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| Broadcast area | Wilkes-Barre - Scranton - Northeastern Pennsylvania |
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| Frequency | 101.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Froggy 101 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Subchannels | HD2: Spanish hits ("La Mega 95") |
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| History | |
First air date | 1948; 76 years ago (1948) |
Former call signs | WGBI-FM (1948–1993) |
Call sign meaning | "Froggy" |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 36202 |
| Class | B |
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| HAAT | 365 meters (1,198 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°25′38.2″N 75°44′51.6″W / 41.427278°N 75.747667°W / 41.427278; -75.747667 (WGGY) |
| Repeater(s) | See § Simulcasts and repeaters |
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| Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
| Website | www |
WGGY (101.3 MHz, "Froggy 101") is a commercial FM radio station licensedtoScranton, Pennsylvania, and serves the Wilkes-Barre--Scranton radio market. It broadcasts a country radio format and is owned by Audacy, Inc. The studios are on Pennsylvania Route 315inPittston.
WGGY is a Class B station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 7,000 watts. The transmitter tower is on Beacon Drive in Clark's Summit, off Interstate 476.[3] WGGY broadcasts using HD Radio technology. It airs a Spanish hits format on its HD2 subchannel. To improve its signal, WGGY is heard on three booster stations at 101.3 MHz around Northeast Pennsylvania.
WGGY was one of the earliest FM stations in Northeast Pennsylvania. It signed on the air on Christmas day, December 25, 1948; 75 years ago (1948-12-25). Its original call sign was WGBI-FM, the sister station to WGBI 910 AM (now WAAF).[4] At first, they mostly simulcast their programming and were owned by Scranton Broadcasters, Inc. The two stations were network affiliatesofCBS Radio, airing the CBS line-up of dramas, comedies, news, sports, game shows, soap operas and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio." As network programming moved from radio to television in the 1950s, WGBI-AM-FM aired a middle of the road format of popular adult music, news and sports, still as CBS affiliates.
By the 1970s, WGBI-FM began airing separate programming. It subscribed to the syndicated "Hit Parade" adult top 40 service. The station was mostly automated with a pre-recorded announcer giving the artists and names of the songs played, with weather and other info. Eventually live DJs were added. Around 1990, the station changed course, flipping to a country music format and calling itself "Froggy 101."
In 1993, the station switched its call letters. To reflect its moniker, Froggy 101, it changed its call sign to WGGY, with the final three letters as part of the word "Froggy."
Froggy 101 received national attention through the NBC sitcom, The Office. A Froggy 101 bumper sticker was displayed on a filing cabinet beside Dwight Schrute's desk and at the reception desk.[5][6]
In the early 2000s, programming on WGGY 101.3 was simulcast on WGGI 95.9 to give a better signal to listeners in the Columbia County area of Northeast Pennsylvania. On September 26, 2017, Entercom (forerunner of Audacy) announced a divestment of three stations (WGGI, KSOQ-FM and KSWD) to the Educational Media Foundation (EMF) as part of Entercom's merger with CBS Radio. It needed to comply with FCC ownership rules in the Wilkes Barre--Scranton market, as well as San Diego and Los Angeles. The FCC approved the sale of all three stations on November 2.[7] The announcement stated that upon the closing of the acquisition, EMF would flip WGGI to its K-Love network which airs contemporary Christian music. Parent station WGGY 101.3 would remain unchanged.[8] EMF changed WGGI's call sign to WKBP on November 16.[9]
In 2019, “The Doc Show with Jessie”, WGGY's morning program, was a finalist for the 53rd Annual Country Music Association Awards.[10] It competed in the "Medium Market" category. In 2022 Jessie left The Doc Show leaving three months of Doc doing his show solo.
On August 22, 2022 Froggy 101 birthed a new dynamic show that is truly unique. The show is now hosted by "Doc" (Ken Medek) and "Chewy" (Sean Medek), America's only father-son country radio morning team.[11] In 2024 the duo and the radio station each took home an ACM. The morning show for Personalities of the Year in a Medium Market and Radio Station of the Year in a Medium Market.[12] This marked the first ACM Award win for the radio station and the morning team.
WGGY's programming is simulcastonbooster stations WGGY-FM1,[13] WGGY-FM2[14] and WGGY-FM3.[15] Until November 16, 2017, the programming was also simulcast on full-power WGGI (95.9 FM).
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| WGGY-FM1 | 101.3 FM | Honesdale, Pennsylvania | 91317 | 50 | 7 m (23 ft) | D | 41°34′45.3″N 75°15′7.6″W / 41.579250°N 75.252111°W / 41.579250; -75.252111 (WGGY-FM1) | LMS |
| WGGY-FM2 | 101.3 FM | East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania | 190777 | 2 | 254 m (833 ft) | D | 41°02′39.6″N 75°22′37.7″W / 41.044333°N 75.377139°W / 41.044333; -75.377139 (WGGY-FM2) | LMS |
| WGGY-FM3 | 101.3 FM | Hazleton, Pennsylvania | 203403 | 250 | 177 m (581 ft) | D | 41°58′9.3″N 75°57′26.7″W / 41.969250°N 75.957417°W / 41.969250; -75.957417 (WGGY-FM3) | LMS |
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