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WGFN is one of three radio stations in the northern part of the lower peninsula of Michigan that air a classic rock format, with The Bob & Tom Show & Nights with Alice Cooper, called "The Bear". Those stations are: *98.1 WGFN Glen Arbor *107.1 WCKC Cadillac *97.7 WCHY Cheboygan While WGFN and WCKC are simulcast with each other, WCHY airs the same programming and playlist as the other two "Bear" stations, but is imaged separately, with different station identifications and commercial breaks. Four other Michigan stations, 105.1 WGFM out of Cheboygan, 97.9 WIHC out of Newberry, 93.9 WAVC in Mio, and 94.5 WLJZ in Mackinaw City, had previously been part of the Bear network. WGFM became a partial simulcast of Glen Arbor mainstream rock station WJZJ ("Real Rock 105.1/95.5") in September 2009, and now airs a standalone mainstream rock format as "Rock 105" as of April 2013, following 95.5 FM's change to a soft adult contemporary format as WQEZ. WIHC stopped broadcasting in February 2010 in the aftermath of a major radio purchase in the Upper Peninsula by Sovereign Communications, and has since been sold and returned to the air with religious programming. WAVC and WLJZ (now WYPV) now simulcast a conservative talk format. ==Beginnings: W-Gold FM== In 1989, longtime northern Michigan radio personality and engineer Del Reynolds and wife Mary purchased 100,000 watt CHR WQLZ (formerly WCBY-FM) in Cheboygan. Shortly afterward, he changed the station's format to classic rock with the WGFM call letters, meaning "W-Gold-FM". The station's main focus was classic rock, but also played new cuts from classic rock artists as well. The station was live/local 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. and aired Westwood One's Adult Rock format overnights. Del was the station's morning man. In the 1990s, Del's radio empire grew when he acquired many other local stations and built new ones as well. He purchased WIDG 940 in St. Ignace, MI and WCBY AM in Cheboygan the station that launched his career in the late 1960s. He purchased 98.1 WMLB Glen Arbor, which had previously simulcast WUPS in Houghton Lake, and changed that to WGFN, giving WGFM a clearer signal in the Traverse City, MI area. He also took over 107.1 WCKC "Cadillac KC Country" Cadillac which was simulcasting his 102.9 WMKC "KC Country" St. Ignace, MI, but eventually changing to a WGFM simulcast. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WGFN」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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