WGYY
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| Broadcast area | Northwestern Pennsylvania |
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| Frequency | 100.3 MHz |
| Branding | Froggy 100.3 and 98.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Forever Broadcasting, LLC |
| WHMJ, WUZZ, WKST, WMGW, WRQI, WXMJ, WYLE | |
| History | |
Call sign meaning | FrogGY |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 24940 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 20,000 watts |
| HAAT | 179 meters (587 ft) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Broadcast area | Northwestern Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 98.5 MHz |
| Branding | Froggy 100.3 and 98.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Forever Broadcasting, LLC (sale to Seven Mountains Media pending) |
| History | |
Call sign meaning | FrogGY |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 21421 |
| Class | B1 |
| ERP | 20,000 watts |
| HAAT | 91 meters (299 ft) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
WGYY/WGYI, branded as Froggy 100.3 and 98.5, are commercial FM radio stations in Crawford County in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Both stations simulcast a country music radio format and are owned by Forever Broadcasting LLC. WGYY, at 100.3 MHz, is licensed to Meadville, Pennsylvania. WGYI, at 98.5 MHz, is licensed to Oil City, Pennsylvania.
History
100.3 WGYY
WGYY signed on the air in 1948 as WMGW-FM, the first FM radio station in Crawford County. It was founded by Meadville physician Dr. Harry C. Winslow. Dr. Winslow chose his daughter's initials (Mary Grace Winslow) for the station's call letters. WMGW-FM was co-owned with AM 1490 WMGW. For the first three decades, WMGW and WMGW-FM mostly simulcast their programming.
Like many small-town radio stations, WMGW-AM-FM broadcast a full service radio format through the 1960s, 70s and 80s, consisting of local, world and national news, local and Pittsburgh sports, and adult contemporary music. World and national news was provided by ABC News and the Associated Press radio network.
In the early 1970s, WMGW-AM-FM were purchased by the Regional Broadcasters Group headquartered in Kingston, New York. The FM station's call letters were changed to WZPR as a tribute to Meadville's Talon Corporation which, nearly a century earlier, had become America's first manufacturer of "hookless fasteners" or zippers. While WMGW's AM format remained the same, WZPR changed to automated beautiful music, playing quarter hour sweeps of mostly instrumental cover versions of popular songs.
In 1978 WZPR switched to its current format, country music, eventually taking the WGYY call letters.
98.5 WGYI
On May 1, 1957, WGYI signed on the air.[1] Its original callsign was WDJR and its effective radiated power was 3,400 watts. It mostly simulcast its AM sister station, AM 1340 WKRZ (now 1120 kHz WKQW). WKRZ and WDJR were owned by WKRZ, Inc. and carried programming from NBC Radio.
Pending sale to Seven Mountains Media
It was announced on October 12, 2022 that Forever Media is selling 34 stations, including WGYY/WGYI and the entire Meadville/Franklin cluster, to State College-based Seven Mountains Media for $17.3 million, pending FCC approval.[2]
References
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1959 page B-221, Broadcasting & Cable
- ^ "SEVEN MOUNTAINS MEDIA TO ACQUIRE 34 STATIONS FROM FOREVER MEDIA". RadioInsight.com. October 12, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID WGYY ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID WGYI ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
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