WFGR
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| City | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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| Broadcast area | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Branding | 98.7 WFGR |
| Slogan | Classic Hits |
| Frequency | 98.7 MHz |
| First air date | 1992 |
| Format | Classic Hits |
| ERP | 2,750 watts |
| HAAT | 150 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 25837 |
| Callsign meaning | For Grand Rapids |
| Former callsigns | WXJI (7/12/90-7/8/1992, CP) |
| Owner |
Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media of Grand Rapids, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WGRD-FM, WLHT-FM, WNWZ, WTRV |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wfgr.com |
WFGR (Classic Hits 98.7) is an American FM radio station serving Grand Rapids, Michigan. It transmits from their facility in Alpine Township on 98.7 FM. WFGR is owned by Townsquare Media.
The WFGR signal can be heard as far north as Stanwood, Michigan, far east as Pewamo, Michigan, and as far south as Plainwell, Michigan.
WFGR was previously a classical music station throughout the 1990s, broadcasting the World Classical Network from WFCC-FM in Chatham, Massachusetts. It changed its format to oldies music as "Oldies 98.7" on October 11, 2004 when Grand Rapids' current oldies station at the time, WODJ, was displaced by rock station WKLQ.
When WFGR debuted its oldies format, it was satellite-fed using ABC Radio's "Oldies Radio" feed, but soon debuted a mostly-local lineup of DJs, playing music from the 1960s and early 1970s. On June 29, 2009, the station changed its name to Classic Hits "98.7 WFGR" and began to focus more on the 1970s and 1980s. The change left the Grand Rapids market without a local outlet for oldies in the traditional sense of the format, until Grand Valley State University stepped in to fill the void by flipping its WGVU-AM from NPR news and talk to "Real Oldies" a few months later.
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