WGL (AM)

WGL
Broadcast areaFt. Wayne Metro
Frequency1250 kHz
BrandingWGL Newsradio 1250
Programming
FormatAll-news
NetworkCBS News Radio
AffiliationsAssociated Press
Ownership
OwnerBrian R. Walsh
WIOE, WIOE-FM
History
First air date
March 25, 1925; 99 years ago (1925-03-25)
Former call signs
  • WHBJ (1925–26)
  • WCWK (1926–28)
Call sign meaning
"What God Loves" (later slogan)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID22285
ClassB
Power
  • 2,300 watts day
  • 1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
41°1′16″N 85°9′46″W / 41.02111°N 85.16278°W / 41.02111; -85.16278
Translator(s)105.5 W288EI (Fort Wayne)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewgl1250.com

WGL (1250 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Fort Wayne, Indiana, and owned by Brian R. Walsh.[2] The station broadcasts an All-news format, branded as "WGL Newsradio 1250 and 105.5". WGL is one of the oldest stations in the Fort Wayne metropolitan area.

Studios are located on Cass Street and the transmitter site is located in Fort Wayne's East Central neighborhood in a facility also used by WIOE.[3] WGL simulcasts over Fort Wayne translator W288EI (105.5 FM), which was added on March 5, 2021.

High school football and basketball, primarily Bishop Luers and Bishop Dwenger, began on August 15, 2021. University of Saint Francis football and basketball will be added in the fall of 2022.

History

WGL was first licensed, with the sequentially issued call letters WHBJ, to the Lauer Auto Company at 2109 South Calhoun Street on March 3, 1925.[4] It was Fort Wayne's third broadcasting station, preceded by the United Radio Corporation's WFAS in 1922,[5] and the Strand Theater's WDBV in 1924,[6] although both of these stations had left the airwaves by the time WHBJ debuted.

In 1926 Chester W. Keen took over WHBJ and changed the call letters to WCWK to reflect his initials.[7] Following the establishment of the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), stations were initially issued a series of temporary authorizations starting on May 3, 1927.[8] In addition, stations were informed that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file a formal license application by January 15, 1928, as the first step in determining whether they met the new "public interest, convenience, or necessity" standard.[9] On May 25, 1928, the FRC issued General Order 32, which notified 164 stations, including WCWK, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it."[10] However, the station successfully convinced the commission that it should remain licensed.

On November 11, 1928, the FRC implemented a major reallocation of station transmitting frequencies, as part of a reorganization resulting from its implementation of General Order 40.[11] In early 1929, WCWK was assigned to 1370 kHz. In 1925 WOWO had been established by the Main Auto Supply Co., with studios above the company's downtown factory,[12] and in 1928 Keen sold WCWK to WOWO owner Fred Zieg. WCWK's call letters were changed to WGL[13] ("World's Greatest Loudspeaker"), taking a call sign previously used by the current WADO in New York City.

Westinghouse purchased Fort Wayne radio stations WOWO and WGL in 1936.[14]

WOWO and WGL were owned by the Zieg family until their sale to Westinghouse in 1936. On March 29, 1941, WGL moved to 1450 kHz, as part of the implementation of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement. In August 1941, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began implementation of a "duopoly" rule, which restricted licensees from operating more than one radio station in a given market.[15] Westinghouse decided to retain WOWO and sold WGL to the Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation in 1945.

WGL received permission to move to 1250 kHz in 1946. On September 24, 1947, the station's power was increased from 250 to 1,000 watts.[16] Subsequently it was purchased by the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. The call letters of WGL were reinterpreted as "Wayne's Great Lady", referring to Helene Foelliger, who had markedly improved circulation of the News-Sentinel since becoming publisher less than a decade earlier, when she became the youngest, as well as one of the first female, publishers of a major newspaper. William Kunkle, publisher of the morning Journal-Gazette, followed by establishing WKJG (William Kunkle Journal-Gazette) in 1947, but while WKJG established a television station in 1953, WGL had no television license.

WGL is known for being the first station in Fort Wayne to carry a talk format and one of the initial stations to carry The Rush Limbaugh Show, which moved to WOWO in 1996. In February 1998, WGL changed its format to sports; most of its programming came from "One-On-One Sports" (now "Sporting News Radio.") As a result, they dropped G. Gordon Liddy, Tom Leykis, Art Bell, and local host Rusty Humphries. Between September 1998 and August 2000, WGL aired ESPN Radio, claiming it from rival WOWO. By August 2000, ESPN's affiliation moved to rival WONO, WOWO's sister station. At this point, the format returned to talk, featuring the programs of such hosts as Liddy, Bill O'Reilly, and Jim Rome. Several years later, the format switched to sports talk under the Fox Sports 1250 banner, with the notable exception of Dave Macy's morning program, which covered news, politics, and culture as well as sports.

WGL was sold (along with the other Kovas Communications stations) to Travis Broadcasting Corp. in December 2001, for $7.5 million. WGL was purchased, along with its sister stations by Summit City Radio Group in July 2004. Currently, it broadcasts adult standards, having picked up the format in 2003. WGL aired the syndicated Adult Standards (America's Best Music) format from Dial Global until April 2007, when the station went to a standards/soft AC hybrid with a combination of local DJs and local automation. The station soon returned to airing the Dial Global format with a local morning show.

Weekday programming on The River consisted of Dial Global's America's Best Music format from midnight to noon and then from 6 p.m. to midnight, Dave Ramsey from noon to 3 p.m., and local talk host Pat White from 3 to 6 p.m.

WGL's programming was simulcast full-time on WGL-FM (102.9) until 12:00PM on April 1, 2010, when the FM station broke away to air a Soft AC format as "V102.9". The simulcast returned on June 3, 2013, when both WGL and WGL-FM switched to an oldies format.[17] Former WLYV and WQHK-FM disc jockey Rick Hughes served as the station's morning host; Pat White's show was retained on the simulcast (and moved to 2 to 5 p.m.), while Dave Ramsey was dropped from the WGL lineup.[18]

Former logo as "Fox Sports 1250: The Ticket"

In March 2014, Adams Radio Group, LLC entered an agreement to purchase Summit City's cluster (which includes WGL). Days later, Adams announced they would purchase Oasis Radio Group's stations.[19] To meet ownership limits, Adams retained WNHT, WGL and WXKE, as well as Oasis Radio Group's WJFX and WBTU, and sold off WHPP to Fort Wayne Catholic Radio and WGL-FM to Calvary Radio Network; WLYV and two translators (on 96.9 FM and 103.3 FM) were acquired by Adams from Calvary in the process.[20] The transaction, at a price of $6.4 million, was consummated on June 2, 2014; WGL switched to Fox Sports Radio programming the following day.[21]

On March 22, 2020, due to a significant decline in advertising revenue attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, Adams Radio Group suspended operations for WGL. A statement on WGL's website read in part that Adams was intending to devote all efforts to their "larger signal stations";[22] paperwork filed with the FCC indicated that Adams would review options for a resumption of operations for WGL.[23] Three weeks later, Adams announced a sale of WGL and the construction permit for low-power FM translator W233CS (94.5 FM) to Brian R. Walsh—owner of WIOE (1450 AM) and Warsaw-market WIOE-FM (101.1)—for $50,000.[24]

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Adam Jacobson (April 15, 2020). "Adams Finds A Buyer For Silent Indiana AM | Radio & Television Business Report".
  3. ^ Fybush, Scott (July 31, 2015). "Site of the Week 7/31/15: Big Changes in Fort Wayne". Fybush.com. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  4. ^ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, March 2, 1925, page 3.
  5. ^ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, July 1, 1922, page 3. WFAS was deleted the next year ("Strike out all particulars", Radio Service Bulletin, April 2, 1923, page 8.)
  6. ^ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, July 1, 1924, page 3. WDBV was deleted a short time later ("Strike out all particulars", Radio Service Bulletin, October 1, 1924, page 6.)
  7. ^ "Alterations and Corrections" (WHBJ entry), Radio Service Bulletin, September 30, 1926, page 8.
  8. ^ "List of broadcasting stations issued temporary permits", Radio Service Bulletin, April 30, 1927, pages 6-14.
  9. ^ "Extension of Broadcasting Station Licenses", Radio Service Bulletin, December 31, 1927, page 7.
  10. ^ "Appendix F (2): Letter to and list of stations included in General Order No. 32, issued May 25, 1928", Second Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission for the Year Ended June 30, 1928, Together With Supplemental Report for the Period From July 1, 1928 to September 30, 1928, pages 146-149.
  11. ^ "Broadcasting Stations", Second Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission (June 30, 1928), page 176.
  12. ^ "New stations", Radio Service Bulletin, July 1, 1925, page 3.
  13. ^ "Alterations and Corrections" (WCWK entry), Radio Service Bulletin, November 30, 1928, page 9.
  14. ^ "WOWO and WGL" (advertisement), Broadcasting, August 15, 1936, page 27.
  15. ^ "Ban On Multiple Ownership in Same Area", Broadcasting, August 11, 1941, pages 6-7.
  16. ^ "Dedicatory Show Marks WGL Increase to 1 kw" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 6, 1947. p. 26. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  17. ^ Venta, Lance (May 29, 2013). "Fort Wayne Pair To Shift To Oldies". RadioInsight. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  18. ^ Kilbane, Kevin (May 29, 2013). "Local radio stations WGL AM and FM will switch to oldies music June 3". The News-Sentinel. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  19. ^ Venta, Lance (February 25, 2014). "Adams Expands Into Fort Wayne With Two Group Purchases". RadioInsight. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  20. ^ Taylor, Tom (February 25, 2014). "Tom Taylor Now: February 25, 2014". somethinglikenothing.net. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  21. ^ Venta, Lance (June 11, 2014). "Adams Begins Fort Wayne Changes". RadioInsight. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  22. ^ "Off Air". 1250foxsports.com. Adams Radio Group. Retrieved March 30, 2020. We regret to inform you that we will be discontinuing FOX Sports on WGL AM 1250 effective Monday, March, 22. With the current situation, we must devote all of our efforts to our larger signal stations. Thank you very much for listening.
  23. ^ Venta, Lance (March 29, 2020). "WGL Shuts Down". RadioInsight. RadioBB. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  24. ^ Venta, Lance (April 17, 2020). "Station Sales Week Of 4/17". RadioInsight. Retrieved April 19, 2020.

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