WGFM

WGFM

Cheboygan, Michigan
Broadcast area	Petoskey, Michigan
Frequency	105.1 MHz
Branding	Rock 105 & 95.5
Programming
Format	Active rock
Ownership
Owner	Black Diamond Broadcast Holdings, LLC.
Sister stations	WCBY, WCHY, WGFE, WGFN, WWMK, WMKC, WTWS, WUPS
History
First air date	August 15, 1968 (as WCBY-FM)[1][2]
Former call signs	WCBY-FM (1968-09/13/1982) WQLZ (09/13/1982-02/10/1989)
Call sign meaning	Gold FM (former name)
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	56073
Class	C1
ERP	43,000 watts
HAAT	295 meters (968 ft)
Translator(s)	103.7 W279CC (Alpena)
Repeater(s)	95.5 WGFE (Glen Arbor)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	rock105.fm

WGFM (105.1 FM) in Cheboygan, Michigan and is an American radio station that airs a mainstream rock format branded as Rock 105 & 95.5. WGFM boasts a 43,000-watt signal which easily covers most of northern Lower Michigan from Grayling northward and extends into the eastern Upper Peninsula. WGFE's signal serves primarily the immediate Traverse City area and carries across the waters of Lake Michigan, and can frequently be heard in Manitowoc, Wisconsin and the eastern shoreline of Door County, Wisconsin. The station is simulcast on WGFE 95.5 FM in Glen Arbor, Michigan, and is also heard on translator W279CC (103.7 FM) in Alpena.

Current on-air talent at WGFM/WGFE include morning drive host Brian "Cartman" Pfeifer, and DJs Jay Roberts, Nate "Smitty" Smith, and "NASCAR" Steve. Jay Roberts and "NASCAR" Steve are also DJs at WGFM's sister stations WGFN & WCHY, which simulcast as Classic Rock: The Bear. Each January, WGFM hosts a 12-hour marathon of Metallica music entitled the Metallica-Thon, which debuted on WGFE (then WJZJ) in 2009 shortly before entering into the first WGFM simulcast.