WRIG

WRIG
City	Schofield, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Wausau-Stevens Point
Branding	Fox Sports Radio AM 1390 and FM 93.9
Frequency	1390 kHz
Translator(s)	93.9 W230BU (Rothschild)
First air date	1958
Format	Sports
Audience share	1.4, #14 (Sp'06, R&R^[1])
Power	10,000 watts day 7,200 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	73946
Transmitter coordinates	44°52′42.00″N 89°38′29.00″W / 44.8783333°N 89.6413889°W / 44.8783333; -89.6413889
Callsign meaning	Derived from the name of the Wright family, who put the station on the air.
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio
Owner	Duey E. Wright (WRIG, Inc.)
Sister stations	WDEZ, WIFC, WOZZ, WSAU, WSAU-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	foxsportswausau.com

WRIG (1390 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Schofield, Wisconsin, the station serves the Wausau, Wisconsin area. The station is currently owned by Midwest Communications. and features programming from Fox Sports Radio.^[2] WRIG was originally located at 1400 kHz, licensed to Wausau, Wisconsin, broadcasting a Top 40 format until the move to 1390 kHz in 1985 and a switch to an Oldies format. WRIG also broadcast Dial-Global's "Adult Standards" format from 1993 to 2006, and then the Oldies Channel until the move to FOX Sports Radio in 2009. In November 2012, WRIG added a translator station at 93.9 MHz (call sign W230BU).

Former air staff

Duke Wright 1960's (now President CEO - Midwest Communications)^[3]
Les Moore 60's
Dick Canney 60's - 70's (deceased)
Bob Johnson 60's - 70's
Marv Nelles 60's - early 90's news director (deceased)^[4]
Gene Lewis early-mid 90's news director
Howie Steiber program director 60's - 70's (also WHBL Sheboygan)
Don Roberts/Rich Harkoff program director 70's (also WIXX & WDUZ Green Bay WI, WYXX Holland MI, WOGB Fox Valley WI)
Andy Nelson/Al Sellers program director 70's - 80's (also WDEZ Wausau WCUZ Grand Rapids MI, WQLH, WIXX, WNCY, WLTM Green Bay WI)
Steve Shannon/Tom Helms 70's (also WNAM Neenah WI)
Mike Berg/Mike Sonnenberg 70's (also WJMT Merrill WI)
Pat "Rogers" Houseworth 70's News Anchor also weekend DJ (also WJMT Merrill WI WIOU Kokomo IN KGNO Dodge City KS WCSM Celina OH)
Monica Michaels 70's (also WIFC Wausau WI)
Gary Johnson 70's - 80's (also WIFC Wausau WI, WIXX Green Bay WI, WJLW DePere WI, WNAM - WUSW Appleton-Oshkosh WI)
Bob Dabagia 70's (also WSAU Wausau WI, AFN Germany, WTFX Louisville KY, KPEZ Austin TX, & Max Miller at KRLD Dallas TX)
John Pelligrini 80's (also Green Bay WI, WGRD Grand Rapids MI & Chicago radio markets)
Bruce Charles 70's (also WSAU, WIFC Wausau WI & WKAU Kaukauna WI)
Jim Owen 70's (also WIFC Wausau WI, WKLQ Grand Rapids MI, Tulsa OK, Indianapolis radio markets)
Judi Krall(Loomis) 70's (also WSAU TV Wausau WI, WANE TV Ft Wayne IN, WISH TV Indianapolis IN)
Dave Wright 70's - 80's (also WMYX Milwaukee, WI)
Brian West 70's (also WQZZ Sturgeon Bay WI)
Don Bethman 70's sports (deceased)
Joe Schoenemann 70's sports
Doug Beaudry 80's on-air
Shelly James 80's on-air
Mike Bradford 80's on-air (also WIFC, WYCO, WDEZ Wausau, WI)
Dave Arrowwood 80's (also WIFC WSAU Wausau, WI)
Ed Monroe 1987-1989 Sports/weekends
Paul Hart (Harder) Sports and on air talent 80's
Ken Clark on-air 1982-1985 and 1999-2006. PD 1999-present. (also WSAU Wausau, WI, WOBT Rhinelander, WI)
Jeff Hutch/Jeff Hutchinson 60's- 70's
DJ Hall 80's on-air (also WIZD Plover WI, WSPT Stevens Point WI, WSPO Stevens Point WI, WDEZ Wausau WI, KWLM Willmar MN, KQWB Fargo ND)
John Koehler 70s-Announcer-Also WNNO Wisconsin Dells-Currently WJNR Iron Mountain Mi

References

↑ Point&MS=WI&MR=170&12P=233900&UP=8/4/2006&SU=C&BPER=&HPER=&OPER=&NSD=&CE=0 "Wausau-Stevens Point Market Ratings" Check |url= value (help). Radio and Records.
↑ "WRIG Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "MusicMaster Oldies: The Birth of Rock And Roll In Wisconsin".
↑ "Marv Nellis/2014/Hall of Fame". Wisconsin Broadcastin Museum. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WRIG

Radio-Locator Information on WRIG

Radio stations in the Wausau-Stevens Point, Wisconsin market (Central Wisconsin)

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.9 91.9 91.9 92.7 93.9 94.7 95.5 96.7 97.9 98.7 99.9 100.5 101.9 103.3 104.1 104.9 105.5 106.5 107.9

By AM frequency	550 800 930 1010 1230 1320 1390

By callsign	W212BB W254BP WBCV WCLQ WDEZ WDTX WDUX WDUX-FM WFHR WGLX-FM WGNV WHJL WHRM WHTQ WIFC WKQH WLBL WLBL-FM WLJY WMMA WMZK WOZZ WPCN WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM WSPT WWSP WXCO WXPW WYTE

Nearby radio markets Eau Claire Green Bay Fox Cities Iron Mountain La Crosse Rice Lake–Spooner Wisconsin Dells–Baraboo See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

Sports Radio Stations in the state of Wisconsin

Stations:	WAUK - Jackson WAYY - Eau Claire WBIZ - Eau Claire WCLB - Sheboygan WDTX - Rothschild WDUL - Superior WDUZ - Green Bay WDUZ-FM - Brillion WFBZ - Trempealeau WHSM - Hayward WIGM - Medford WJJQ - Tomahawk WKLJ - Sparta WKTY - La Crosse WMAM - Marinette WOKY - Milwaukee WOSQ - Spencer WOTE - Clintonville WOZN - Madison WOZN-FM - Mount Horeb WPVL - Platteville WRIG - Schofield WSCO - Appleton WSSP - Milwaukee WTLX - Monona WTSO - Madison WXCE - Amery

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Midwest Communications

Indiana	Evansville WABX WIKY-FM WLFW WSTO Terre Haute WBOW WDKE WDWQ WIBQ WMGI WPRS

Michigan	Battle Creek WNWN-FM WTOU Coldwater WTVB Holland WHTC WYVN Kalamazoo WKZO WNWN WQLR WVFM WZOX Lansing WJXQ WLMI WQTX WWDK

Minnesota	Duluth KDAL KDAL-FM KDWZ KTCO WDSM WDUL Hibbing KMFG WMFG WMFG-FM WNMT WTBX WUSZ

North Dakota	Fargo KFGO KMJO KOYY KRWK KVOX KVOX-FM

South Dakota	Sioux Falls KELO KELO-FM KELQ KQSF KRRO KTWB KWSN

Tennessee	Knoxville WDKW WIMZ-FM WJXB-FM Nashville WCJK WJXA

Wisconsin	Appleton WGEE WYDR Green Bay WDKF WIXX WNCY-FM WNFL WTAQ/WTAQ-FM Wausau WDEZ WIFC WOZZ WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM Sheboygan WBFM WHBL WHBZ WXER

Website mwcradio.com

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