WOOD-FM
| City of license | Muskegon, Michigan |
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| Broadcast area | Muskegon, Michigan |
| Branding | NewsRadio 106.9 |
| Frequency | 106.9 MHz |
| First air date | November 1962 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 146 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 25086 |
| Former callsigns | WMUS (5/2/05-12/31/10) WMUS-FM (5/29/79-5/2/05) WFFM (1965-1970) WMUS-FM (11/62-1965) |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Sister stations | WKBZ, WMRR, WMUS, WSNX |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | woodradio.com |
WOOD-FM (106.9 FM, "NewsRadio 106.9") is a radio station in Muskegon, Michigan, broadcasting a news/talk format and is owned by Clear Channel Communications.
WOOD-FM originally began broadcasting as WMUS-FM in 1947 at 100.5 on the FM dial; it was Muskegon's first FM station and came on the air just a few months after its AM sister, WMUS. By 1950, WMUS-FM had gone dark, but the station was revived in November 1962 at its current frequency of 106.9 MHz and a power of 2,850 watts (gradually increased to the current 50,000 watts over the years). WMUS-FM's original programming consisted of a simulcast of its AM sister. The station can be received across all of West-Michigan and as far east as Alma, St. Johns, and Northwest Lansing. WSAE 106.9 "Home FM" in Spring Arbor, Michigan tends to overpower the frequency across south-west lower Michigan. The station is also known to be heard along the eastern coast of Wisconsin.
In 1965, WMUS 1090 changed format from middle of the road music to country as "Top Gun Radio." Rather than continue to simulcast, WMUS-FM separated programming and adopted the new call sign WFFM. In a "storecast" arrangement with Hasper's, a local grocery-store chain, WFFM aired instrumental easy listening music in monaural sound, interspersed with promotional announcements about Hasper's [1].
The WMUS-FM call letters returned to 106.9 in 1970 and the station resumed its simulcast of the AM's country format. FM stereo broadcasting was added in 1975. Eventually the AM and FM signals switched roles, with the 50,000-watt stereo FM signal becoming the primary station and AM 1090 becoming the simulcast. The simulcast ended in April 2001 when AM 1090 changed to a news/talk format, eventually taking the calls WKBZ (which one belonged to one of WMUS' biggest competitor stations)[2].
At 12:00 Noon on January 5, 2011 106.9 WMUS-FM became 106.9 WOOD-FM. 106.9 WOOD-FM is now an FM simulcaster for sister station WOOD-AM 1300 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. At the same time the WMUS calls and format were moved to 107.9 FM. [3].
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Grand Valley State Laker football
WMUS is the main affiliate and flagship station for the Grand Valley State Laker football radio network.[4]
Previous Logo
References
- ^ "Essay on the early days of FM radio in Muskegon". Michigude. http://www.michiguide.com/history/fmhistory/case1.pdf.
- ^ "WMUS FM 106.9 Muskegon". Michigude. http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-m/wmus.html.
- ^ "MLive article on WMUS". MLive. http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/12/muskegon-based_radio_station_s.html. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- ^ "GRAND VALLEY STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Grand Valley State Lakers. http://www.gvsulakers.com/tvradio/footballradionetwork.html. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
External links
- WOOD-FM official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WOOD
- Radio-Locator information on WOOD
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WOOD
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