station, using Jones Radio Network's "Soft Hits" adult contemporary format, and branding the station as "Decades 101". The station continued with the AC format through Jones Radio Networks' sale to Triton Media Group which owns the Dial Global stable of formats. Decades 101 WGRY simulcast WQON full-time from 1995 until the turn of the 21st century, when it was given its own identity once again. WGRY was re-branded in January 2001 with the "Music of Your Life" format from "Jones Radio Network", which provided satellite-delivered music programming for WQON and WGRY-FM, outside of morning drive. Decades 101 became a standalone station. WGRY remains a standards format today but has since switched from Music of Your Life to Dial Global's America's Best Music. Dave Sherbert, operations manager for the three stations, first joined WGRY-AM-FM in 1992. He eventually became the morning personality on Decades 101.1 FM WQON. The remainder of the station remained satellite-fed from Dial Global. Y101.1 In July 2012, it was announced that WQON and sister stations WGRY and WGRY-FM were being sold by William Gannon to Sheryl and Jerry Coyne's Blarney Stone Broadcasting,. Gannon expressed a desire to get out of the broadcasting business after suffering a stroke in the summer of 2011. No change to the station's adult contemporary format was planned although the Coynes expressed a desire to add more local programming. The sale was consummated on October 2, 2012 for consideration of $425,000. On January 14, 2013 WQON swapped call letters with 100.3 WGRY-FM and rebranded as "Y 101.1". As a sports station On February 18, 2013 WGRY-FM flipped to sports talk, maintaining the Y 101.1 branding with programming from CBS Sports Radio. On October 1, 2018, WGRY-FM rebranded as Up North Sports Radio, after Blarney Stone Broadcasting took over the operations of WBNZ/Frankfort (along with two other stations owned by Roy Henderson's N Content Marketing) under a local marketing agreement and converted it to a simulcast of WGRY-FM. The LMA ended a year later following disputes between the two parties. On May 2, 2021, the Up North Sports Radio programming gained additional simulcasts on 1110 WJML/Petoskey and 1210 WJNL/Kingsley. References Michiguide.com - WQON History History of Gannon Broadcasting Systems External links GRY-FM Sports radio stations in the United States CBS Sports Radio stations Radio stations established in 1990