WRGR

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WRGR
Simulcast with WSLP Ray Brook
Frequency 102.1 MHz
BrandingLake FM
Programming
Format Variety hits
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher
  • (North Country Radio Corp.)
WLPW, WSLP, WVSL
History
First air date
March 17, 1980 (1980-03-17) (as WTPL-FM)
Former call signs
WTPL-FM (1980-1987)
Call sign meaning
RGR Broadcasting (former owner) [1]
Technical information
Facility ID 56078
Class A
ERP 140 watts
HAAT 441 meters (1,447 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
44°9′35″N74°28′34″W / 44.15972°N 74.47611°W / 44.15972; -74.47611
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website lakefmradio.com

WRGR (102.1 FM) is a radio station serving Tupper Lake, New York, United States. The station is owned by Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher, through licensee North Country Radio Corp. [2] It is a simulcast of WSLP (100.7 FM) from Ray Brook.

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History

The station went on the air as WTPL-FM on March 17, 1980. On August 31, 1987, the station changed its call sign to the current WRGR. [3]

WRGR formerly broadcast a classic rock format branded as "Rock 105", which was simulcast with WLPW (105.5 FM) in Lake Placid, New York. In June 2017, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise reported that the stations had switched to a simulcast of sister station WNBZ-FM. [4] By November 2017, WRGR had gone silent. [5]

On February 12, 2018, Radio Lake Placid, Inc filed to sell the station to Border Media. Border Media is led by Ricki Lee, CEO of radio technology company Aiir. [6] The FCC granted the assignment of the license on August 28, 2018. [7]

Border Media relaunched the station with a classic hits format branded as Lake FM - The Tri-Lakes Greatest Hits in September 2018. [8]

On July 1, 2019, WRGR rebranded to "The Mix" and merged to become a simulcast of 93.3 WSLP. The station was operated under an LMA by North Country Radio Corp., the owners of WSLP and WLPW. [9]

On September 18, 2020, WRGR changed its format from adult contemporary to variety hits, branded as "Lake FM". [10] Effective October 18, 2021, North Country Radio Corp. acquired the WRGR license in exchange for what had become Warrensburg/Lake George-based WPLA (93.5). [11]

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References

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  3. "WRGR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. Knight, Chris (June 21, 2017). "The death of local radio?". Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
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  9. "A Two Station Mix-Up Coming To The Adirondacks". RadioInsight.com.
  10. WSLP/WRGR Flip To Variety Hits Radioinsight - September 18, 2020
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