WDGG
ABC (1972-83) | |
| Ownership | |
|---|---|
| Owner |
|
| WCMI, WCMI-FM, WMGA, WRVC, WXBW | |
| History | |
First air date | October 1948 (as WCMI-FM) |
Former call signs | WCMI-FM (1948-70) WAMX-FM (1970-88) WRVC-FM (1988-95) |
Call sign meaning | WDoGG (Dawg) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 21436 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 226 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°23′14″N 82°39′45″W / 38.38722°N 82.66250°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 937thedawg.com |
WDGG (93.7
In addition to its country music format, WDGG serves as the
History
The station signed on the air in October 1948 as WCMI-FM in Ashland as a simulcast of its AM sister station WCMI's broadcast schedule. The call letters were said to refer to the steel industry of Ashland as "Where Coal Meets Iron".
On November 20, 1970, the call letters were changed to WAMX-FM and ownership was transferred to W. Richard Martin and Stereo 94, Inc. The station broadcast with an
In the mid-1970s, WAMX-FM (also known as 94X) adopted a
On April 30, 1988, the call letters representing the River Cities were adopted and the license became known as WRVC-FM.[3] The dormant WAMX call sign was adopted by an unrelated station (at 106.3 MHz) in the Huntington market on January 6, 1997.[4]
In the fall of 1992, they changed the format to oldies (mostly concentrating on the 60s), and changed the tag to "Oldies 93 RVC".
The WDGG call letters were granted by the FCC on February 6, 1995.[3] At this time, the WRVC call sign and oldies format were moved to 92.7 WCMI-FM, which continued the simulcast with WRVZ in Charleston.
References
- ^ a b "Broadcast Information". Marshall Thundering Herd. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ Jeff Miller (ed.). "History of WCMI, Ashland, KY". Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- ^ a b "WDGG Call Letter History". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- ^ "WAMX Call Letter History". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
External links
- The Dawg WDGG official website
- FCC Database Return for WDGG
- WDGG in the FCC FM station database
- WDGG in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- History of WCMI