WSGB

WSGB

City of license	Sutton, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Sutton, West Virginia Braxton County, West Virginia
Branding	"The Mighty 1490"
Slogan	"Good Time Rock 'n' Roll"
Frequency	1490 kHz
First air date	1964
Format	Oldies/Classic rock
Power	900 watts day and night
Class	C
Facility ID	41889
Callsign meaning	W Sutton Gassaway Burnsville
Owner	Summit Media Broadcasting, LLC
Sister stations	WAFD, WDBS, WKQV, WVAR
Website	WSGB Online

WSGB is an Oldies and Classic rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Sutton, West Virginia, serving Sutton and Braxton County, West Virginia. WSGB is owned and operated by Summit Media Broadcasting, LLC.

History

WSGB first went on the air on January 22, 1964, broadcasting from studios at 406 Main Street in downtown Sutton. The station, which has had its same call letters its entire existence, was founded by Braxton Broadcasting Company. Company president Charles M. Erhard, Jr. also owned another station, WPME (now WECZ) in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Erhard frequently used WSGB as a training ground for announcers hoping to work at WPME. Erhard was proud of West Virginia's heritage and as a reflection of this, made the John Denver song "Take Me Home Country Roads" (which pays homage to the state of West Virginia) as part of the station's daily sign-on message each morning.

Erhard sold the station on May 1, 1974 to MultiMedia Associates III, a company headed by James R. Reese, Jr. Unforeseen circumstances forced another sale to Centerstate Broadcasting in September 1976. William Becker served as company president and general manager.

WSGB was sold again on June 1, 1980 to Milliken Investment Corporation. Soon afterwards, the station moved to 180 Main Street, where it remains today. The station also was granted permission to raise its nighttime power from 250 to 900 watts in the early 80s.

It was under this ownership that WSGB prospered greatly, with the sign-on of FM sister station WCKA on April 25, 1987. Milliken also transferred the license to its subsidiary, Mid-State Broadcasting Corporation, also that same year.

After almost two decades of ownership, Milliken Investment Corporation sold the station to its current owner, Summit Media Broadcasting, LLC for $250,000, along with WCKA. The sale took place on December 30, 1999.

WSGB Today

Following the acquisition of WSGB by Summit Media Broadcasting, WSGB underwent a major renovation of its studios and offices, which included a substantial upgrade of the station's studio facilities, moving it into the digital audio age with modern, state of the art equipment. In March of 2007, Summit Media acquired WVAR in Richwood, West Virginia. Two months later, Summit Media began simulcasting WSGB's signal in an effort to improve its reception in Nicholas County, where WSGB's dial position was unable to adequately provide local service to that area.

External links

The Mighty 1490 Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WSGB

Radio-Locator Information on WSGB

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WSGB

Radio stations in the East-Central West Virginia market

By FM frequency	89.3 89.7 90.5 91.3 91.9 92.9 95.7 97.1 100.3 101.7 101.7 105.5 107.7

By AM frequency	600 1370 1490

By callsign	WAFD WCWV WDBS WKQV WMLJ WSGB WSJE WSWW-FM WVAR WVGV WVMR WVMR-FM WVRW WVWS WXTH-LP WYAP-LP

West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA See also List of radio stations in West Virginia

Oldies radio stations in the state of West Virginia

By callsign	WBBD – Wheeling WCBC – Keyser WCLG – Morgantown WDMX – Vienna WELD – Fisher WFSP-FM – Kingwood WKAZ – Charleston WSGB – Sutton WUKL – Bethlehem WVAR – Richwood

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in West Virginia See also Oldies Classic Hits

Coordinates: 38°39′11″N 80°43′10″W / 38.65306°N 80.71944°W / 38.65306; -80.71944

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