WJRW
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| City | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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| Branding | Newstalk 1340 WJRW |
| Slogan | West Michigan's Live & Local Leader |
| Frequency | 1340 kHz |
| First air date | 1940 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 41679 |
| Callsign meaning | WJR in Western Michigan |
| Former callsigns | WLAV (1940-1979) WTWN (1980-1984) WLAV (1984-1994) WBBL (1994-2009) |
| Affiliations | Westwood One News |
| Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WBBL-FM, WLAV-FM, WTNR, WHTS, WLAW, WJR |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1340wjrw.com |
WJRW (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk format in Grand Rapids, Michigan. WJRW is branded as NEWSTALK 1340 WJRW, West Michigan's LIVE & LOCAL Leader. WJRW is owned by Cumulus Media.
1340 WJRW features comprehensive news coverage from Westwood One, WJR in Detroit, and WXMI 17, a local FOX television affiliate. Fox 17 meteorologists provide weather forecasts and breaking weather coverage for the station.
1340 WJRW is programmed by Dave Jaconette, who hosts the "Sound Off West Michigan" talk show. The News Director is James Gemmell.
1340 WJRW's weekday lineup also includes: Steve Gruber Mark Levin, Michael Savage (commentator), John Batchelor, and Red Eye Radio. Weekend programs and hosts include: Kim Komando, Larry Kudlow, Bob Brinker, Meet The Press, and The C.A.R. Show. Local programming includes: Travel Michigan, Wild Michigan (outdoors show), USA Financial Radio, Greening of the Great Lakes, and The Internet Advisor.
The station first began broadcasting in 1940 under the WLAV call sign (which stood for Leonard Allen Versluis, the station's original owner). WLAV became a full-time Top 40 music station in the summer of 1963, and was originally consulted by Mike Joseph, who later went on to develop the Hot Hits format in the late 1970s. One popular WLAV personality was Larry Adderley, who would later work as a sportscaster at various radio and TV stations in the Detroit market as well as an announcer for the Detroit Tigers. WLAV soon overtook rival stations WGRD and WMAX as the dominant popular music station in the market, but its market share declined in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the popularity of FM stations such as 95.7 WZZM ("Z96"), WGRD (which had added an FM simulcast outlet), and WLAV's own FM sister station which found success as an album rocker after a period as an oldies station. "MUSIC RADIO WLAV" went to a more adult contemporary sound in 1974, which continued until 1980, when the station tried a talk format as the "1340 Townhouse", WTWN with Lee Harris.
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