WTRG
WTRG (97.9 FM) is a classic hits formatted radio station licensed to Gaston, North Carolina, in the Roanoke Rapids market. WTRG is owned by Byrne Acquisition Group in Roanoke Rapids.
| City | Gaston, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina |
| Frequency | 97.9 MHz |
| Branding | Magic 97.9 |
| Slogan | The Greatest Hits |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | First Media Radio |
| History | |
| First air date | 1988 (as WLGQ) |
| Former call signs | WLGQ (1988-2003) WYTT (2003-2005) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 17568 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 1,350 watts |
| HAAT | 149 meters (489 feet) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°27′38″N 77°33′52″W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.magic979wtrg.com |
History
This station was assigned call letters as WLGQ on August 5, 1988 which it held until switching to WYTT on January 17, 2003. It switched again, this time to current call sign WTRG, on January 10, 2005.[1]
The WTRG call letters once belonged to 100.7 FM in the Raleigh–Durham area, whose city of license at the time was Rocky Mount, North Carolina. It first took the calls as an adult contemporary station, and kept them when it flipped to oldies as "Oldies 100.7" in 1989, finally giving them up in 2004 (the station is now known as WRDU).[2]
On July 29, 2017, the station began "stunting" with continuous Christmas music. On August 2, 2017, WTRG relaunched as "Magic 97.9".[3]
Ownership
In July, 2019, Byrne Acquisition Group purchased WTRG, along with 6 other stations and kept the "Magic 97.9" brand. Barry Brown is the General Manager and Allen Garrett became the operations manager of the station as
of January 2020 and also took over the afternoon show from 2pm-8pm.
References
- "WTRG Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- "WRDU Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- WTRG Roanoke Rapids Relaunches as Magic 97.9 Radioinsight - August 2, 2017
External links
- WTRG in the FCC's FM station database
- WTRG on Radio-Locator
- WTRG in Nielsen Audio's FM station database