WODJ (defunct)

WODJ was an Oldies station in the market of Grand Rapids, Michigan, broadcasting on 107.3 FM and licensed to Greenville, Michigan. It featured hits from the 50s, 60s and 70s. The station was an active part in the landscape of West Michigan broadcasting for over a decade.

Prior to the launch of WODJ in 1989, the station had been country WPLB-FM. WODJ took part in community events, such as the Grand Center Boat Show, which took place at the Grand Center in downtown Grand Rapids. The station's community involvement paid off when WODJ reached number one in the 12+ Arbitron ratings for Grand Rapids in 1990. By 2000 the station was in competition with a number of adult-contemporary and classic-rock stations for the ears of adult listeners who wanted classic pop and rock hits, and was struggling to make the top ten 12+, but still had a loyal and devoted audience.

The station featured the syndicated Dick Clark documentary series entitled "Rock, Roll and Remember", which aired on Sunday afternoons.

A link to a customized jingle package from Reelworld Productions is available [http://www.reelworld.com/htmlsite/demos/oldies/wodj/WODJ.html here] .

WODJ FM went off the air on October 11, 2004 and was replaced by the modern rock station WKLQ, which had moved up the dial from 94.5 (which debuted a country format as "Thunder" WTNR).The only all-oldies station in the immediate Grand Rapids area is currently 98.7 WFGR [http://www.wfgr.com/] , a former classical music station that moved to Oldies in October 2004, according to [http://www.michiguide.com/ MichiGuide.com] .

The WODJ calls, meanwhile, are still being used by Citadel Communications (the last owners of the original WODJ-FM, who still own 107.3 as WKLQ) on talk-radio station 1490 AM in Whitehall, Michigan. After the original WODJ-FM was displaced by WKLQ, Citadel also parked the WODJ calls on its construction permit for 92.5 FM in Newaygo, Michigan, which eventually went on the air as WKOQ (a simulcast of WKLQ) and is now "Outlaw Country" WLAW-FM.