The change left the Grand Rapids market without a local outlet for oldies in the traditional sense of the format, until Grand Valley State University stepped in to fill the void by flipping its WGVU from NPR news and talk to "Real Oldies" a few months later.

On October 5, 2012, three years to the day after their premiere, Bob and Tom were replaced with local talent Andy O' Riley and Dave Kaechele.

In late 2013, local Mid-Day DJ Matt Hendricks was cut from the staff and replaced with a company voice-tracked personality “Big Joe Henryl” based out of New Jersey.

With the changes in July 2024, there will be no remaining morning show hosts, and the station will use local staff for announcements in the mid-day and afternoon time slots.

In recent years, WFGR has used re-sung versions of cuts from several classic JAM Creative Productions jingle packages from the 1970s and 1980s.