WRGR

WRGR
City Tupper Lake, New York
Frequency 102.1 MHz
First air date 1980
Format Adult contemporary (WNBZ-FM simulcast)
ERP 140 watts
HAAT 441 meters
Class A
Facility ID 56078
Transmitter coordinates 44°9′35.00″N 74°28′34.00″W / 44.1597222°N 74.4761111°W / 44.1597222; -74.4761111
Callsign meaning RGR Broadcasting (former owner)[1]
Former callsigns WTPL-FM (1980-1987)
Owner Radio Lake Placid, Inc.
Sister stations WLPW, WNBZ, WNBZ-FM

WRGR (102.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format serving Tupper Lake, New York, United States. The station is owned by Radio Lake Placid, Inc.[2]

History

Logo for the station as "Rock 105"

The station went on the air as WTPL-FM on March 17, 1980. On August 31, 1987, the station changed its call sign to the current WRGR.[3]

WRGR formerly broadcast a classic rock format branded as "Rock 105", which was simulcast with WLPW (105.5 FM) in Lake Placid, New York. In June 2017, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise reported that the stations had switched to a simulcast of sister station WNBZ-FM.[4]

References

  1. Fybush, Scott (May 21, 2004). "New York's North Country". Tower Site of the Week. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  2. "WRGR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "WRGR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. Knight, Chris (June 21, 2017). "The death of local radio?". Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
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