WGYE
| Simulcasting WMMN Fairmont | |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | North-Central West Virginia |
| Frequency | 102.7 MHz |
| Branding | The Torch |
| Programming | |
| Format | Conservative talk |
| Affiliations | Genesis Communications Network Townhall News Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WHTI, WZST, WMMN, WBKE, WRLF | |
| History | |
First air date | 1992 (as WTUS) |
Former call signs | WTUS (1989–2001) |
Call sign meaning | play on "Froggy" (former format) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 32202 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,200 watts |
| HAAT | 138 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°28′3.0″N 80°12′20.0″W / 39.467500°N 80.205556°W |
| Translator(s) | 103.9 W280FF (Morgantown) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wvthetorch.com |
WGYE (102.7 FM) is a conservative talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Mannington, West Virginia, serving North-Central West Virginia. WGYE is owned and operated by LHTC Media.
History
This radio station first began as WTUS, and was assigned that call sign on October 31, 1989, more than a year after the construction permit was first granted in May 1988. However, the permit was sold to Joseph Donald Powers and partner Al Sergi in 1991 for $23,000.
Powers and Sergi finally brought the station on the air in the fall of 1992, with the moniker "Today's U.S. Country", maintaining studios and offices along Locust Avenue in neighboring Fairmont, where the station remains today.
Powers and Sergi sold WTUS in the late 1990s to Pittsburgh-based Burbach Broadcasting. Sergi today owns WSGB in Sutton, West Virginia, and three other area stations.
The station had a country format for its entire existence until it was sold to LHTC Media effective September 1, 2023; on September 11th, the station flipped to contemporary hit radio, assuming the format of WHTI, as "Hot 102.7".[2]
On February 5, 2024, WGYE changed its format to a simulcast of conservative talk-formatted WMMN 920 AM Fairmont, branded as "The Torch".[3]
Translator
WGYE also simulcasts on a 220-watt translator station W280FF, which transmits on 103.9 MHz. W280FF is licensed to and serves Morgantown, West Virginia.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGYE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Series of Format Changes in Morgantown/Clarksburg, WV
- ^ CONSERVATIVE TORCH LAUNCHES ON WEST VIRGINIA TRIO Radioinsight - February 6, 2024
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 32202 (WGYE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WGYE in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 76086 (W280FF) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W280FF at FCCdata.org
Media related to WGYE at Wikimedia Commons
