WKFR-FM 103.3 Battle Creek/Kalamazoo

Slogan/Positioner: Today's Best Music; 103.3 WKFR

Format: Contemporary Hits/Top 40

Web site: www.wkfr.com

E-mail: visit web site

Power/Height/Class: 50,000 watts / 482 feet / B

Broadcasts in digital/HD

• Secondary stream format (HD2):
  - rebroadcast on FM translator 102.5 W273AR Paw Paw

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details
• coverage area

More about station:

• Radio Locator coverage area
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• WKFR on Facebook
• WKFR from TuneIn
• WKFR from Wikipedia
• Tower photos, thanks Tom Bosscher

Call Sign History:

• WKFR-FM: 1964
• WELL-FM: 1963

Call Sign Origins:

• 1: Kalamazoo FM Radio
• 2: Keener Fourteen Radio

On Air Date: June 11, 1963

Owner: Cumulus Media

Telephone: (269) 344-0111

Translator station (rebroadcasting HD2):

• W273AR Paw Paw: 250 watts / 502 feet / D
  Tech info: engineering data, station details, FCCInfo.com, Recnet
  Location map
  Coverage area: FCC, Radio Locator

Notes/History:

• 2011: Cumulus acquires FM translator W219DA 91.7 Paw Paw from Horizon Christian Fellowship for $12,500 and moves it in to Kalamazoo on 102.5 as W273AR where it will rebroadcast WKFR-FM HD2. License to cover granted in September, 2011.
• 3/2011: Announced that Cumulus Media is merging/acquiring Citadel Broadcasting in a deal worth billions of dollars. The FCC approves the sale and it closes later in 2011.
• 1981: Top 40 format moves from AM 1400 to WKFR.
• 1970s: Format evolves into soft adult contemporary.
• 1964: Frequency change to 103.3, call sign change to WKFR and simulcast of WELL AM ends. New format on 103.3 is beautiful music.
• 6/1963: On-air at 96.5 as WELL-FM, sister station of WELL AM 1400.

Transmitter location:

Kalamazoo County

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