WSRW-FM 105.7 Grand Rapids

Slogan/Positioner: Star 105.7

Format: Adult Contemporary

Web site: www.westmichiganstar.com

E-mail: visit web site

Power/Height/Class: 265,000 watts / 581 feet / B

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details
• coverage area

More about station:

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

Call Sign History:

• WSRW-FM: 11/15/2010
• WOOD-FM: 1962

Call Sign Origin: West Michigan Star

On Air Date: February 26, 1962; 11:00am

Owner: Clear Channel

Telephone: (616) 459-1919

Notes/History:

• 2/2008: License to cover granted for new main transmitter location.
• 12/2007: Operations shift from auxiliary facilities to new permanent transmitter location.
• 5/2007: Construction permit granted for new permanent facilities which would operate with 265,000 watts @ 580 feet, an overall decrease in effective radiated power from when the station operated with the same 265,000 watts, but at 810 feet.
• 200x: Although licensed for 265,000 watts @ 810 feet, WOOD-FM begins operations from its auxiliary facilities (99,000 watts @ 580 feet) due to the lack of space on the tower shared with WOOD-TV and WOOD-DT.
• 11/12/2001: Station repositions as The New Star 105.7, dropping EZ-105.7
• 1990s: Format evolves from Easy Listening to Adult Contemporary
• 2/26/1962: On air at 11:00am with Beautiful Music format (same day as WKLW-FM 95.7, which signed on 4 hours earlier).
• Original owner was Furnwood Broadcasting. Call sign may have also originated from wood, the material used to build the office furniture the Grand Rapids area is known for.

Transmitter location:

Barry County

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