Broadcast area |
Greencastle, Pennsylvania Antrim Township, Pennsylvania Waynecastle, Pennsylvania |
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Frequency | 93.7 FM MHz |
Branding | WRGG 93.7 FM |
Programming | |
Format |
Full service Oldies [1] |
Affiliations | NowCast Weather Westwood One News |
Ownership | |
Owner | WRGG Good Companion Radio |
History | |
First air date | June 14, 2016 [2] |
Former call signs | WRGG-LP (2015–Present) [3] |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 197436 |
Class | L1 |
ERP | 29 watts |
HAAT | 55 meters (180 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°47′28.66″N 77°40′30.03″W / 39.7912944°N 77.6750083°W |
Links | |
Webcast | WRGG-LP Webstream |
Website | WRGG-LP Online |
WRGG-LP is a full-service and oldies broadcast radio station licensed to Greencastle, Pennsylvania, serving Greencastle, Antrim Township, and southern Franklin County in Pennsylvania. [1] WRGG-LP is owned and operated by WRGG Good Companion Radio. [4]
The Greencastle-Antrim Education Foundation filed its application for a construction permit with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to begin the process of building WRGG-LP, on February 19, 2014. [5] A significant grant from The Shockey Family Foundation allowed the station to quickly begin construction. A "license to cover" was granted by the FCC on June 7, 2016, allowing WRGG-LP to begin broadcasting. [6] The station broadcast for the first time on June 14, 2016. [2] Greencastle Mayor Robert E. Eberly was featured on the station's first day of programming, "congratulat[ing] the radio committee and others involved in the station's startup". [2]
Many aspects of WRGG-LP come from former Greencastle station WKSL, now WQCM. [7] [8] The original idea for a community radio station came from the former town radio station WKSL. [7] WKSL carried a "good companion" format, which featured Country Music and Christian radio shows. [7] The transmitting antenna for WRGG-LP was placed on the former broadcast tower of WKSL. [9] Ben Thomas, Sr., the father of WRGG-LP committee member and co-founder Ben Thomas, Jr., founded WKSL in 1969. [9] Fellow committee members and co-founders Wade Burkholder, who was one of the original staff members of WKSL, and Dr. C. Gregory Hoover, retired Superintendent of Schools for the Greencastle-Antrim School District, trace their radio roots to WKSL. [7]
WRGG-LP's license has since been transferred to WRGG Good Companion Radio.
The station features "hyperlocal" news, sports, community events and information from a team of volunteers. [2] [10] Along with the emphasis on news, sports and information, an Oldies format, with music from the 1950s, 60s and 70's is featured. [10] The station also features "speciality shows" after 6:00 pm which includes locally produced programs featuring a wide variety of music and talk shows.
The studios of WRGG-LP, located at 113 South Carlisle Street in Greencastle, were donated to the Greencastle-Antrim Education Foundation by committee member and co-founder Wade Burkholder and his wife Linda. [7]