Wisconsin Rapids

Wisconsin Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 18,435 at the 2000 census.

According to the 2000 census, the Wisconsin Rapids micropolitan area was home to 48,123 people. The city also forms one of the core areas of the United States Census Bureau's Marshfield-Wisconsin Rapids Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Wood County (2000 population: 75,555).

American Indians called the area "Ahdawahgam", meaning "Two-sided Rapids". Although Europeans began to settle this area in the 1830s, Wisconsin Rapids has been known by this name only since 1920. Prior to that, the community was divided by the Wisconsin River, with the west side incorporated as Centralia and the east side as Grand Rapids. The two cities merged in 1900, with the entire community taking the name Grand Rapids. The name was changed in 1920 to avoid mail and other goods from being misdirected to the much better known Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Known for its papermaking manufacturing history, Wisconsin Rapids is also an important locale for the cranberry industry. Wisconsin Rapids is the corporate home of the international educational software company, Renaissance Learning, Inc. as well as other national and global companies.

Although this is a list of radio stations based in the Wisconsin Rapids area, the signals of radio stations from much of Central Wisconsin are commonly received in the city.

AM Radio stations

WFHR 1320 Khz, News/Sports Talk Radio - Established November 1940

FM Radio stations

Kool Gold 105.5Mhz WRCW - Oldies/Sport Established as KZZA in 2003

Mix 96.7 96.7Mhz WLJY Hot AC - Established as WYTE in 1985

WIFC 95.5Mhz - CHR - Established 1969

WDEZ 101.9Mhz Country & western - Established as WRIG in 1964

Y106.5 106.5Mhz WYTE- Contemporary Country & Western - Established as WDLB in 1965

WGLX 103.3Mhz 103-3WGLX - Classic Rock -

Established as WFHR-FM in 1945