WGYE
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WGYE
| above = Simulcasting WMMN Fairmont
| logo =
| logo_size =
| city = Mannington, West Virginia
| country = US
| area = North-Central West Virginia
| branding = The Torch
| frequency = 102.7 MHz
| translator = {{Radio Relay|95.3|W237FP|Morgantown}}
| airdate = 1992 (as WTUS)
| format = Conservative talk
| erp = 3,200 watts
| haat = {{convert|138|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = A
| facility_id = 32202
| coordinates = {{Coord|39|28|3|N|80|12|20|W|type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning = play on "Froggy" (former format)
| former_callsigns = WTUS (1989–2001)
| affiliations = {{ubl|Genesis Communications Network|Townhall News|Westwood One}}
| owner = James Kail
| licensee = LHTC Media of West Virginia, Inc.
| sister_stations = WHTI, WZST, WMMN, WBKE, WRLF
| webcast = {{listenlive|https://www.wvthetorch.com/listen/}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.wvthetorch.com}}
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WGYE (102.7 FM) is a conservative talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Mannington, West Virginia, serving North-Central West Virginia. WGYE is owned and operated by LHTC Media.
History
This radio station first began as WTUS, and was assigned that call sign on October 31, 1989, more than a year after the construction permit was first granted in May 1988. However, the permit was sold to Joseph Donald Powers and partner Al Sergi in 1991 for $23,000.
Powers and Sergi finally brought the station on the air in the fall of 1992, with the moniker "Today's U.S. Country", maintaining studios and offices along Locust Avenue in neighboring Fairmont, where the station remains today.
Powers and Sergi sold WTUS in the late 1990s to Pittsburgh-based Burbach Broadcasting. Sergi today owns WSGB in Sutton, West Virginia, and three other area stations.
The station had a country format for its entire existence until it was sold to LHTC Media effective September 1, 2023; on September 11, the station flipped to contemporary hit radio, assuming the format of WHTI, as "Hot 102.7".[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/258704/series-of-format-changes-in-morgantown-clarksburg-wv/ Series of Format Changes in Morgantown/Clarksburg, WV]
On February 5, 2024, WGYE changed its format to a simulcast of conservative talk-formatted WMMN (920 AM), branded as "The Torch".[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/264589/conservative-torch-launches-on-west-virginia-trio/ CONSERVATIVE TORCH LAUNCHES ON WEST VIRGINIA TRIO] Radioinsight - February 6, 2024
Translator
WGYE also simulcasts on a 250-watt translator station W237FP which transmits on 95.3 MHz. W237FP is licensed to and serves Morgantown, West Virginia.
References
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External links
- {{FM station data|32202|WGYE}}
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility|76086|W280FF}}
- {{FXL|W280FF}}
- {{commons category-inline|WGYE}}
{{Morgantown Radio}}
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in West Virginia}}
Category:Radio stations established in 1992
Category:1992 establishments in West Virginia
Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States
Category:Conservative talk radio
Category:Marion County, West Virginia
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