fernando Ventura, Jamie Jordan, Mark Jacobs, Jonathon Caine Broadway, and Steve and Sabrina (now on WOOD-FM). And more recently, Puddin and The Playhouse, Michelle Tayolr, Eric O'Brien (EOB), and Holmes and The freakshow.

WSNX was the first radio station in both the Grand Rapids and Muskegon markets to broadcast in high definition, as it does today.

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Radio stations in the Muskegon, Michigan market (Arbitron #232)

WGNB - 89.3 | WBLV - 90.3 | WMCQ - 91.7 | WGHN - 92.1 | WLAW - 92.5 | WTNR - 94.5 | WGVS - 95.3 | WLHT - 95.7 | WEFG - 97.5 | WLCS - 98.3 | WVIB - 100.1 | WMBC - 100.9 | WMRR - 101.7 | WFUR - 102.9 | WUVS - 103.7 | WSNX - 104.5 | WHTS - 105.3 | WMMT - 106.1 | WMUS - 106.9 | WSHZ - 107.9 | WGVS - 850 | WMHG - 1600

Radio stations in the Grand Rapids market (Arbitron #67)

FM:WYCE 88.1 | WGVU 88.5 | WBLU 88.9 | WGNB 89.3 | WAYG 89.9 | WCSG 91.3 | WBCT 93.7 | WTNR 94.5 | WLHT 95.7 | WMAX 96.1 | WLAV 96.9 | WGRD 97.9 | WFGR 98.7 | WJQK 99.3 | WTRV 100.5 | WBFX 101.3 | WFUR 102.9 | WVGR 104.1 | WSNX 104.5 | WHTS 105.3 | WOOD 105.7 | WQLR 106.5 | WMUS 106.9 | WKLQ 107.3

AM:WMFN 640 | WMJH 810 | WJNZ 1140 | WTKG 1230 | WOOD 1300 | WBBL 1340 | WNWZ 1410 | WGVU 1480 | WYGR 1530 | WFUR 1570 | WDSS 1680

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