WVGR
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| City | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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| Broadcast area | West Michigan |
| Branding | Michigan Radio |
| Slogan | Your NPR News Station |
| Frequency | 104.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | December 7, 1961 |
| Format | Public radio: News/Talk |
| ERP | 96,000 watts |
| HAAT | 221 meters (725 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 66309 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°39′18″N 85°31′38″W / 42.65500°N 85.52722°W |
| Callsign meaning | Frederick J. Vogt, Grand Rapids (Vogt lead drive to launch station) |
| Affiliations |
Michigan Radio National Public Radio Public Radio International American Public Media BBC World Service |
| Owner | University of Michigan |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WVGR (104.1 FM) is a non-commercial radio station in Grand Rapids, Michigan licensed to the University of Michigan as part of its Michigan Radio NPR network. It currently airs news and talk programming.
For decades, WVGR blanketed West Michigan with a powerful 108,000-watt signal from an arm on local NBC affiliate WOOD-TV's transmitter. However, when WOOD-TV needed WVGR's old space for an HD transmitter, WVGR was forced to cut its power to 20,000 watts from space on CBS affiliate WWMT's tower. It moved to its own tower in 2006. It is the only station in the network that directly competes with another NPR member station, namely Grand Valley State University's WGVU-FM.
WVGR is a "grandfathered superpower" Class B, FM station. The maximum power that would be granted today, would be 23.345 kW effective radiated power, using the same antenna height of 221 meters.
WVGR broadcasts in the HD Radio (hybrid) format.
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