WGGY

WGGY
City Scranton, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Northeastern Pennsylvania
Branding Froggy 101
Slogan Today's Best Country
Frequency 101.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Repeater(s) See § Simulcasts and repeaters
First air date 1948 (as WGBI-FM)
Format Analog/HD1: Country
HD2: Rock
ERP 7,000 watts (analog)
280 watts (digital)[1]
HAAT 365 meters (1,198 ft)
Class B
Facility ID 36202
Transmitter coordinates 41°25′38.00″N 75°44′53.00″W / 41.4272222°N 75.7480556°W / 41.4272222; -75.7480556 (WGGY) (NAD27)
Callsign meaning W FroGGY
Former callsigns WGBI-FM (1948-1993)
Owner Entercom
(Entercom Wilkes-Barre Scranton, LLC)
Sister stations WKRZ, WILK, WILK-FM, WKZN, WBZU, WMQX
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.froggy101.com

WGGY (101.3 FM, "Froggy 101") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Scranton, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Entercom and broadcasts a country music format.

WGGY uses HD Radio, and broadcasts a rock format on its HD2 subchannel.

Froggy 101 received national attention through NBC's hit series The Office with a Froggy 101 bumper sticker being prominently displayed.[2][3]

Simulcasts and repeaters

WGGY's programming is simulcast on booster stations WGGY-FM1[4] and WGGY-FM2.[5]Until November 16, 2017, the programming was also simulcast on full-power WGGI.

On September 26, 2017, Entercom announced a divestment of three stations (KSOQ-FM, WGGI, and KSWD) to the Educational Media Foundation as part of its merger with CBS Radio to comply with FCC ownership rules in the Wilkes Barre market; the FCC approved the sale of all three stations on November 2nd.[6] The announcement stated that upon the closing of the acquisition, new owner Educational Media Foundation (EMF) would flip WGGI 95.9 to its K-LOVE network which airs Christian Contemporary Music but parent station WGGY would remain unchanged.[7] EMF changed WGGI's call letters to WKBP on November 16th.[8]

Call sign Frequency City of license Facility ID ERP
W		 Height
m (ft)		 Class Transmitter coordinates First air date Call sign meaning Former call signs
WGGY-FM1101.3 FMHonesdale, Pennsylvania91317507 m (23 ft)D41°34′45.0″N 75°15′9.0″W / 41.579167°N 75.252500°W / 41.579167; -75.252500 (WGGY-FM1) (NAD27)
WGGY-FM2101.3 FMEast Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania1907772254 m (833 ft)D41°2′39.3″N 75°22′39.1″W / 41.044250°N 75.377528°W / 41.044250; -75.377528 (WGGY-FM2) (NAD27)

References

  1. ↑ "FCC 335-FM Digital Notification [WGGY]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. July 20, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ Marchese, John (October 21, 2007). "Scranton Embraces the 'Office' Infamy". The New York Times. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ Lussier, Germain (September 21, 2007). "'The Office' Fanatic's Guide to Scranton". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  4. ↑ "FM Query Results for WGGY-FM1". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  5. ↑ "FM Query Results for WGGY-FM2". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Entercom Announces Agreement To Divest Stations In Los Angeles, San Diego & Wilkes-Barre To Educational Media Foundation | FMQB". fmqb.name. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  7. ↑ Trakin, Roy (2017-09-26). "Entercom Sells Three Stations as CBS Radio Merger Nears Completion". Variety. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  8. ↑ "Media Bureau Call Sign Actions" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
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