WOOD-FM 106.9 Muskegon/Grand Rapids

Simulcast of WOOD AM 1300 Grand Rapids

Slogan/Positioner: NewsRadio WOOD 106.9 FM & 1300 AM

Format: News/Talk/Sports

Web site: www.woodradio.com

E-mail: visit web site

Power/Height/Class: 50,000 watts / 479 feet / B

Broadcasts in digital/HD

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details
• coverage area

More about station:

• Radio Locator coverage area
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• WOOD-FM from Wikipedia
• WOOD-FM from RadioTime.com
• WOOD-FM on Facebook
• Tower photos, thanks Tom Bosscher

Call Sign History:

• WOOD-FM: 12/29/2010
• WMUS: 5/2/2005
• WMUS-FM: 1970
• WFFM: 1965
• WMUS-FM: sign on

Call Sign Origin: Muskegon

On Air Date: November 1962

Owner: Clear Channel

Telephone: (231) 744-1671

Notes/History:

• 1/5/2011: At noon, county format is dropped and station enters full-time simulcast of news/talk WOOD AM 1300 Grand Rapids.
• 12/13/2010: Announced that the country format of WMUS FM will be moving from 106.9 to 107.9 after a period of simulcasting on both frequencies. New format on FM 106.9 will be news/talk as simulcast of sister station WOOD AM 1300 Grand Rapids sometime in January 2011.
• 4/23/2001: AM 1090 drops simulcast of FM station in favor of News-Talk programming
• 1/16/2001: FCC approves sale to Clear Channel from Cumulus
• 9/5/2000: Announced that station is being sold to Clear Channel by Cumulus Broadcasting
• 3/14/2000: FCC approves sale from Connoisseur to Cumulus
• 11/29/1999: Announced that Cumulus will be acquiring Connoisseur Communications for $242 million
• 1970: Station reverts back to WMUS-FM call sign and is again simulcasting sister station WMUS AM; format is country.
• 1965: WMUS AM 1090 changes format to country and WMUS-FM ends simulcast and takes on easy listening format as WFFM.
• 11/1962: WMUS-FM is once again an FM station serving Muskegon as it signs on at FM 106.9. Format is full service/middle-of-the-road simulcasting sister station WMUS AM 1090.
• 1950: WMUS-FM 100.5 goes silent
• 1947: WMUS-FM 100.5 Muskegon signs on

Transmitter location:

Muskegon County

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