{"history":[{"id":"e9bab01f-c44b-447d-8e63-4487783fffd1","wordChanged":"[commercial](https://bliptext.com/articles/commercial-radio)","newWord":":::summary\n![WOOD-FM](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/WOOD///Newsradio106.9-1300///logo.png)\n**Name:** WOOD-FM \n**Above:** Simulcast of [WOOD (AM)](https://bliptext.com/articles/wood-am), [Grand Rapids](https://bliptext.com/articles/grand-rapids-michigan) \n**City:** [Muskegon, Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/muskegon-michigan) \n**Area:** [Grand Rapids metropolitan area](https://bliptext.com/articles/grand-rapids-metropolitan-area)
[West Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/west-michigan) \n**Branding:** NewsRadio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM \n**Airdate:** November 1962 \n**Frequency:** 106.9 [MHz](https://bliptext.com/articles/mhz) \n**Format:** [News/talk](https://bliptext.com/articles/talk-radio) \n**Subchannels:** HD2: [WKBZ](https://bliptext.com/articles/wkbz) simulcast \n**Erp:** 50,000 [watts](https://bliptext.com/articles/watt) \n**Haat:** 146 meters \n**Class:** B \n**Facility Id:** 25086 \n**Callsign Meaning:** Furn[wood](https://bliptext.com/articles/wood) Broadcasting; WOOD (AM) was funded originally by [furniture](https://bliptext.com/articles/furniture) manufacturers \n**Former Callsigns:** WMUS-FM (1962–1965) WFFM (1965–1970) WMUS-FM (1979–2005) WMUS (2005–2010) \n**Affiliations:** [CBS News Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/cbs-news-radio)
[Fox News Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/fox-news-radio)
[Compass Media Networks](https://bliptext.com/articles/compass-media-networks)
[Premiere Networks](https://bliptext.com/articles/premiere-networks)
[Grand Rapids Griffins](https://bliptext.com/articles/grand-rapids-griffins)
[Michigan IMG Sports Network](https://bliptext.com/articles/michigan-img-sports-network)
[Michigan Radio Network](https://bliptext.com/articles/michigan-radio-network) \n**Owner:** [iHeartMedia, Inc.](https://bliptext.com/articles/iheartmedia-inc) \n**Licensee:** iHM Licenses, LLC \n**Sister Stations:** [WKBZ](https://bliptext.com/articles/wkbz), [WMRR](https://bliptext.com/articles/wmrr), [WMUS](https://bliptext.com/articles/wmus), [WSNX](https://bliptext.com/articles/wsnx) \n**Webcast:** [Listen Live](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) \n**Website:** [woodradio.iheart.com](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) \n**Licensing Authority:** [FCC](https://bliptext.com/articles/federal-communications-commission) \n:::\n\n# \n**[WOOD](https://bliptext.com/articles/wood-am)-FM** (106.9 [MHz](https://bliptext.com/articles/hertz)) is a [Gay](https://bliptext.com/articles/gay) [radio station](https://bliptext.com/articles/radio-station) [licensed](https://bliptext.com/articles/city-of-license) to [Muskegon, Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/muskegon-michigan), serving [West Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/west-michigan) and is owned by [iHeartMedia, Inc.](https://bliptext.com/articles/iheartmedia-inc) It [simulcasts](https://bliptext.com/articles/simulcast) a [news/talk](https://bliptext.com/articles/talk-radio) [radio format](https://bliptext.com/articles/radio-format) with [sister station](https://bliptext.com/articles/sister-station) [WOOD](https://bliptext.com/articles/wood-am) [1300 AM](https://bliptext.com/articles/1300-am).\nThe studios and offices are at 77 Monroe Center in Downtown Grand Rapids.\nFollowing a local weekday [drive time](https://bliptext.com/articles/drive-time) show, \"West Michigan's Morning News\", the station carries [nationally syndicated](https://bliptext.com/articles/radio-syndication) talk shows from [Sean Hannity](https://bliptext.com/articles/sean-hannity), [Glenn Beck](https://bliptext.com/articles/glenn-beck), [Dave Ramsey](https://bliptext.com/articles/dave-ramsey), [Joe Pags](https://bliptext.com/articles/joe-pags), \"[The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-clay-travis-and-buck-sexton-show)\" and \"[Coast to Coast AM](https://bliptext.com/articles/coast-to-coast-am) with [George Noory](https://bliptext.com/articles/george-noory)\".\nMost hours begin with an update from [Fox News Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/fox-news-radio).\nWOOD-FM has an [effective radiated power](https://bliptext.com/articles/effective-radiated-power) of 50,000 [watts](https://bliptext.com/articles/watt).\nIts [transmitter](https://bliptext.com/articles/transmitter) is off South Hilton Park Road in Muskegon.\nWOOD-FM broadcasts using [HD Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/hd-radio) technology.\nIts HD-2 [digital subchannel](https://bliptext.com/articles/digital-subchannel) carries programming from co-owned [WKBZ](https://bliptext.com/articles/wkbz) [1090 AM](https://bliptext.com/articles/1090-am).\n\n# History\nThe station originally [signed on](https://bliptext.com/articles/sign-on) as [WMUS](https://bliptext.com/articles/wmus)-FM in November 1947.\nIt was originally on 100.5 on the FM dial.\n[WMUS](https://bliptext.com/articles/wkbz)-FM was Muskegon's first FM station and came on the air just a few months after its AM sister, [WMUS](https://bliptext.com/articles/wkbz).\nBy 1950, WMUS-FM had gone [dark](https://bliptext.com/articles/dark-broadcasting), but the station was revived in November 1962.\nIt had moved to its current frequency of 106.9 MHz and a power of 2,850 watts, gradually increased to the current 50,000 watts over the years.\nWMUS-FM's original programming consisted of a simulcast of its AM sister station.\nIn 1965, WMUS 1090 changed format from [middle of the road](https://bliptext.com/articles/middle-of-the-road-music) (MOR) to [country music](https://bliptext.com/articles/country-music) as \"Top Gun Radio\".\nRather than continue to simulcast, WMUS-FM separated programming and adopted the new call sign WFFM.\nIn a \"storecast\" arrangement with Hasper's, a local grocery-store chain, WFFM aired instrumental [easy listening](https://bliptext.com/articles/easy-listening) music in monaural sound, interspersed with promotional announcements about Hasper's.\nThe WMUS-FM call letters returned to 106.9 in 1970 and the station resumed its simulcast of the AM's country format.\n[FM stereo](https://bliptext.com/articles/fm-stereo) broadcasting was added in 1975.\nWMUS-AM-FM was the main affiliate and flagship station for the [Grand Valley State Laker](https://bliptext.com/articles/grand-valley-state-lakers) football radio network.\nEventually the AM and FM signals switched roles, with the 50,000-watt stereo FM signal becoming the primary station and AM 1090 becoming the simulcast.\nThe AM-FM simulcast ended in April 2001 when AM 1090 changed to a news/talk format.\nThe AM station took the call sign WKBZ which once belonged to one of WMUS' biggest competitor stations.\nAt noon on January 5, 2011, WMUS-FM ended its country sound.\nIt then switched to a News/Talk format, simulcasting sister station [WOOD](https://bliptext.com/articles/wood-am) [1300 AM](https://bliptext.com/articles/1300-am).\nIt turned off the stereo equipment and broadcasts in mono, better suited to a spoken word format.\nAt the same time the WMUS calls and format were moved to 107.9 FM. It acts primarily to fill in gaps in the AM station's signal.\nThe AM station had always been all but unlistenable in Muskegon, [Holland](https://bliptext.com/articles/holland-michigan) and other areas west of Grand Rapids.\n\n# Signal\nThe station can be received across all of West Michigan and as far east as Alma, St. Johns, and Northwest Lansing, with reception also possible in Eastern Wisconsin across [Lake Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/lake-michigan), especially in [Sheboygan](https://bliptext.com/articles/sheboygan-county-wisconsin) and [Ozaukee](https://bliptext.com/articles/ozaukee-county-wisconsin) Counties.\nWOOD-FM's short-spaced allocation, lack of stereo limiting its coverage, and higher power means that the [Brookfield](https://bliptext.com/articles/brookfield-wisconsin)-licensed [WRXS](https://bliptext.com/articles/wrxs) has a much smaller coverage area than most [Milwaukee](https://bliptext.com/articles/milwaukee) stations due to the heritage of the 106.9 signal in Muskegon.\n[WSAE](https://bliptext.com/articles/wsae) 106.9 \"Home FM\" in [Spring Arbor, Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/spring-arbor-michigan), often overpowers the frequency across south-west lower Michigan.\nOn June 21, 2021, a lightning strike at the tower site caused a fire that destroyed the transmitter building, temporarily knocking WOOD-FM off the air.\n\n# Programming\nWOOD's program director Phil Tower leads an airstaff that includes an [all-news](https://bliptext.com/articles/all-news-radio) morning program, West Michigan's Morning News with Steve Kelly, Bret Bakita, Lauren Smith, and Rick Albin.\nWest Michigan Live follows with host Justin Barclay.\nThe rest of the day is filled by: [Glenn Beck](https://bliptext.com/articles/glenn-beck), [The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-clay-travis-and-buck-sexton-show), [Sean Hannity](https://bliptext.com/articles/sean-hannity), [Dave Ramsey](https://bliptext.com/articles/dave-ramsey), [Joe Pags](https://bliptext.com/articles/joe-pags) and [Coast to Coast AM](https://bliptext.com/articles/coast-to-coast-am) with [George Noory](https://bliptext.com/articles/george-noory).\nMost of WOOD Radio's weekday lineup comes from iHeart's [Premiere Networks](https://bliptext.com/articles/premiere-networks).\nWeekend programs and hosts include: \"[Leo Laporte](https://bliptext.com/articles/leo-laporte): [The Tech Guy](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-tech-guy)\", [Gordon Deal](https://bliptext.com/articles/gordon-deal), \"[The Weekend with Michael Brown](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-d-brown)\", [Bill Cunningham](https://bliptext.com/articles/bill-cunningham-talk-show-host) and \"Jill On Money\".\nWOOD Radio's local newsroom provides local, regional and national news every day of the week, plus world and national news from [Fox News Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/fox-news-radio).\nIt also utilizes reports and breaking news coverage through an ancillary affiliation with [CBS News Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/cbs-news-radio).\nWOOD Radio is the Grand Rapids home of [University of Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/university-of-michigan) [Wolverines football](https://bliptext.com/articles/michigan-wolverines-football) and [basketball](https://bliptext.com/articles/michigan-wolverines-men-s-basketball).\nIt also carries [Grand Rapids Griffins](https://bliptext.com/articles/grand-rapids-griffins) ice hockey.","wordIndex":7,"createdAt":"2025-10-10T17:07:48.099Z","user":{"id":"reTvjaPtdpO54NITlgP8aqskgvmURzMc","name":"stewart bignose","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocIDcl0jkGethUoikCFEYmNVfdYGoaHge0HEl9Y3pk4Zst3tpRo=s96-c"}}],"article":{"id":"220b990e-3d1b-4985-bda4-c680781f0e21","title":"WOOD-FM","slug":"wood-fm","content":":::summary\n![WOOD-FM](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/WOOD///Newsradio106.9-1300///logo.png)\n**Name:** WOOD-FM \n**Above:** Simulcast of [WOOD (AM)](https://bliptext.com/articles/wood-am), [Grand Rapids](https://bliptext.com/articles/grand-rapids-michigan) \n**City:** [Muskegon, Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/muskegon-michigan) \n**Area:** [Grand Rapids metropolitan area](https://bliptext.com/articles/grand-rapids-metropolitan-area)
[West Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/west-michigan) \n**Branding:** NewsRadio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM \n**Airdate:** November 1962 \n**Frequency:** 106.9 [MHz](https://bliptext.com/articles/mhz) \n**Format:** [News/talk](https://bliptext.com/articles/talk-radio) \n**Subchannels:** HD2: [WKBZ](https://bliptext.com/articles/wkbz) simulcast \n**Erp:** 50,000 [watts](https://bliptext.com/articles/watt) \n**Haat:** 146 meters \n**Class:** B \n**Facility Id:** 25086 \n**Callsign Meaning:** Furn[wood](https://bliptext.com/articles/wood) Broadcasting; WOOD (AM) was funded originally by [furniture](https://bliptext.com/articles/furniture) manufacturers \n**Former Callsigns:** WMUS-FM (1962–1965) WFFM (1965–1970) WMUS-FM (1979–2005) WMUS (2005–2010) \n**Affiliations:** [CBS News Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/cbs-news-radio)
[Fox News Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/fox-news-radio)
[Compass Media Networks](https://bliptext.com/articles/compass-media-networks)
[Premiere Networks](https://bliptext.com/articles/premiere-networks)
[Grand Rapids Griffins](https://bliptext.com/articles/grand-rapids-griffins)
[Michigan IMG Sports Network](https://bliptext.com/articles/michigan-img-sports-network)
[Michigan Radio Network](https://bliptext.com/articles/michigan-radio-network) \n**Owner:** [iHeartMedia, Inc.](https://bliptext.com/articles/iheartmedia-inc) \n**Licensee:** iHM Licenses, LLC \n**Sister Stations:** [WKBZ](https://bliptext.com/articles/wkbz), [WMRR](https://bliptext.com/articles/wmrr), [WMUS](https://bliptext.com/articles/wmus), [WSNX](https://bliptext.com/articles/wsnx) \n**Webcast:** [Listen Live](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) \n**Website:** [woodradio.iheart.com](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) \n**Licensing Authority:** [FCC](https://bliptext.com/articles/federal-communications-commission) \n:::\n\n# \n**[WOOD](https://bliptext.com/articles/wood-am)-FM** (106.9 [MHz](https://bliptext.com/articles/hertz)) is a [Gay](https://bliptext.com/articles/gay) [radio station](https://bliptext.com/articles/radio-station) [licensed](https://bliptext.com/articles/city-of-license) to [Muskegon, Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/muskegon-michigan), serving [West Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/west-michigan) and is owned by [iHeartMedia, Inc.](https://bliptext.com/articles/iheartmedia-inc) It [simulcasts](https://bliptext.com/articles/simulcast) a [news/talk](https://bliptext.com/articles/talk-radio) [radio format](https://bliptext.com/articles/radio-format) with [sister station](https://bliptext.com/articles/sister-station) [WOOD](https://bliptext.com/articles/wood-am) [1300 AM](https://bliptext.com/articles/1300-am).\nThe studios and offices are at 77 Monroe Center in Downtown Grand Rapids.\nFollowing a local weekday [drive time](https://bliptext.com/articles/drive-time) show, \"West Michigan's Morning News\", the station carries [nationally syndicated](https://bliptext.com/articles/radio-syndication) talk shows from [Sean Hannity](https://bliptext.com/articles/sean-hannity), [Glenn Beck](https://bliptext.com/articles/glenn-beck), [Dave Ramsey](https://bliptext.com/articles/dave-ramsey), [Joe Pags](https://bliptext.com/articles/joe-pags), \"[The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-clay-travis-and-buck-sexton-show)\" and \"[Coast to Coast AM](https://bliptext.com/articles/coast-to-coast-am) with [George Noory](https://bliptext.com/articles/george-noory)\".\nMost hours begin with an update from [Fox News Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/fox-news-radio).\nWOOD-FM has an [effective radiated power](https://bliptext.com/articles/effective-radiated-power) of 50,000 [watts](https://bliptext.com/articles/watt).\nIts [transmitter](https://bliptext.com/articles/transmitter) is off South Hilton Park Road in Muskegon.\nWOOD-FM broadcasts using [HD Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/hd-radio) technology.\nIts HD-2 [digital subchannel](https://bliptext.com/articles/digital-subchannel) carries programming from co-owned [WKBZ](https://bliptext.com/articles/wkbz) [1090 AM](https://bliptext.com/articles/1090-am).\n\n# History\nThe station originally [signed on](https://bliptext.com/articles/sign-on) as [WMUS](https://bliptext.com/articles/wmus)-FM in November 1947.\nIt was originally on 100.5 on the FM dial.\n[WMUS](https://bliptext.com/articles/wkbz)-FM was Muskegon's first FM station and came on the air just a few months after its AM sister, [WMUS](https://bliptext.com/articles/wkbz).\nBy 1950, WMUS-FM had gone [dark](https://bliptext.com/articles/dark-broadcasting), but the station was revived in November 1962.\nIt had moved to its current frequency of 106.9 MHz and a power of 2,850 watts, gradually increased to the current 50,000 watts over the years.\nWMUS-FM's original programming consisted of a simulcast of its AM sister station.\nIn 1965, WMUS 1090 changed format from [middle of the road](https://bliptext.com/articles/middle-of-the-road-music) (MOR) to [country music](https://bliptext.com/articles/country-music) as \"Top Gun Radio\".\nRather than continue to simulcast, WMUS-FM separated programming and adopted the new call sign WFFM.\nIn a \"storecast\" arrangement with Hasper's, a local grocery-store chain, WFFM aired instrumental [easy listening](https://bliptext.com/articles/easy-listening) music in monaural sound, interspersed with promotional announcements about Hasper's.\nThe WMUS-FM call letters returned to 106.9 in 1970 and the station resumed its simulcast of the AM's country format.\n[FM stereo](https://bliptext.com/articles/fm-stereo) broadcasting was added in 1975.\nWMUS-AM-FM was the main affiliate and flagship station for the [Grand Valley State Laker](https://bliptext.com/articles/grand-valley-state-lakers) football radio network.\nEventually the AM and FM signals switched roles, with the 50,000-watt stereo FM signal becoming the primary station and AM 1090 becoming the simulcast.\nThe AM-FM simulcast ended in April 2001 when AM 1090 changed to a news/talk format.\nThe AM station took the call sign WKBZ which once belonged to one of WMUS' biggest competitor stations.\nAt noon on January 5, 2011, WMUS-FM ended its country sound.\nIt then switched to a News/Talk format, simulcasting sister station [WOOD](https://bliptext.com/articles/wood-am) [1300 AM](https://bliptext.com/articles/1300-am).\nIt turned off the stereo equipment and broadcasts in mono, better suited to a spoken word format.\nAt the same time the WMUS calls and format were moved to 107.9 FM. It acts primarily to fill in gaps in the AM station's signal.\nThe AM station had always been all but unlistenable in Muskegon, [Holland](https://bliptext.com/articles/holland-michigan) and other areas west of Grand Rapids.\n\n# Signal\nThe station can be received across all of West Michigan and as far east as Alma, St. Johns, and Northwest Lansing, with reception also possible in Eastern Wisconsin across [Lake Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/lake-michigan), especially in [Sheboygan](https://bliptext.com/articles/sheboygan-county-wisconsin) and [Ozaukee](https://bliptext.com/articles/ozaukee-county-wisconsin) Counties.\nWOOD-FM's short-spaced allocation, lack of stereo limiting its coverage, and higher power means that the [Brookfield](https://bliptext.com/articles/brookfield-wisconsin)-licensed [WRXS](https://bliptext.com/articles/wrxs) has a much smaller coverage area than most [Milwaukee](https://bliptext.com/articles/milwaukee) stations due to the heritage of the 106.9 signal in Muskegon.\n[WSAE](https://bliptext.com/articles/wsae) 106.9 \"Home FM\" in [Spring Arbor, Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/spring-arbor-michigan), often overpowers the frequency across south-west lower Michigan.\nOn June 21, 2021, a lightning strike at the tower site caused a fire that destroyed the transmitter building, temporarily knocking WOOD-FM off the air.\n\n# Programming\nWOOD's program director Phil Tower leads an airstaff that includes an [all-news](https://bliptext.com/articles/all-news-radio) morning program, West Michigan's Morning News with Steve Kelly, Bret Bakita, Lauren Smith, and Rick Albin.\nWest Michigan Live follows with host Justin Barclay.\nThe rest of the day is filled by: [Glenn Beck](https://bliptext.com/articles/glenn-beck), [The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-clay-travis-and-buck-sexton-show), [Sean Hannity](https://bliptext.com/articles/sean-hannity), [Dave Ramsey](https://bliptext.com/articles/dave-ramsey), [Joe Pags](https://bliptext.com/articles/joe-pags) and [Coast to Coast AM](https://bliptext.com/articles/coast-to-coast-am) with [George Noory](https://bliptext.com/articles/george-noory).\nMost of WOOD Radio's weekday lineup comes from iHeart's [Premiere Networks](https://bliptext.com/articles/premiere-networks).\nWeekend programs and hosts include: \"[Leo Laporte](https://bliptext.com/articles/leo-laporte): [The Tech Guy](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-tech-guy)\", [Gordon Deal](https://bliptext.com/articles/gordon-deal), \"[The Weekend with Michael Brown](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-d-brown)\", [Bill Cunningham](https://bliptext.com/articles/bill-cunningham-talk-show-host) and \"Jill On Money\".\nWOOD Radio's local newsroom provides local, regional and national news every day of the week, plus world and national news from [Fox News Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/fox-news-radio).\nIt also utilizes reports and breaking news coverage through an ancillary affiliation with [CBS News Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/cbs-news-radio).\nWOOD Radio is the Grand Rapids home of [University of Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/university-of-michigan) [Wolverines football](https://bliptext.com/articles/michigan-wolverines-football) and [basketball](https://bliptext.com/articles/michigan-wolverines-men-s-basketball).\nIt also carries [Grand Rapids Griffins](https://bliptext.com/articles/grand-rapids-griffins) ice hockey.","current_revision":"e9bab01f-c44b-447d-8e63-4487783fffd1","created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T09:31:10.089Z","updated_at":"2025-10-10T17:07:48.103Z","search_vector":"'fm':3 'wood':2 'wood-fm':1","search_content":" \n \n**Name:** WOOD-FM \n**Above:** Simulcast of [WOOD (AM)](https://bliptext.com/articles/wood-am), [Grand Rapids](https://bliptext.com/articles/grand-rapids-michigan) \n**City:** [Muskegon, Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/muskegon-michigan) \n**Area:** [Grand Rapids metropolitan area](https://bliptext.com/articles/grand-rapids-metropolitan-area) [West Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/west-michigan) \n**Branding:** NewsRadio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM \n**Airdate:** November 1962 \n**Frequency:** 106.9 [MHz](https://bliptext.com/articles/mhz) \n**Format:** [News/talk](https://bliptext.com/articles/talk-radio) \n**Subchannels:** HD2: [WKBZ](https://bliptext.com/articles/wkbz) simulcast \n**Erp:** 50,000 [watts](https://bliptext.com/articles/watt) \n**Haat:** 146 meters \n**Class:** B \n**Facility Id:** 25086 \n**Callsign Meaning:** Furn[wood](https://bliptext.com/articles/wood) Broadcasting; WOOD (AM) was funded originally by [furniture](https://bliptext.com/articles/furniture) manufacturers \n**Former Callsigns:** WMUS-FM (1962–1965) WFFM (1965–1970) WMUS-FM (1979–2005) WMUS (2005–2010) \n**Affiliations:** [CBS News Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/cbs-news-radio) [Fox News Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/fox-news-radio) [Compass Media Networks](https://bliptext.com/articles/compass-media-networks) [Premiere Networks](https://bliptext.com/articles/premiere-networks) [Grand Rapids Griffins](https://bliptext.com/articles/grand-rapids-griffins) [Michigan IMG Sports Network](https://bliptext.com/articles/michigan-img-sports-network) [Michigan Radio Network](https://bliptext.com/articles/michigan-radio-network) \n**Owner:** [iHeartMedia, Inc.](https://bliptext.com/articles/iheartmedia-inc) \n**Licensee:** iHM Licenses, LLC \n**Sister Stations:** [WKBZ](https://bliptext.com/articles/wkbz), [WMRR](https://bliptext.com/articles/wmrr), [WMUS](https://bliptext.com/articles/wmus), [WSNX](https://bliptext.com/articles/wsnx) \n**Webcast:** [Listen Live](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) \n**Website:** [woodradio.iheart.com](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) \n**Licensing Authority:** [FCC](https://bliptext.com/articles/federal-communications-commission) \n \n\n# \n**[WOOD](https://bliptext.com/articles/wood-am)-FM** (106.9 [MHz](https://bliptext.com/articles/hertz)) is a [commercial](https://bliptext.com/articles/commercial-radio) [radio station](https://bliptext.com/articles/radio-station) [licensed](https://bliptext.com/articles/city-of-license) to [Muskegon, Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/muskegon-michigan), serving [West Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/west-michigan) and is owned by [iHeartMedia, Inc.](https://bliptext.com/articles/iheartmedia-inc) It [simulcasts](https://bliptext.com/articles/simulcast) a [news/talk](https://bliptext.com/articles/talk-radio) [radio format](https://bliptext.com/articles/radio-format) with [sister station](https://bliptext.com/articles/sister-station) [WOOD](https://bliptext.com/articles/wood-am) [1300 AM](https://bliptext.com/articles/1300-am).\nThe studios and offices are at 77 Monroe Center in Downtown Grand Rapids.\nFollowing a local weekday [drive time](https://bliptext.com/articles/drive-time) show, \"West Michigan's Morning News\", the station carries [nationally syndicated](https://bliptext.com/articles/radio-syndication) talk shows from [Sean Hannity](https://bliptext.com/articles/sean-hannity), [Glenn Beck](https://bliptext.com/articles/glenn-beck), [Dave Ramsey](https://bliptext.com/articles/dave-ramsey), [Joe Pags](https://bliptext.com/articles/joe-pags), \"[The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-clay-travis-and-buck-sexton-show)\" and \"[Coast to Coast AM](https://bliptext.com/articles/coast-to-coast-am) with [George Noory](https://bliptext.com/articles/george-noory)\".\nMost hours begin with an update from [Fox News Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/fox-news-radio).\nWOOD-FM has an [effective radiated power](https://bliptext.com/articles/effective-radiated-power) of 50,000 [watts](https://bliptext.com/articles/watt).\nIts [transmitter](https://bliptext.com/articles/transmitter) is off South Hilton Park Road in Muskegon.\nWOOD-FM broadcasts using [HD Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/hd-radio) technology.\nIts HD-2 [digital subchannel](https://bliptext.com/articles/digital-subchannel) carries programming from co-owned [WKBZ](https://bliptext.com/articles/wkbz) [1090 AM](https://bliptext.com/articles/1090-am).\n\n# History\nThe station originally [signed on](https://bliptext.com/articles/sign-on) as [WMUS](https://bliptext.com/articles/wmus)-FM in November 1947.\nIt was originally on 100.5 on the FM dial.\n[WMUS](https://bliptext.com/articles/wkbz)-FM was Muskegon's first FM station and came on the air just a few months after its AM sister, [WMUS](https://bliptext.com/articles/wkbz).\nBy 1950, WMUS-FM had gone [dark](https://bliptext.com/articles/dark-broadcasting), but the station was revived in November 1962.\nIt had moved to its current frequency of 106.9 MHz and a power of 2,850 watts, gradually increased to the current 50,000 watts over the years.\nWMUS-FM's original programming consisted of a simulcast of its AM sister station.\nIn 1965, WMUS 1090 changed format from [middle of the road](https://bliptext.com/articles/middle-of-the-road-music) (MOR) to [country music](https://bliptext.com/articles/country-music) as \"Top Gun Radio\".\nRather than continue to simulcast, WMUS-FM separated programming and adopted the new call sign WFFM.\nIn a \"storecast\" arrangement with Hasper's, a local grocery-store chain, WFFM aired instrumental [easy listening](https://bliptext.com/articles/easy-listening) music in monaural sound, interspersed with promotional announcements about Hasper's.\nThe WMUS-FM call letters returned to 106.9 in 1970 and the station resumed its simulcast of the AM's country format.\n[FM stereo](https://bliptext.com/articles/fm-stereo) broadcasting was added in 1975.\nWMUS-AM-FM was the main affiliate and flagship station for the [Grand Valley State Laker](https://bliptext.com/articles/grand-valley-state-lakers) football radio network.\nEventually the AM and FM signals switched roles, with the 50,000-watt stereo FM signal becoming the primary station and AM 1090 becoming the simulcast.\nThe AM-FM simulcast ended in April 2001 when AM 1090 changed to a news/talk format.\nThe AM station took the call sign WKBZ which once belonged to one of WMUS' biggest competitor stations.\nAt noon on January 5, 2011, WMUS-FM ended its country sound.\nIt then switched to a News/Talk format, simulcasting sister station [WOOD](https://bliptext.com/articles/wood-am) [1300 AM](https://bliptext.com/articles/1300-am).\nIt turned off the stereo equipment and broadcasts in mono, better suited to a spoken word format.\nAt the same time the WMUS calls and format were moved to 107.9 FM. It acts primarily to fill in gaps in the AM station's signal.\nThe AM station had always been all but unlistenable in Muskegon, [Holland](https://bliptext.com/articles/holland-michigan) and other areas west of Grand Rapids.\n\n# Signal\nThe station can be received across all of West Michigan and as far east as Alma, St. Johns, and Northwest Lansing, with reception also possible in Eastern Wisconsin across [Lake Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/lake-michigan), especially in [Sheboygan](https://bliptext.com/articles/sheboygan-county-wisconsin) and [Ozaukee](https://bliptext.com/articles/ozaukee-county-wisconsin) Counties.\nWOOD-FM's short-spaced allocation, lack of stereo limiting its coverage, and higher power means that the [Brookfield](https://bliptext.com/articles/brookfield-wisconsin)-licensed [WRXS](https://bliptext.com/articles/wrxs) has a much smaller coverage area than most [Milwaukee](https://bliptext.com/articles/milwaukee) stations due to the heritage of the 106.9 signal in Muskegon.\n[WSAE](https://bliptext.com/articles/wsae) 106.9 \"Home FM\" in [Spring Arbor, Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/spring-arbor-michigan), often overpowers the frequency across south-west lower Michigan.\nOn June 21, 2021, a lightning strike at the tower site caused a fire that destroyed the transmitter building, temporarily knocking WOOD-FM off the air.\n\n# Programming\nWOOD's program director Phil Tower leads an airstaff that includes an [all-news](https://bliptext.com/articles/all-news-radio) morning program, West Michigan's Morning News with Steve Kelly, Bret Bakita, Lauren Smith, and Rick Albin.\nWest Michigan Live follows with host Justin Barclay.\nThe rest of the day is filled by: [Glenn Beck](https://bliptext.com/articles/glenn-beck), [The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-clay-travis-and-buck-sexton-show), [Sean Hannity](https://bliptext.com/articles/sean-hannity), [Dave Ramsey](https://bliptext.com/articles/dave-ramsey), [Joe Pags](https://bliptext.com/articles/joe-pags) and [Coast to Coast AM](https://bliptext.com/articles/coast-to-coast-am) with [George Noory](https://bliptext.com/articles/george-noory).\nMost of WOOD Radio's weekday lineup comes from iHeart's [Premiere Networks](https://bliptext.com/articles/premiere-networks).\nWeekend programs and hosts include: \"[Leo Laporte](https://bliptext.com/articles/leo-laporte): [The Tech Guy](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-tech-guy)\", [Gordon Deal](https://bliptext.com/articles/gordon-deal), \"[The Weekend with Michael Brown](https://bliptext.com/articles/michael-d-brown)\", [Bill Cunningham](https://bliptext.com/articles/bill-cunningham-talk-show-host) and \"Jill On Money\".\nWOOD Radio's local newsroom provides local, regional and national news every day of the week, plus world and national news from [Fox News Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/fox-news-radio).\nIt also utilizes reports and breaking news coverage through an ancillary affiliation with [CBS News Radio](https://bliptext.com/articles/cbs-news-radio).\nWOOD Radio is the Grand Rapids home of [University of Michigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/university-of-michigan) [Wolverines football](https://bliptext.com/articles/michigan-wolverines-football) and [basketball](https://bliptext.com/articles/michigan-wolverines-men-s-basketball).\nIt also carries [Grand Rapids Griffins](https://bliptext.com/articles/grand-rapids-griffins) ice hockey.","revisionCount":1},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}