Media in Grand Rapids, Michigan

There are several media outlets in Grand Rapids, Michigan in the United States. These outlets serve Grand Rapids and the surrounding metropolitan area.

Printed media

The Grand Rapids Press is the daily newspaper, while Advance Newspapers publishes a group of weekly papers providing more community-based news. Gemini Publications is a niche, regional publishing company that produces the weekly newspaper Grand Rapids Business Journal, the magazines Grand Rapids Magazine, Grand Rapids Family and Michigan Blue, and several other quarterly and annual business-to-business publications.

Television

Grand Rapids, combined with nearby Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, was ranked in 2010 as the 41st largest television market in the U.S. by Nielsen Media Research.^[1] Stations serving the area include WWMT (CBS, actually licensed to Kalamazoo), WOOD (NBC), WZZM (ABC), and WXMI (Fox). Other stations include WOTV, an ABC affiliate licensed to Battle Creek, WZPX-TV (ION), and WTLJ (TCT). WXSP-CD, is a low-powered MyNetworkTV affiliate. With the merger of UPN and The WB Television Network into The CW Television Network WXSP lost its affiliation with UPN, the CW is now carried on a separate digital broadcast by WWMT. WGVU is the area's PBS member station, along with satellite station WGVK. Grand Rapids Internet Television produces local, independent programming available on-line only. 3ABN broadcasts on their downlink station, owned and operated by 3ABN. WLLA is an independent station carries Christian and Family-friendly programming with two separate networks with MeTV, and Retro Television.

The city has two public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV stations, GRTV and LiveWire that offer independent programming and news for the city. These two outlets are both produced by the Community Media Center, a cooperative of public-access television, nonprofit media affiliates. Two educational-access television channels and a government-access television (GATV) channel, the Grand Rapids Information Network (GRIN) are also available on cable. GRNow is an online site providing independent media.

Broadcast television in West Michigan, including Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Battle Creek

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations

Grand Rapids	WOOD 8 (.1 NBC, .2 Bounce TV, .3 Laff) WZZM 13 (.1 ABC, .2 AccuWX, .3 Justice Network) WXSP-CD 15 (.1 MNTV, .2 COZI, .3 Escape) WOLP-CD 15 (.3 MNTV, .4 COZI) WXMI 17 (.1 Fox, .2 Antenna, .3 This) WUHQ-LD 29 (.1 Daystar) WGVU 35 (.1 PBS, .2 Create, .3 MHz, .4 schedules/WGVU-AM audio) W48CL 48 (3ABN)

Kalamazoo	WWMT 3 (.1 CBS, .2 The CW, .3 Comet) WUHO-LP 36 (Ind.) WOKZ-CD 50 (.1 MNTV, .2 COZI, .3 Escape) WGVK 52 (.1 PBS, .2 Create, .3 MHz, .4 schedules/WGVU-AM audio) WJGP-LD (54.1 TCT, 54.2 TCT HD, 54.3 TCT Kids) WLLA 64 (.1 The Family Channel, .2 MeTV, 6.3 RTV)

Battle Creek	WOBC-CD 14 (.1 MNTV, .2 COZI, .3 Escape) WOTV 41 (.1 ABC, .2 GetTV, .3 Grit, .4 WX radar) WZPX 43 (.1 ION, .2 qubo, .3 Ion Life, .4 Shop, .5 QVC, .6 HSN)

Muskegon	W17DF-D / W42CB-D 17 (.1 Fox, .2 Antenna TV, .3 This TV) WOMS-CD 29 (.1 MNTV, .2 COZI, .3 Escape) WMKG-CD 38 (.1 Launch TV) WTLJ 54 (.1 TCT, .2 TCT HD, .3 TCT Family)

Holland	WOGC-CD 25 (.1 NBC, .2 Bounce TV, .3 Laff) WOHO-CD 33 (.1 MNTV, .2 COZI, .3 Escape)

Cable Channels

Fox Sports Detroit

MGTV

Comcast Television

Michigan broadcast television areas by city: Alpena; Detroit; Duluth, MN; Flint–Saginaw–Bay City; Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo; Green Bay, WI; Lansing/Jackson; Marquette; Northern Michigan; South Bend, IN; Toledo, OH

See also: Milwaukee TV

Radio

The Grand Rapids area is served by 16 AM radio stations and 28 FM stations.^[2] The nationally syndicated Free Beer and Hot Wings morning radio show, and the weekly "Frontlines of Freedom" military news and talk radio show are based out of Grand Rapids.^[3]

The most popular commercial radio stations in the market include (WBYT - FM, B100 South Bend, IN (Country Music) B100 Morning Show Cody Austin & Deb Miles) WBCT-FM (country music), WSNX-FM and WHTS-FM (contemporary hit radio), WSRW-FM and WTRV-FM (adult contemporary), WOOD-AM (talk radio), WLAV-FM (classic rock), and WGRD-FM (active rock).

Radio stations in the Grand Rapids, Michigan market

By AM frequency	640 810 1140 1230 1260 1300 1340 1410 1480 1530 1570 1680

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 89.3 89.7 89.9 90.9 91.3 91.9 92.9 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.3 97.9 98.7 99.3 99.9 100.5 101.3 102.9 103.7 104.1 104.5 105.3 105.7 106.9 107.3

By callsign	W225BL W227CG W231DD W235BN W237CZ W243BD W260CQ WBBL-FM WBCT WBFX WBLU WCSG WDPW WFGR WFUR WFUR-FM WGNB WGRD-FM WGVU WGVU-FM WHTS WJQK WJRW WJWC-LP WLAV-FM WLHT-FM WMAX-FM WMFN WMJH WNHG WNWZ WOOD WOOD-FM WPNW WPRR WSLI WSNH-LP WSNX-FM WSRW-FM WTHS WTKG WTNR WTRV WVGR WVHF WYCE WYGR

Defunct stations	WKLQ

Nearby radio markets Battle Creek Benton Harbor–St. Joseph Chicago Detroit Kalamazoo Lansing Muskegon North Central MI Tri-Cities See also List of radio stations in Michigan

Notes

↑ "Local Television Market Universe Estimates" (PDF). Nielsen Media Research. 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
↑ "Michigan – Radio Broadcasting Stations". RadioStationWorld. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
↑ "Michigan's most decorated veteran celebrating 5-year anniversary of radio show". mlive.com. Retrieved 2012-06-02.

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