WFGR

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WFGR

City of license	Grand Rapids, Michigan
Broadcast area	[1]
Branding	Oldies 98.7
First air date	1992
Frequency	98.7 MHz
Format	Oldies
Power	2,750 watts
Class	A
Former callsigns	WXJI (7/12/90-7/8/1992)
Owner	Regent Broadcasting
Website	http://www.wfgr.com/

WFGR is the only all-oldies music radio station in the market of Grand Rapids, Michigan. It transmits from their facility in Alpine Township on 98.7 FM. WFGR's licensee is Regent Broadcasting of Grand Rapids, Inc.

WFGR was previously a classical music station throughout the 1990s. 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.

WFGR recently transitioned from being partially satellite-fed (from ABC Radio's "Oldies Radio" format) to having a mostly-local lineup of DJs, though it still uses the satellite feed overnights. Morning host Len O'Kelly is a veteran of WODJ, as well as the late WRLL "Real Oldies 1690" in Chicago. The current WFGR Oldies 98.7 air schedule, as of April 2007, is as follows:

Mornings: Len O'Kelly and Mark Roberts
Middays: Bob Mason
Afternoon Drive: Tom Wyant
Evenings: Tom Kent's Classic Top 40 Weeknights

[edit] Sources

Michiguide.com - WFGR History

[edit] External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WFGR

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

By FM frequency: 88.1 | 88.5 | 88.9 | 89.3 | 89.9 | 89.9 | 91.3 | 92.7 | 93.7 | 94.5 | 95.7 | 96.1 | 96.9 | 97.9 | 98.7 | 100.5 | 101.3 | 102.9 | 104.1 | 104.5 | 105.3 | 105.7 | 106.9 | 107.3