WGRP

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WGRP, is an AM radio station in Greenville at 940 kHz. WGRP technically broadcasts on a full-time basis with only 2 watts in the nighttime hours, in order to protect Canadian clear-channel CINW from Montreal, Quebec.

WLOA currently has a sports talk radio format while WGRP recently broke from the simulcast with a classic country format as "Classic Country 940." While split from the simulcast, both stations are Mercer County outlets for Pittsburgh Pirates baseball. Previously, the two stations carried an oldies format that originated from sister station WANR.

WLOA and WGRP are owned, along with WANR in Warren, Ohio and WEXC-FM in Greenville, Pennsylvania, by Beacon Broadcasting. Beacon is headed by Warren steel supply magnate Harold Glunt.

[edit] History

WGRP was purchased by Glunt's Beacon Broadcasting and the station became part of a three-station oldies format trimulcast (along with WGRP) that originated from Warren's WANR under the "Family Frendly Oldies" banner - but would break away to air assorted sports play-by-play. This lasted until December of 2006, of which the sports format was installed for WLOA and WGRP. In April of 2008 WGRP broke from simulcasting and began to air classic country music.