WFUR AM 1570 Grand Rapids

Slogan/Positioner: Your Family Station

Format: Religious

Web site: www.wfuramfm.com

E-Mail: visit web site

Class: B
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 1,000 watts / 1 / omnidirectional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 307 watts / 1 / omnidirectional

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details

• Radio Locator coverage areas: Day, Night
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• Tom Bosscher: Tower photos
• WFUR AM from RadioTime
• WFUR AM from Wikipedia

Call Sign History: WFUR

Call Sign Origin: Furniture City Broadcasting

On Air Date: 1947

Owner: Kuiper Stations/Furniture City Broadcasting

Telephone: (616) 451-9387

Notes/History:

• June 1978: Bill Kuiper passes away; station remains under ownership of Kuiper family.
• 1950: Purchased by William Kuiper and format is changed to religious/non-demoninational Christian. Asking price for the station was $50,000. By 1960 WFUR-FM signs on and at some point Kuiper also owned radio stations in Kalamazoo, Dowagiac, and Muskegon.
• 1947: WFUR signs on, owned by a group of World War II veterans. The station airs mostly secular programming.

Center of antenna array/transmitter location:

Kent County