WOOD AM 1300 Grand Rapids 
Slogan/Positioner: NewsRadio WOOD 1300
Format: News/Talk
Web site: www.woodradio.com
E-Mail: visit web site
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Class: B
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 20,000 watts / 4 / directional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 20,000 watts / 4 / directional
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More Technical Information:
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- Nighttime coverage (Radio Locator)
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- Tower photos, thanks West Michigan SBE 102
Call Sign History:
- WOOD: 1/13/1926
- WEBK:
Call Sign Origin: Furnwood Broadcasting (original owner)
On Air Date: Sep 16, 1924
Owner: Clear Channel
Telephone: (616) 459-1919
Notes/History:
- 9/22/2004: License to cover granted for increase in power from 5,000 to 20,000 watts from new location.
- 2002: WHGR 1290 Houghton Lake license is turned in by Clear Channel
- 5/21/2002: Construction permit granted for application filed in July (see next entry). Completion of CP is contingent upon the license of WHGR being turned in
- 7/2001: Application filed with FCC to increase daytime and nighttime power from 5,000 to 20,000 watts. Transmitter would move from near Kentwood to a new location near Dorr. Part of the application stipulates the forfeiture of the license for WHGR-AM 1290 Houghton Lake which parent company Clear Channel acquired and took off the air
- xx/xx: Station ceases broadcasting in AM stereo
- 1996: Clear Channel purchases station
- 1972: Purchased by a local group
- 1957: Purchased by Time, Inc.
- 1946: ABC purchases King-Trundle, but spins off NBC-affiliate WOOD to Harry Bitner of Hearst Newspapers in 1948 after a two-year search for a new buyer.
- 1942: WASH ends operations; station becomes just WOOD
- 1935: WOOD becomes and affiliate of NBC
- 1930: Purchased by John King (known as John Kunsky until 1936) and George Trendle, owners of WXYZ Detroit. King-Trundle would also purchase WASH AM Grand Rapids which shared the 1270 frequency with WOOD. The stations operated as WOOD-WASH. WASH broadcasting daytime programming, WOOD at night.
- 9/16/1924: Becomes West Michigan's first radio station, signing on as WEBK. Broadcasting schedule was limited to Sunday and Wednesday to avoid competition with stations from Chicago and Detroit.
Center of antenna array/transmitter location:
Allegan County
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