WOOD-TV (Grand Rapids, MI)

WOOD-TV (Grand Rapids, MI)

WOOD-TV, which operates on virtual channel 8 and VHF digital channel 7, is a television station affiliated with NBC. It is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. The station is part of Media General and has two sister stations: WOTV, an ABC affiliate on channel 41, and WXSP-CD, which is affiliated with MyNetworkTV and broadcasts on channel 15. All three stations share their facilities on College Avenue Southeast in the Heritage Hill area of Grand Rapids. The transmitter for WOOD-TV is situated in Middleville, close to the boundary between Barry and Allegan Counties.

Local
English
Television

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Domain Authority
81
Ranking

Global

#18715

United States

#3587

News and Media

#215

Traffic sources
Monthly visitors

Articles

  • 17 hours ago | woodtv.com | Rachel Van Gilder |Brittany Flowers

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Two men accused of conspiring to murder a third man in Grand Rapids in 2023 have been ordered to stand trial. After the fourth day of a preliminary hearing, a judge on Friday decided there was enough evidence to send Tyriq Bettison and Dominike Sterling’s case to trial, an attorney told News 8. The co-defendants are charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of Darryl Yarber, who was shot to death Nov. 6, 2023.

  • 1 day ago | woodtv.com | Rick Albin

    GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — An unexpected coalition of former elected officials in Michigan were in Grand Rapids Thursday for an event sponsored by the Ford Foundation promoting the idea that the voting system is safe and elections are secure. Four board members for the Democracy Defense Project talked about new polling that suggests most people in Michigan asked do have faith in the way elections are conducted.

  • 1 day ago | woodtv.com | Brittany Flowers

    ADA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Most people experiencing pain that only surgery can fix want to get it done as soon as possible. Unfortunately, a shortage of anesthesiologists nationwide and a contract dispute between Corewell Health and its anesthesiologist provider is threatening speedy health care. “Everything is hard… Everything. And I’m not used to that,” Cheryl DeBella told News 8 Thursday as she stood on the back deck of her home near Ada.

  • 3 days ago | woodtv.com | Brittany Flowers

    WALKER, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s hard to predict exactly what to expect when you open a new business. For a new bookstore in Walker, calling the grand opening successful would be an understatement. “We opened on Saturday, June 21, and the turnout was wild. We did not expect that at all,” Sarah Gramza-Howard said, standing next to her business partner Jess Hodges. The two stocked more than 1,000 books in preparation for the grand opening of their new bookstore Pages & Peonies on Alpine Avenue near I-96.

  • 3 days ago | woodtv.com | Rick Albin

    LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — When state Sen. Jeremy Moss introduced legislation to add protections for LGBTQ+ to the Michigan’s civil rights law, it was personal. Moss, D-Southfield, is the first openly gay member of the Michigan Senate. The expanded protections were passed and signed into law in March 2023. “Today, if a person is fired because they’re gay or kicked out of a restaurant because they’re trans(gender), they have a path to seek justice.