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WOOD-TV (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for West Michigan. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Battle Creek –licensed dual ABC / CW affiliate WOTV (channel 41) and Class A MyNetworkTV affiliate WXSP-CD (channel 15). The three stations share studios on ...
The President Gerald R. Ford Jr. Boyhood Home is a house located at 649 Union Avenue SE in Grand Rapids, Michigan that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] Future President Gerald R. Ford lived in the house from 1921 through 1930, when he was between the age of 8 and 17. Of all his boyhood homes, Ford remembered this one ...
On April 4, 2022, Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old resident of Grand Rapids, was fatally shot by Officer Christopher Schurr of the Grand Rapids Police Department during a scuffle between the two in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. After Lyoya began to flee the scene, Schurr attempted to detain him, unsuccessfully fired a taser at Lyoya, and ...
WLAV (AM) went on the air in 1940. In 1949, WLAV-TV 7 signed on, later becoming WOOD-TV 8. WLAV-FM began broadcasting by 1948. The station was a simulcast of WLAV 1340 in its early days, but began to break the simulcast in the early 1970s to first utilize the syndicated "Love" format with the likes of Brother John and then went live to play AOR music at night.
Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford. . . ( m. 1917) . Children. 3, including Thomas Gardner Ford. Gerald Rudolff Ford (December 9, 1890 – January 26, 1962) was an American businessman and Republican politician who was the stepfather of U.S. President Gerald Ford and for whom Ford legally changed his name. [1]
201 Market Ave. SW. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503. Capacity. 12,000. Construction. Construction cost. $184 million (planned cost, 2023) Acrisure Amphitheater is a 12,000 seat outdoor amphitheater planned to break ground in Grand Rapids, Michigan in early 2024 and to be completed by 2026. [1]
Our Daily Bread Ministries ( formerly RBC Ministries) is a Christian organization founded by Martin De Haan in 1938. It is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and has over 600 employees. The organization produces several devotional publications, including Our Daily Bread, which airs in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific ...
WNWZ was the first radio station to cater to the Spanish-speaking community in Grand Rapids 24 hours a day. In August 2010, a reunion of more than 60 former WGRD staff members was held in Grand Rapids, which included market legend Bruce Grant, the original program director from 1948, and dozens of other personalities from the AM 1410/97.9 history.