WFGY

WFGY

City	Altoona, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Altoona, Pennsylvania Bedford, Pennsylvania Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Branding	"Froggy 98"
Slogan	Today's Best Country
Frequency	98.1 MHz
Format	Country
ERP	30,000 watts
HAAT	287 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	38265
Callsign meaning	W FroGgY
Owner	FM Radio Licenses, LLC
Website	http://www.foreveraltoona.com

WFGY, known as "Froggy 98 FM", is a Froggy branded Country music formatted radio station in Pennsylvania serving the Altoona, Huntingdon, Bedford, and Lewistown areas, among other communities in central Pennsylvania. It has a signal that reaches as far west as Blairsville, Pennsylvania, as far south as Martinsburg, West Virginia, as far east as Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and as far north as St. Marys, Pennsylvania. The station is owned and operated by FM Radio Licenses, LLC.

WFGY is the flagship station of the Froggy Radio network of stations in the region, which also includes WFGI-FM (Froggy 95 on frequency 95.5) licensed to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, which covers Johnstown region, and WFGE (Big Froggy 101 on frequency 101.1) licensed to State College, Pennsylvania, which serves the State College region.

Froggyland (which includes their flagship station Froggy 104.3) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which covers the Pittsburgh area, northern West Virginia, and eastern Ohio also uses the "Froggy" slogan and is extremely similar to the other FM Radio Stations, LLC stations, but is not part of the "Froggy Radio" network.

Sister stations

The sister stations of WFGY in the Altoona market are 100.1 WWOT-FM, 103.9 WALY-FM, 104.9 WRKY-FM, 1290 WFBG-AM, and 1430 WVAM-AM.

History

Beginnings as WFBG-FM

Prior to adopting the "Froggy" moniker, this station was for many years known as WFBG-FM, and was best known for being Blair County's exclusive easy-listening station, primarily automated, like others of its day. However, this would change by the start of the 1990s.

Switchover to Froggy

WFBG adopted the slogan "Froggy 98" and the new call letters, WFGY, along with a country music format. The station became known for its colorful presentation, with jingles resembling a frog's croak (or, as they proclaimed, "ribbit"), as well as the even more colorful names assigned to its on-air staff. The station also promoted a family-friendly image and did station giveaways catering to families.

Among the on-air names used at Froggy by the DJs over the years were Roger Ribbit, Web Foote, Holly Hopper, Jeff Jumper, Davey Croak-it, Cricket, Tad Pole, Pete Moss, Polly Wogg, Kellie Green, and Steve "The Frogman" Kelsey, Jumpin' Jim, Jo-Jo Jamey Jumper and James Pond

External links

Froggy 98

Query the FCC's FM station database for WFGY

Radio-Locator information on WFGY

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WFGY

Radio stations in the Altoona, Pennsylvania market

By AM frequency	1110 1150 1240 1290 1370 1430

By FM frequency	88.1 89.1 91.9 93.5 94.3 94.7 97.1 98.1 100.1 102.7 103.5 103.9 104.9 105.9 106.3 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425

By callsign	W274BE WALY WBRX WBXQ WDBF-FM WFBG WFGY WHHN WHUN WJSM WKMC WLAK WQCK WLKE WMES-LP WMMH WNG589 WRKY-FM WRTA WRXV WVAM WWOT

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Country radio stations in the state of Pennsylvania

Stations	WANB – Waynesburg WBLJ-FM – Shamokin WBYL – Salladasburg WCAT-FM – Carlisle WCFT-FM - Bloomsburg WCTO – Easton WDBF-FM - Mount Union WDDH – Saint Marys WDKC – Covington WDSY-FM – Pittsburgh WEEO – Shippensburg WFGE – State College WFGI – Charleroi WFGI-FM – Johnstown WFGY – Altoona WFRM – Coudersport WGGI – Benton WGGY – Scranton WGTY – Gettysburg WGYI – Oil City WGYY – Meadville WHGB – Harrisburg WHGL-FM – Canton WHUN – Huntingdon WHVR – Hanover WIBF– Mexico WILQ – Williamsport WIOO – Carlisle WIOV-FM – Ephrata WKNB – Clarendon WKVE – Waynesburg WLCY – Blairsville WOGG – Oliver WOGH – Burgettstown WOGI – Moon Township WOWQ – Du Bois WPGB – Pittsburgh WQBG – Elizabethville WQBR – Avis WQCK – Philipsburg WRBG – Mifflinburg WRBT – Harrisburg WSJR – Dallas WSKE – Everett WTWF – Fairview WVNW – Burnham WWCB - Corry WWCH – Clarion WWGY – Grove City WWSM – Annville-Cleona WXTA – Edinboro WXTU – Philadelphia WZBF - Beaver Springs WZCY-FM – Hershey

Defunct	WKZV – Washington

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania

Froggy branded radio stations in the United States

Franchised Radio Stations	WFGS (Murray, Kentucky) WFGY (Altoona, Pennsylvania) WFGE (State College, Pennsylvania) WWFG (Ocean City, Maryland) KFRG (Riverside, California) WOGF-FM (Butler, Pennsylvania) KVOX-FM (Fargo, North Dakota) KYLS-FM (Farmington, Missouri) WWGY (Grove City, Pennsylvania) WGYY (Meadville, Pennsylvania) WFGI-FM (Johnstown, Pennsylvania) WFGF (Lima, Ohio) WOGG-FM (Uniontown, Pennsylvania) WFGS-FM (Murray, Kentucky) WGIE (Clarksburg, West Virginia) KFGE (Lincoln, Nebraska) WOGI (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) WGGY/WGGI (Scranton, Pennsylvania) WFRG-FM (Utica, New York) WGGE (Parkersburg, West Virginia) WFRY-FM (Watertown, New York) WOGH-FM (Wheeling, West Virginia) WOGY (Jackson, Tennessee) WGYE (Fairmont, West Virginia) WFGA (Hicksville, Ohio) WKID (Vevay, Indiana) WWFY (Berlin, Vermont) WFFG-FM (Corinth, New York) WJNR-FM (Iron Mountain, Michigan) KFGY (Santa Rosa, California) WJMQ (Clintonville, Wisconsin) WFGI (Charleroi, Pennsylvania) WFKY (Frankfort/Lexington, Kentucky)

News/talk/sports brands Air America Bloomberg Radio ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio NPR SB Nation Radio Music brands Bob FM Cat Country (Country Only) Froggy Hank FM Jack FM KISS-FM MOViN Nash FM (Country Only) Radio Disney The Fox The X Religious brands AFR Air 1 K-LOVE

Coordinates: 40°34′01″N 78°26′31″W / 40.567°N 78.442°W / 40.567; -78.442

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