WBFX FM 101.3 Grand Rapids 
Slogan/Positioner: 101.3 The Fox; The Fox Rocks
Format: Classic Rock
Web site: www.101thefoxrocks.com
E-mail: visit web site
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Power/Height/Class: 50,000 watts / 420 feet / B
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Broadcasts in digital/HD
- Secondary stream format (HD2): Adult Alternative
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Call Sign History:
- WBFX: 9/27/2000
- WCUZ-FM: 7/9/1980
- WFFX:
- WMLW:
- WYON:
Call Sign Origin: The Fox
On Air Date: About 1964/65
Owner: Clear Channel
Telephone: (616) 459-1919
Notes/History:
- 9/24/2000: Format change from Classic Country to Classic Rock as '101.3 The Fox', new calls WBFX
- 199x: Format moves from mainstream Country to Classic Country
- 1980: Format change from Album Oriented Rock WFFX to Country, new calls WCUZ-FM
- 1964/65: WYON signs on, owner is McPherson Broadcasting who also owned WION in Ionia. The entire station was built in a 2 stall garage-style building
built on acreage North of Lowell, MI near Grattan. The daytime programming was a simulcast of WION via studio-to-transmitter link from Ionia. In the
evening at 5pm, the station went live with a small studio at the tranmitter site. Paul Dobosz was the first to host this evening show which ran until 9pm
when Ed Fitzgerald came in and played big band music until signoff at midnight.
The station was built out of second hand equipment including an old GE 10KW transmitter and a handbuilt 6 channel audio console. At the time, there was only one cart machine and an old Magnecord reel to reel machine along with a couple of second hand turntables with Rek-O-Kut tone arms.
Transmitter location:
Kent County
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