WYGR

WYGR
Broadcast areaGrand Rapids metropolitan area
Frequency1530 kHz
BrandingJethro FM
Programming
FormatClassic country
Ownership
OwnerWYGR, LLC
History
First air date
1964 (as WERX)
Former call signs
WYGR (12/19/86-Present)
WTKG (10/1/84-12/19/86)
WYGR (3/11/1968-10/1/84)
WERX (7/1/1963-3/11/1968)
WYOQ (CP)(9/27/1962-7/1/1963)
Call sign meaning
WYoming-Grand Rapids
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID74248
ClassD
Power500 watts (Daytime)
250 watts (Critical Hours)
Translator(s)94.9 W235BN (Grand Rapids)
99.5 W258DF (Lowell)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitejethro.fm

WYGR (1530 AM, "Jethro FM") is a radio station broadcasting a classic country 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. WYGR programming is simulcast on FM translator W235BN at 94.9 FM, which can be heard in the immediate Grand Rapids area as far north as Cedar Springs and Allendale but gives way to co-channel WMMQ out of East Lansing east of Grand Rapids and fellow co-channel WKZC north and west of the Grand Rapids area. A second FM translator W258DF in Lowell was added in February 2019.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WYGR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.