WPIG
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| City of license | Olean |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Olean/Jamestown, NY |
| Branding | The Big Pig 95.7 |
| Slogan | Today's Sizzlin' Country |
| First air date | 1947 (current format began in 1980s) |
| Frequency | 95.7 |
| Format | Country music |
| Power | 93,000 Watts |
| Callsign meaning | W PIG |
| Owner | Backyard Broadcasting |
| Website | http://www.wpig.com/ |
WPIG is an FM radio station located in Olean, New York. Branded as the "Big Pig," "The Pig" or simply by its frequency and callsigns at times, the station operates at 95.7 MHz on the FM dial.
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[edit] History
The station originally signed on as WHDL-FM in 1947. In 1987, the station switched formats to the rapidly burgeoning country music format and became "WPIG-- The Big Pig 95.7, Today's Sizzlin' Country," which is its current motto.
[edit] Programming
Two programs have been on WPIG ever since its launch: the Morning Pigpen, the station's morning show, and the Country Call-in Café, an all-request lunch hour (although both have changed hosts since their inception). WPIG relies heavily upon local content.
WPIG's program director is Mark Thompson and the music director is Jesse Garon.
[edit] Weekday Schedule
- 6-9 AM The Morning Pigpen with Mark Thompson, Mindy Cunningham, weather with Wayne Mahar and newsman Gary Nease
- 9 AM-12 N Mindy Cunningham
- 12 N-1 PM Country Call-in Café with "Smitty"
- This lunch hour usually plays a mix of parody songs, classic country, and new or upcoming music. The station has been known to play everything from Hank Williams, Sr. to Hank Williams III. Requests for more mainstream songs are usually played during the 1:00 hour as "leftovers."
- 1-6 PM Mike "Smitty" Smith
- 6 PM-12 M Jesse Garon
- 6:10-6:40 PM "Top 6 at 6" Daily countdown
- 7:15 PM "Sizzle or Fizzle" A brand new song is played and callers vote on whether or not they like the song. Results announced between 7:50 PM and 8:15 PM, dependent upon the night.
- Wednesdays, 8-9 PM All new and upcoming music
- Thursdays, 8-9 PM "Eighties at 8" All '80s country
- 12 M-6 AM After Midnite with Blair Garner or Larry Morgan
- Weather is provided by Wayne Mahar of WSTM in Syracuse, New York and national news is provided by ABC News.
[edit] Weekend Programs
- Saturdays, 8-10 AM: Z-Max Racing Country from the Performance Racing Network
- Saturdays, 10 AM-3 PM: A live remote from one of the weekday hosts
- Saturdays, 7 PM-12 M: Country Gold Saturday Night from Westwood One
- Sundays, 6:45 AM Public affairs
- Sundays, 7-8 AM: Country Gospel Music Hour
- Sundays, 8-10 AM: The Country Oldies Show with Steve Warren
- Sundays, 10 AM-12 N: NASCAR USA from the Motor Racing Network
- Sundays, 12 N-7 PM: Live sporting events
Interns and part-time weekend jocks fill in during any open timeslots. The station only runs on autopilot on Sunday nights.
[edit] Sports programming
- WPIG is the flagship station of the St. Bonaventure men's basketball team.
- Buffalo Bills of the NFL
- NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
[edit] Special Programming
- On every August 16, Jesse Garon, whose name is borrowed from the name of Elvis Presley's twin brother, plays a tribute to Elvis to commemorate the anniversary of his death.
[edit] Discontinued programming
- Casey Hill-- former co-host of the Morning Pigpen, Hill left the station in 2006.
- WPIG has no nationally syndicated weekend countdown show. Their last countdown show, The Foxworthy Countdown, was dropped by the station on June 30, 2004.
- Earl Pitts Uhmerikun was dropped by WPIG in 1999.
- Southern Fried Friday, a local program dedicated to Southern rock, was discontinued sometime after 2000 and replaced by the Foxworthy Countdown.
[edit] Audience
WPIG's 93,000 watts of power allows the station to boom its signal through Erie, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, and Wyoming Counties in New York, as well as McKean and Potter Counties in Pennsylvania.
The station regularly registers by far the top Arbitron ratings in the Olean market but does not register in the Buffalo ratings book despite its signal strength taking it into the Buffalo southtowns.
WPIG does not stream its programming on the Internet at this time.
[edit] Other Uses
An entirely fictional "WPIG" radio station made several appearances on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, where it was the hated cross-town rival of the titular station.
[edit] External link
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