WYGR

Infobox Radio station
name = WYGR


city = Wyoming, Michigan
area = [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WYGR&service=AM&status=L&hours=D] (Daytime)
[http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WYGR&service=AM&status=L&hours=C] (Critical Hours)
branding = La Furia
slogan =
airdate = 1964
frequency = 1530 kHz
format = Ethnic; Spanish Variety
power = 500 watts (Daytime)
250 watts (Critical Hours)
erp =
class = D
callsign_meaning = Wyoming-Grand Rapids
former_callsigns = WTKG (10/1/84-12/19/86)
WYGR (?-10/1/84)
WERX (?-?)
owner = WYGR Broadcasting
webcast =
website = [http://www.wygr.net/ http://www.wygr.net/]
affiliations =

WYGR (1530 AM, "La Furia") is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish variety format. Licensed to Wyoming, Michigan and serving the Grand Rapids area, the station operates with 500 watts during the day and 250 watts critical hours, but must sign off at night to protect 1530 WCKY in Cincinnati.

The station first began broadcasting in 1964 under the WERX call sign. WERX began as a MOR station but changed to Top 40 during the summer of 1965, and enjoyed moderate success as a Top 40 rocker until dropping the format in May 1968. The station's potential was always limited due to its poor signal and the fact that co-channel WCKY would begin to interfere with WERX's signal even before WERX's sign-off. WERX provided an early air shift for John "Records" Landecker, later of WLS fame.

The station has also aired news/talk (as WTKG) and adult standards (as WYGR) formats. The current Spanish format was adopted in 1999.

WYGR's current format as "La Furia" consists of a wide variety of different Spanish-language musical genres, including regional Mexican, grupera, ranchera, tropical, and mainstream Spanish pop and rock. Sunday programming includes church services in Spanish and English as well as English-language polka and adult standards shows.

Sources

* [http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-a/wygr.html Michiguide.com - WYGR History]

External links

*AMQ|WYGR