WFGI-FM
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| City | Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Johnstown, Indiana, Pennsylvania Somerset, Pennsylvania |
| Frequency | 95.5 MHz |
| Branding | Froggy 95.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Forever Media Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | August 14, 1973 (as WJNL-FM at 96.5) |
Former call signs | WJNL-FM (1973-1996) WMTZ (1996-2005) |
Former frequencies | 96.5 MHz (1973-2005) |
Call sign meaning | W FroG I sounds like "froggy" The I substitutes for the Y |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 72965 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 57,000 watts |
| HAAT | 323 meters |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WFGI-FM (95.5 FM, "Froggy 95.5") is a Froggy branded country music formatted radio station in Pennsylvania serving the Johnstown area. The station is owned and operated by Forever Media Inc.
History[]
The station began at 96.5 (now WKYE) as WJNL-FM in 1973 as the sister station to WJNL. They played easy to listen to music and had news updates hourly. It was known as this until it was purchased in 1996 by Clear Channel Communications. Then it became "96.5 the Mountain" with the callsign WMTZ and began playing country music. In 2005, Clear Channel decided to leave the Johnstown market and sold its station properties to Altoona-based Forever Broadcasting. Forever wanted to expand its Froggyland into the Pittsburgh area and the 96.5 signal was not able to do so. The 95.5 signal was able to with no problem, so in February 2005 the station became Froggy 95 (as it is still today).
Signal abilities[]
WFGI-FM has a very strong signal that can be heard as far west as western suburbs of Pittsburgh and even eastern Ohio and as far east as Mifflin County, where it starts conflicting with WMRF on 95.7 FM from Lewistown. In recent years however the coverage area has faded, due to short space same and adjacent stations (e.g. WZWW on 95.3 FM from Bellefonte) and also weather conditions having effect on coverage presumably from flora.
Multipath issues[]
WFGI-FM has always suffered from signal degradation in the city of license, primarily because of the excessive height above the city as well as multipath caused by the local terrain of the Allegheny plateau. There are multiple areas in Johnstown that cause that station to have multipath.
External links[]
- [1]
- WFGI in the FCC FM station database
- WFGI on Radio-Locator
- WFGI in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
Coordinates: 40°22′19″N 78°58′55″W / 40.372°N 78.982°W
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