WOGF
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WOGI is a radio station
broadcasting a Froggy branded
Country music
format. Licensed to Moon Township, Pennsylvania
, USA, the station serves the Wheeling, Pittsburgh area. The station is currently owned by Keymarket Licenses, LLC.
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both owned by East Liverpool Broadcasting Company.
WOHI and WOHI-FM were sold to Constrander Corporation, owned by Joseph D. Coons for $175,000 on January 27, 1961.
WOHI-FM changed callsigns to WRTS in June 1967,
and in November 1971, Joseph D. Coons sold both WOHI and WRTS to Frank Mangano for $290,493. However, the name of the company remained the same under the new owner.
WRTS changed callsigns once again to WELA in May 1974. In the mid 1970's, WELA was an easy listening format.
By 1981, the easy listening format was dropped in favor of a C&W format. By the late 1990's, the station had a classic hits format dubbed "Classic Hits 104".
Keymarket purchased both WOHI and WELA in 2000. The new owner changed the callsign to WOGF on July 7, 2000, and adopted a country music format with the "Froggy" moniker; a format which continues today. WOGF recently changed its city of license to Moon Township, PA from East Liverpool, Ohio. The tower location remains in Beaver County, PA. WOGF assumed the callsign WOGI in 2009, a callsign that was previously used on 98.3, which is a station in Pittsburgh, PA that Keymarket sold to EMF in 2009. The new callsign on 98.3 is WPKV.
WOGI is the flagship station of the Froggyland network of stations in the region, which also includes:
(Covering Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland Counties)
Prior to becoming WOGG, 94.9 was home to WASP-FM, also running a country format. WOGG's class A signal blankets the Mon Valley and southern-most regions of the Pittsburgh market. Cities targeted include Uniontown, Connellsville, Belle Vernon, Monessen, Monongahela, Masontown, Waynesburg.
(Serving Washington, Beaver, the South Hills and West Hills of Allegheny County. Also, serves Brooke, Hancock, and Ohio Counites in West Virginia; Jefferson and Belmont County in Ohio)
Prior to becoming WOGH, 103.5 had the WOGE calls for a brief time. Prior to being WOGE, 103.5 was licensed to Steubenville, Ohio and known as WRKY, lastly as a country format. "Rocky 103" targeted the rust-belt Steubenville-Weirton market primarily and the Washington and Wheeling markets secondarily. Since the city of license change to nearby Burgettstown across the border in Washington County, the focus has shifted to serve the South Hills and West Hills of Pittsburgh. Specifically, the cities targeted are Washington, Canonsburg, Peters Township, Bethel Park, Bridgeville, Coraopolis, Robinson, Carnegie. Steubenville, Weirton, Wellsburg, Toronto all still receive an easily receivable signal. WOGH realistically has the largest effective coverage area of all of the "Froggyland" stations. Typical car radios can receive 103.5 from St. Clairsville, Ohio to Seven Springs, PA to Morgantown, WV to Grove City, PA.
Radio station
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broadcasting a Froggy branded
Froggy (brand)
Froggy is a brand name radio format used for a variety of radio stations in numerous broadcast markets in the United States, most of which are country music formatted stations, with a few playing adult contemporary. Froggy is a brand name radio format used for a variety of radio stations in...
Country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format. Licensed to Moon Township, Pennsylvania
Moon Township, Pennsylvania
Moon Township is a township along the Ohio River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. Moon is a part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area and is located northwest of Pittsburgh. The origin of its name is unknown for certain, although it has been suggested that it derives from a...
, USA, the station serves the Wheeling, Pittsburgh area. The station is currently owned by Keymarket Licenses, LLC.
History
WOGI signed on the air April 15, 1959 as WOHI-FM, the FM sister station of WOHIWOHI
WOHI is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to East Liverpool, Ohio, USA, it serves the Pittsburgh area. The station is currently owned by Keymarket Licenses, LLC....
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both owned by East Liverpool Broadcasting Company.
WOHI and WOHI-FM were sold to Constrander Corporation, owned by Joseph D. Coons for $175,000 on January 27, 1961.
WOHI-FM changed callsigns to WRTS in June 1967,
and in November 1971, Joseph D. Coons sold both WOHI and WRTS to Frank Mangano for $290,493. However, the name of the company remained the same under the new owner.
WRTS changed callsigns once again to WELA in May 1974. In the mid 1970's, WELA was an easy listening format.
By 1981, the easy listening format was dropped in favor of a C&W format. By the late 1990's, the station had a classic hits format dubbed "Classic Hits 104".
Keymarket purchased both WOHI and WELA in 2000. The new owner changed the callsign to WOGF on July 7, 2000, and adopted a country music format with the "Froggy" moniker; a format which continues today. WOGF recently changed its city of license to Moon Township, PA from East Liverpool, Ohio. The tower location remains in Beaver County, PA. WOGF assumed the callsign WOGI in 2009, a callsign that was previously used on 98.3, which is a station in Pittsburgh, PA that Keymarket sold to EMF in 2009. The new callsign on 98.3 is WPKV.
Froggyland
WOGI and sister WOGH have a slight bit of signal overlap in "Froggyland", specifically Beaver County and the west hills of Pittsburgh. Both signals, as well as the former main "Froggy", now WPKV, are clearly heard in areas near the Pittsburgh International Airport. WOGI has a large signal, as well. WOGI can be effectively be heard on car radios from St. Clairsville, Ohio to Ligonier, PA to Youngstown, OH to Waynesburg, PA.WOGI is the flagship station of the Froggyland network of stations in the region, which also includes:
- WOGG-FM(Froggy 94.9)/Oliver, PennsylvaniaOliver, PennsylvaniaOliver is a census-designated place in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,925 at the 2000 census. Oliver is located in North Union Township.-Geography:Oliver is located at ....
(Covering Fayette, Greene, Westmoreland Counties)
Prior to becoming WOGG, 94.9 was home to WASP-FM, also running a country format. WOGG's class A signal blankets the Mon Valley and southern-most regions of the Pittsburgh market. Cities targeted include Uniontown, Connellsville, Belle Vernon, Monessen, Monongahela, Masontown, Waynesburg.
- WOGH-FM(Froggy 103.5)/Burgettstown, PennsylvaniaBurgettstown, PennsylvaniaBurgettstown is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The population was 1,576 according to the 2000 census.-History:...
(Serving Washington, Beaver, the South Hills and West Hills of Allegheny County. Also, serves Brooke, Hancock, and Ohio Counites in West Virginia; Jefferson and Belmont County in Ohio)
Prior to becoming WOGH, 103.5 had the WOGE calls for a brief time. Prior to being WOGE, 103.5 was licensed to Steubenville, Ohio and known as WRKY, lastly as a country format. "Rocky 103" targeted the rust-belt Steubenville-Weirton market primarily and the Washington and Wheeling markets secondarily. Since the city of license change to nearby Burgettstown across the border in Washington County, the focus has shifted to serve the South Hills and West Hills of Pittsburgh. Specifically, the cities targeted are Washington, Canonsburg, Peters Township, Bethel Park, Bridgeville, Coraopolis, Robinson, Carnegie. Steubenville, Weirton, Wellsburg, Toronto all still receive an easily receivable signal. WOGH realistically has the largest effective coverage area of all of the "Froggyland" stations. Typical car radios can receive 103.5 from St. Clairsville, Ohio to Seven Springs, PA to Morgantown, WV to Grove City, PA.