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WSRW-FM (105.7 FM, "Star 105.7"), Grand Rapids, Michigan, is an adult contemporary music formatted radio station on the frequency of 105.7 FM. It is heard as far east as Fowlerville, Michigan, and as far north as Big Rapids, Michigan. The station can also be heard as far south as Lagrange, Indiana WSRW-FM is a Class B "grandfathered superpower" station.〔http://www.w9wi.com/articles/grand_fm.htm〕The maximum ERP that would be granted today, using the same antenna height of 247 meters, would be 19,000 Watts.〔http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/fmpower〕 The smooth jazz format available on HD2 is also available online at: http://www.iheart.com/live/smooth-jazz-4242/ ==History== The station signed on for the first time as WOOD-FM in 1962. WOOD-FM aired a Beautiful Music format for decades, which in the early 1990s evolved into the current AC format. WSRW-FM is promoted as Star 105.7 FM. Prior to adopting the "Star" name on November 12, 2001, the station had been known as "EZ 105.7." Presumably the name change was made to help dispel the station's image of being an "elevator music" station. The station's playlist was tweaked to become a brighter, more upbeat AC, which also meant dropping songs by "MOR" or "easy listening" artists such as Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow and the Carpenters. WSRW-FM also picked up Delilah's syndicated love-songs show (replacing its locally based "EZ Love Songs") after Delilah was dropped by competitor WLHT. Like many other AC stations around the country, Star 105.7 plays continuous Christmas music through the holiday season, a practice that began in 2001 with the station's changeover from "EZ 105.7" to "Star." At the time, it was not common for AC stations to adopt all-Christmas formats so early in the year, though WSRW-FM was not the first station to do so, nor was it even the first station in Grand Rapids to do so; competitor WTRV 100.5 FM had already done continuous Christmas music through the holiday season for a number of years, and still does today. However, Star 105.7 successfully promoted its holiday music marathon as musical "comfort food" after the catastrophic events of September 11, and the station has gone all-Christmas every holiday season since. As with many other stations that do the same, WSRW-FM generally experiences an uptick in ratings during their Christmas-music marathons. WSRW-FM competes for Grand Rapids' Adult Contemporary audience with the Townsquare Media-owned combo of hot AC WLHT and mainstream AC WTRV. WSRW's playlist consists of music from 1980 until today, with a few exceptions from just before 1980. As a consequence of Clear Channel ownership, WSRW has aired ''American Top 40: The '80s'' on weekends in recent years. On November 15, 2010 WOOD-FM changed their call letters to WSRW-FM, to go with the "Star 105.7" branding. It is legally WSRW-FM due to Clear Channel's also owning WSRW in Hillsboro, Ohio. The former WSRW-FM, at 106.7 FM in Hillsboro, is now 106.5 WQLX in Chillicothe, Ohio. By 2012, WSRW-FM was delisted from the Mediabase add board.〔(Mediabase AC Radio Station Add Board Reporters )〕 Clear Channel changed its name to iHeartMedia, Inc. in the fall of 2014. 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「WSRW-FM」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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