WGYE

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WGYE
City of license	Mannington, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Fairmont, West Virginia Clarksburg, West Virginia Morgantown, West Virginia Grafton, West Virginia
Branding	Froggy Country
Frequency	102.7 MHz
First air date	1992
Format	Country
Power	3,200 Watts
Class	A
Callsign meaning	abbrev. of the word "Froggy"
Owner	Burbach Broadcasting Co.
Sister stations	WGIE, WOBG, WOBG-FM, WXKX
Website	WGYE Online

WGYE is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Mannington, West Virginia, serving North-Central West Virginia area. WGYE is owned and operated by Burbach Broadcasting Co.

WGYE simulcasts on sister station WGIE which is licensed to Clarksburg, West Virginia. WGIE's signal barely makes it outside of Harrison County, West Virginia.

WGYE also simulcasts on a translator W279AE broadcasting on 103.7 FM, licensed to and serving Morgantown, West Virginia.

[edit] History

WGYE began broadcasting in late 1992, known as "U.S. 102-7" WTUS-FM. The station carried satellite-fed programming until spring of 2000, when the station became known as "Froggy 102-7" WGYE-FM. The station has three live and local DJs which cover the morning, mid-day, and afternoon, but currently have a voice-tracked evening shift and an unmanned midnight show.

WGIE was formerly a satellite-fed Hot AC station, known as WVHF-FM.

WTUS used Afternoon talent, Keith Ashton (Real Name: Keith Kovach) - a local host until the turbulent switchover to WGYE. Storm (Jeff) became Hopper and continued to anchor the morning show before and after the switchover. Later, Storm rejoined with WMQC Alum Larry Nelson as Hopper and Leapin' Larry. Jim Miller was installed as station manager and more local talent was brought on. Greg Bolyard also came on at that time to do afternoons. Bolyard came from WTBZ AM/FM in Grafton. He spent many years on the radio in Preston County on WKMM-FM and worked for WXIE-FM,WMSG-AM and WKHJ-FM in Oakland, MD. to do afternoon drive - He was later installed as the program director after Keith Kovach was fired. He later became PD for all 5 stations owned by Burbach Broadcasting in the Fairmont/Clarksburg, WV area. WTUS part timer Brandon Hughes (Brandon Antion) made appearances as Toadie Tourettes during the weekends and overnights.

Antion later moved to WCLG as the night host until December 2002 eventually moving to WINC FM in Winchester, WVAQ in Morgantown, and WVSR in Charleston.^{[citation needed]}

Kovach moved to a local classic country station for a stint, and was then released. He's currently a successful mobile DJ.^{[citation needed]}

Jim Miller was eventually fired and reportedly went back to St. Louis to look for work.^{[citation needed]}

Bolyard has since gone back home to run a radio station in Preston County.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

• Froggy Country WGYE official website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WGYE
• Radio Locator information on WGYE
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for WGYE
• Query the FCC's FM station database for W279AE

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