WTRG
| City of license | Gaston, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Branding | "The Great 98" |
| Frequency | 97.9 MHz |
| Format | Oldies |
| ERP | 1,350 watts |
| HAAT | 149 meters (489 feet) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 17568 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°27′38″N 77°33′52″W / 36.46056°N 77.56444°W |
| Former callsigns |
WLGQ (1988-2003) WYTT (2003-2005) |
| Owner | First Media Radio |
| Webcast | WTRG Webstream |
| Website | WTRG Online |
WTRG (97.9 FM) is an Oldies formatted radio station licensed to Gaston, North Carolina, in the Roanoke Rapids market. WTRG is owned by First Media Radio Roanoke Rapids.
History
This station was assigned call letters WLGQ on August 5, 1988 which it held until switching to WYTT on January 17, 2003. It switched again, this time to current call sign WTRG, on January 10, 2005.[1]
The WTRG call letters once belonged to WRVA-FM (now WRDU) 100.7, whose city of license at the time was Rocky Mount, North Carolina. It first took the calls as an adult contemporary station, and kept them when it flipped to oldies as "Oldies 100.7" in 1989, finally giving them up in 2004.[2]
Ownership
In June 2003, the then-WYTT was sold to First Media by MainQuad Communications Inc. as part of a nine station deal with a total sale price of $11.35 million.[3]
References
- ↑ "WTRG Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ↑ "WRVA Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ↑ BIA Financial Networks (2003-06-09). "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable.
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WTRG
- Radio-Locator information on WTRG
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WTRG
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