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WGMR (101.1 FM) is a Top 40 music radio station broadcasting serving State College, Pennsylvania. The station also broadcasts at 101.3 FM in Altoona. This station, currently owned by the Allegheny Mountain Network, has been sold to Forever Broadcasting of Altoona, pending FCC approval.
[edit] History
WGMR first signed on the air on August 15, 1961 as the FM sister station to WTRN Tyrone. Though also licensed to Tyrone, WGMR has primarily served State College and Centre County. Through the years, WGMR has had a myriad of formats, from rock to country, before turning to alternative and Top 40 at the turn of the 21st century.
Prior to the top 40 format, WGMR was the State College's alternative music station, branded as "101.1 The Revolution".
[edit] WGMR Today
WGMR is managed by John F. "Ted" Simpson, who started with the station in the mid 1980s as an announcer, rising up the ranks over the years to his present position. Simpson's father, Cary H. Simpson, is the station's founder. WGMR/G101 airs the "Ace and TJ" show weekday mornings from 6-10am. The MTV TRL Weekend Countdown Sunday 9am-Noon, Fox All Access with Chris Leary Sundays 7a-9a, Hollywood Hamilton's Weekend Top 30 Countdown Sunday from 4-7pm, Romeo's Playhouse Weeknights 7pm-Midnight, and Open House Party Saturday And Sunday Nights from 7pm-Midnight
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