WGFN
| City |
WGFN: Glen Arbor, Michigan WCHY: Cheboygan, Michigan |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area |
WGFN: Traverse City, Michigan WCHY: Cheboygan, Michigan |
| Branding | Classic Rock: The Bear |
| Slogan | Northern Michigan's Classic Rock |
| Frequency |
WGFN: 98.1 MHz WCHY: 97.7 MHz |
| First air date |
WGFN: 1991 WCHY: 2011 |
| Format | Classic rock |
| ERP |
WGFN: 21,000 watts WCHY: 3,400 watts |
| HAAT |
WGFN: 225 meters WCHY: 152 meters |
| Class |
WGFN: C2 WCHY: C3 |
| Facility ID |
WGFN: 10750 WCHY: 189567 |
| Callsign meaning |
WGFN: W-Gold FM (previous branding, similar to WGFM) WCHY: CHeboYgan |
| Former callsigns |
WGFN: WMLB (10/12/88-5/22/92) WCHY: WQEZ (2011-2013) WJZJ (2/2013-5/2013) WOEZ (5/10/2013-5/30/2013) WJZJ (5/2013-6/2013) |
| Affiliations |
The Bob & Tom Show Detroit Tigers |
| Owner | Black Diamond Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | WCBY, WGFE, WGFM, WMKC, WQEZ, WTWS, WUPS |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | classicrockthebear.com |
WGFN and WCHY are radio stations in Northern Michigan that air a classic rock format under the branding "Classic Rock: The Bear", as currently owned by Black Diamond Broadcasting. WGFN is based out of Glen Arbor, Michigan, airing at 98.1 FM to the Traverse City market, while WCHY is based out of Cheboygan, Michigan and airs at 97.7 FM. WGFN has been the flagship station of the Classic Rock: The Bear network of classic rock stations that have aired in Northern Michigan since the early 2000s, which peaked with 4 regional stations from 2002-2009 and 2010-2012. The only other surviving Bear station in the region is WCHY, which airs the same programming and playlist as WGFN, but features differing station identifications and commercial content for its market. Both stations air the popular syndicated morning radio program The Bob & Tom Show, as well as Detroit Tigers baseball games.
Until 2009, WGFN was joined by 97.9 WIHC in Newberry, 105.1 WGFM in Cheboygan, and 107.1 WCKC in Cadillac in Northern Star Broadcasting's then-Classic Rock: The Bear network. WGFM became a partial simulcast of Glen Arbor mainstream rock station WJZJ in September 2009, and continues to broadcast the format under the Rock 105 branding. In February 2010, WIHC was taken dark by Northern Star in the wake of their sale of most Upper Peninsula radio stations to Sovereign Communications, before being sold to new owners and relaunched as the religious simulcast Strong Tower Radio in 2012. Fellow Upper Peninsula stations WUPK & WIMK (which shared the Classic Rock: The Bear branding but were otherwise not linked) were also sold to Sovereign Communications in 2010.
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