WGVU-FM

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WGVU-FM & WGVS-FM
City of license	WGVU-FM: Allendale, Michigan WGVS-FM: Whitehall, Michigan
Broadcast area	WGVU-FM: [1] WGVS-FM: [2]
Branding	WGVU Radio
Slogan	West Michigan Public Radio
First air date	WGVU-FM: July 17, 1983 WGVS-FM: unknown
Frequency	WGVU-FM: 88.5 MHz WGVS-FM: 95.3 MHz
Format	Public: News/Talk, Jazz
Power	WGVU-FM: 3,000 watts WGVS-FM: 2,000 watts
Class	WGVU-FM: A WGVS-FM: A
Callsign meaning	Grand Valley State University
Former callsigns	WGVU-FM: WGVC-FM (1/19/83-12/14/87) WSRX (10/74-7/82) WGVS-FM: WKBZ-FM (3/19/93-3/1/99) WMHZ (?-?) WLRQ (?-?)
Affiliations	NPR
Owner	Grand Valley State University
Website	http://www.wgvu.org/radio/

WGVU-FM is a radio station that serves that Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan area and is simulcasted throughout Western Michigan. The main broadcast frequency is 88.5 MHz, which is licensed to Allendale/Grand Rapids. It is simulcast on WGVS-FM 95.3 MHz, which is licensed to Whitehall/Muskegon. The format is talk/jazz.

WGVU-FM began broadcasting on July 17, 1983. The station since its inception has served as a public brodcaster and is NPR affiliate.

95.3 FM in Whitehall began as Top 40 station WLRQ ("Super Q") in the late 1970s. In the mid-1980s, the station bore the WRNF calls while continuing with a Top 40 format. By the mid-1990s, 95.3 FM had the WKBZ-FM calls and was airing an urban contemporary format as "Power 95.3." Station owners Robert Jewell and Daniel Thill donated WKBZ-AM 850 and WKBZ-FM 95.3 to Grand Valley in 1995, but the following year the stations were sold to WLC Broadcasting, and it was not until November 1998 that WLC returned the stations to Grand Valley and the university began using them as simulcasts of WGVU-AM/FM.

[edit] Sources

• Michiguide.com - WGVU-FM History
• Michiguide.com - WGVS-FM History

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for WGVU-FM
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WGVS-FM