WOOD (AM)
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| Broadcast area | |
| Frequency | 1300 kHz |
| Branding | NewsRadio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
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| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | September 16, 1924 |
Former call signs | WEBK (1924–1926) |
Call sign meaning | Furnwood Broadcasting; station funded originally by furniture manufacturers |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 73604 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 20,000 watts |
| Repeater(s) | 106.9 WOOD-FM (Muskegon) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | woodradio |
WOOD (1300 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Grand Rapids, Michigan, serving West Michigan and owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. It has a news/talk radio format and is simulcast on co-owned WOOD-FM in Muskegon at 106.9 MHz. The studios and offices are at 77 Monroe Center in Downtown Grand Rapids. Following a local weekday drive time show, "West Michigan's Morning News", the station carries nationally syndicated talk shows from Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Dave Ramsey, Joe Pags, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Most hours begin with an update from Fox News Radio.
WOOD is powered at 20,000 watts. To protect other stations on 1300 AM from interference, it uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array. The transmitter is on 146th Avenue SE in Moline.