WLGD (107.7 MHz, "Rock 107") is an FM radio station, licensed to Dallas, Pennsylvania, and serving the Scranton - Wilkes-Barre area of Northeastern Pennsylvania. It simulcasts a classic rock format with sister station WARM 590 AM and its FM translator on 101.7 MHz in Scranton. WLGD and WARM are owned and operated by Seven Mountains Media. The studios and offices are on Baltimore Drive in Wilkes-Barre.
| Simulcasting WEZX Scranton | |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Scranton - Wilkes-Barre - Northeastern Pennsylvania |
| Frequency | 107.7 MHz |
| Branding | Rock 107 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WARM | |
| History | |
First air date | October 10, 1990 (as WYMK) |
Former call signs | WEMR-FM (1989–1990) WYMK (1990–1995) WEMR-FM (1995–2002) WCWY (2002–2004) WBZR (2004–2006) WGMF (2006–2009) WGMF-FM (2009) WCIG (2009–2021) |
Call sign meaning | "Legends" (previous format) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 19564 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 2,350 watts |
| HAAT | 162 meters (531 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°18′54″N 75°53′18″W / 41.3151°N 75.8882°W |
| Repeater(s) | 590 WARM (Scranton) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | rock107.com |
WLGD is a Class A station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 2,350 watts, using a directional antenna. The transmitter is on Deer Path Lane in Kingston Township.[2]
History
editClassic Rock and Oldies
editThe station got its construction permit in the mid-1980s after the debut of its original AM sister station, 1460 WEMR (now WGMM). There was no radio station on the air at that time in Wyoming County, until a consortium of local business leaders pooled their resources together to put WEMR on the air. The new company, known as Endless Mountain Broadcasting, Inc., decided to add an FM station. The construction permit was given the call sign WEMR-FM. One of the investors in Endless Mountain Broadcasting was local Chevrolet dealer Don Sherwood, who was also on the local school board for 23 years. He would go on to serve in the United States House of Representatives for eight years.
The station signed on the air on October 10, 1990. By then, the call letters had changed to WYMK. It was staffed by a live, local disc jockeys and subscribed to Unistar's (now Westwood One's) "Adult Rock 'n Roll" classic rock format. It used the moniker "Y-107".
In 1997, Endless Mountain Broadcasting put WEMR 1460 and WYMK 107.7 up for sale. Both stations were purchased by Citadel License, Inc. Shortly after the purchase, the operations for both stations were moved to Wilkes-Barre from their original home at the WEMR transmitter site on Wilmar Drive in Tunkhannock.
The call letters were changed from WEMR-FM in 2002 to WCWY, and then to WBZR two years later, to WGMF in 2006, and then to WGMF-FM in June 2009. As WGMF-FM, the station was branded as "GEM 107.7" and broadcast an oldies format.
Family Life Network
editWGMF-FM was sold to the Family Life Network, which airs a Christian Contemporary format on multiple radio stations in Pennsylvania and New York State. On July 21, 2009, the station started broadcasting its programming. The call sign was changed to WCIG.
WCIG changed its call letters to WLGD on June 15, 2021. Ten days later, on June 25, 2021, WLGD dropped the Family Life Network's Christian Contemporary format. It began stunting with a loop of "Gone Country" by Alan Jackson. The new format launched a week later.[3]
Bigfoot Legends
editOn July 2, 2021, at 10 a.m., WLGD ended stunting and launched a classic country format. It was branded as "Bigfoot Legends 107.7".[4]
On January 19, 2022, WLGD began simulcasting on WARM 590 AM in Scranton.[5] That included WARM's FM translator, W269CF at 101.7 MHz.
Rock 107
editOn May 31, 2024, WLGD changed their format from classic country to a simulcast of classic rock-formatted WEZX 106.9 FM Scranton, branded as "Rock 107".[6]
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLGD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WLGD
- ^ 107.7 Wilkes-Barre Stunting With Gone Country Loop Radioinsight - June 25, 2021
- ^ Bigfoot Legends Debuts In Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Radioinsight - July 2, 2021
- ^ Bigfoot Legends Expands In Scranton With WARM Purchase Radioinsight - January 19, 2022
- ^ WLGD Joins Rock 107 Network in Northeast PA Radioinsight - May 31, 2024
External links
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 19564 (WLGD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WLGD in Nielsen Audio's FM station database