Radio station in Greencastle, Pennsylvania
WRGG-LP is a full-service and oldies broadcast radio station licensed to Greencastle, Pennsylvania, serving Greencastle, Antrim Township, and southern Franklin County in Pennsylvania.[1] WRGG-LP is owned and operated by WRGG Good Companion Radio.[4]
History
The Greencastle-Antrim Education Foundation filed its application for a construction permit with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to begin the process of building WRGG-LP, on February 19, 2014.[5] A significant grant from The Shockey Family Foundation allowed the station to quickly begin construction. A "license to cover" was granted by the FCC on June 7, 2016, allowing WRGG-LP to begin broadcasting.[6] The station broadcast for the first time on June 14, 2016.[2] Greencastle Mayor Robert E. Eberly was featured on the station's first day of programming, "congratulat[ing] the radio committee and others involved in the station's startup".[2]
Many aspects of WRGG-LP come from former Greencastle station WKSL, now WQCM.[7][8] The original idea for a community radio station came from the former town radio station WKSL.[7] WKSL carried a "good companion" format, which featured Country Music and Christian radio shows.[7] The transmitting antenna for WRGG-LP was placed on the former broadcast tower of WKSL.[9] Ben Thomas, Sr., the father of WRGG-LP committee member and co-founder Ben Thomas, Jr., founded WKSL in 1969.[9] Fellow committee members and co-founders Wade Burkholder, who was one of the original staff members of WKSL, and Dr. C. Gregory Hoover, retired Superintendent of Schools for the Greencastle-Antrim School District, trace their radio roots to WKSL.[7]
WRGG-LP's license has since been transferred to WRGG Good Companion Radio.
Programming
The station features "hyperlocal" news, sports, community events and information from a team of volunteers.[2][10] Along with the emphasis on news, sports and information, an Oldies format, with music from the 1950s, 60s and 70's is featured.[10] The station also features "speciality shows" after 6:00 pm which includes locally produced programs featuring a wide variety of music and talk shows.
Location
The studios of WRGG-LP, located at 113 South Carlisle Street in Greencastle, were donated to the Greencastle-Antrim Education Foundation by committee member and co-founder Wade Burkholder and his wife Linda.[7]
