WSGW-FM

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WSGW-FM
WSGW 100.5-790Newsradio logo.png
Broadcast area The Greater Tri-Cities (Saginaw - Bay City - Midland)
Frequency 100.5 MHz
Branding100.5 and 790 Newsradio WSGW
Programming
Format News/Talk
Network CBS News Radio
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
Westwood One
Saginaw Spirit
Saginaw Valley State Cardinals football
Michigan Sports Network
Ownership
Owner
WCEN-FM, WGER, WSGW, WTLZ
History
First air date
May 11, 1991;32 years ago (1991-05-11) (as WCWK)
Former call signs
WCWK (3/17/89-5/22/89)
WKFK (5/22/89-11/4/91)
WTCF (11/4/91-3/5/04)
WXQL (3/5/04-9/16/05)
WTBT (9/16/05-1/30/06)
WSGW-FM (1/30/06-8/29/07)
WTKQ-FM (8/28/07-1/15/09)
Call sign meaning
W SaGinaW
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 41842
Class A
ERP 3,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (328 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 43°33′43″N83°58′54″W / 43.56194°N 83.98167°W / 43.56194; -83.98167
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website wsgw.com

WSGW-FM (100.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Carrollton, Michigan, and serving the Tri-Cities (Saginaw - Bay City - Midland). [2] It is owned by Alpha Media and simulcasts a news-talk radio format with sister station WSGW 790 AM. The two stations identify themselves as "100.5 and 790 Newsradio WSGW." The studios are on Tittabawassee Road in Saginaw.

Contents

WSGW-FM is a Class A FM station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 3,000 watts. The transmitter tower is on Hotchkiss Drive in Frankenlust Township. [3]

Programming

Weekdays on WSGW begin with The Morning Team, a news and interview show hosted by Charlie Rood, Denyse Sharron and Pat Johnson. Veteran broadcaster Art Lewis hosts his own talk show in late mornings, featuring interviews with local newsmakers and phone calls from the public. Agriculture director Terry Henne hosts The Farm Show just before noon, focusing on local weather, market conditions, and agriculture news. The rest of the day, nationally syndicated programs include Markley, Van Camp and Robbins, The Sean Hannity Show, The Tom Sullivan Show, The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and America in the Morning with John Trout.

On weekends, WSGW air specialty shows on health, money, technology, the outdoors, farming and home repair. Weekend syndicated programs include The Kim Komando Show and Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb , as well as repeats of weekday shows. Most hours begin with an update from CBS News Radio.

WSGW airs play-by-play sports coverage of local minor league hockey team the Saginaw Spirit and Saginaw Valley State University. University of Michigan football games air on FM 100.5, [4] while basketball games from the Michigan Sports Network air on AM 790. [5] Conflicting sports games that would usually air on WSGW are sometimes moved to sister station WGER. [6] Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings are also heard between the two stations, usually airing on AM 790 except when games conflict.

National and international news updates come from CBS News Radio and statewide news from the Michigan News Network. WSGW is also airs financial reports from Fox Business, agricultural news from Brownfield, and weather reports from Weatherology. [7]

History

The Fox

The station signed on the air on May 11, 1991;32 years ago. [8] Its original call sign was WCWK. It started with an adult contemporary format. It later adopted a long-running and successful Top 40 - CHR format, known as 100.5 "The Fox".

WTCF was owned by Mid America Broadcasting through most of the 1990s. WTCF enjoyed a large ratings margin on WIOG (which shifted to a Hot AC sound around the same time) in the 18-34 demographic. The station was live and featured "Steve and Stacie in the morning", "Steve Williams & Amy Wilde morning show", Rick and Jean Marie in the morning and later McGill in The Morning. Other talent included Mike Cruise in the afternoon, and Greg Fry at night who always started the weekend using the Iggy Pop classic "Wild Child." News veteran/radio personality Lisa Ferrel was the co-host prior to the flip to Pirate Radio. Other morning shows included Leeroy the Love Toy, Rick Dees, Josh & Holly, and Lisa & Dylan in the morning.

Pirate Radio

In 1998, WTCF was sold to Liggett Broadcasting, owner of WHNN. [9] In 1999, the station adopted the name "Pirate Radio" and shifted its format from Mainstream Top 40 to Rhythmic Contemporary. Though the station's ratings remained high during the "Pirate Radio" stage, owner Wilks Broadcasting soon shifted the station to Hot AC under the moniker "Mix 100."

The move to Hot AC was unsuccessful as the station's ratings plummeted. Rival station WIOG, which had been a Hot AC for most of the '90s, took advantage of this by returning to CHR and regained some of the ratings ground it had lost to WTCF. A return to Adult Top 40 and "The Fox" moniker failed to raise ratings at 100.5.

Kool and The Beat

New owners NextMedia Group pulled the plug on "The Fox" in 2004 and changed the format to Rhythmic Oldies as "Kool 100.5," WXQL. Ratings remained low. A year and a half later, the station became "The Beat," WTBT, with a Rhythmic Adult Contemporary format heavy on dance remixes of CHR/pop hits.

The "Beat" format lasted only a few months. The owners decided to extend the successful talk format on 790 WSGW to the FM dial.

Newsradio WSGW

The station switched its call letters to WSGW-FM in January 2006. It began airing a talk radio format, simulcasting sister station WSGW AM 790's morning show with separate programming the rest of the day. [10] On August 29, 2007, the call sign was changed to WTKQ-FM and was then changed back to WSGW-FM on January 15, 2009.

NextMedia sold WSGW-FM and the company's 32 other radio stations to Digity, LLC for $85 million. The transaction was consummated on February 10, 2014. Effective February 25, 2016, Digity, LLC and its 124 radio stations were acquired by Alpha Media for $264 million. [11]

In June 2019, it was announced that FM 100.5 would simulcast AM 790 weekdays from 1am to Noon. It would also mark the end of longtime mid-morning talk show Listen to the Mrs. [12] Further changes were made to the schedule in December 2020, announcing a merger of FM 100.5 and AM 790's programming, effectively making WSGW-FM a 24-hour simulcast of its sister station with the exception of sporting events. [13] In 2022, longtime program director Dave Mauer and news director Ann Williams resigned from WSGW. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WSGW-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WSGW-FM
  4. ↑ "U of M Football Schedule". WSGW 790 AM & 100.5 FM. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  5. ↑ "U of M Basketball". WSGW 790 AM & 100.5 FM. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  6. ↑ "WSGW Sports Broadcast Schedule". WSGW 790 AM & 100.5 FM. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  7. ↑ "WSGW Program Schedule". WSGW 790 AM & 100.5 FM. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  8. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1994 page B-189. Retrieved Sept. 12, 2023.
  9. ↑ "WSGW-FM 100.5 Carrollton/Saginaw - Michiguide.com Dials (S)". www.michiguide.com.
  10. ↑ "Radio station WSGW-AM, 790, shuffling talk radio lineup". mlive. 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  11. ↑ "Alpha Buys 116 Stations From Digity". Insideradio.com. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  12. ↑ "Screen grab of webpage announcing 2019 programming changes". www.wsgw.com.
  13. ↑ "Screen grab of webpage announcing 2020 programming merger". www.wsgw.com.
  14. ↑ "WSGW newsman Dave Maurer resigns after 43 years at mid-Michigan station". mlive.com. 2022. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
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