WPGI
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WPGI is a radio station
broadcasting a Country music
format. Licensed to Horseheads, New York
, USA, the station serves the Elmira-Corning area. The station is currently owned by Backyard Broadcasting
, licensed to Backyard Broadcasting Elmira Licensee, LLC, and features programing from ABC Radio , Premiere Radio Networks
and Jones Radio Network.
WPGI is roughly modeled after sister station WPIG
in Olean. Like WPIG, WPGI's morning show is known as "The Morning Pigpen" (though it has its own local host, Sandy Swan), and the two stations have some syndicated programming in common. Midday host is Chase Daniels from sister station WNKI. Afternoons are with long time market veteran Chrispy Bacon!
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting a Country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format. Licensed to Horseheads, New York
Horseheads (village), New York
Horseheads is a village in Chemung County, New York, USA. The population was 6,461 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from the number of bleached skulls of pack horses left behind by the Sullivan Expedition....
, USA, the station serves the Elmira-Corning area. The station is currently owned by Backyard Broadcasting
Backyard Broadcasting
Backyard Broadcasting is a radio broadcasting company, primarily owning radio stations in medium-sized, small and rural markets in the United States. The company is owned by the private equity firms Boston Ventures Management and Pacific Corporate Group and is headed by Barry Drake, the former head...
, licensed to Backyard Broadcasting Elmira Licensee, LLC, and features programing from ABC Radio , Premiere Radio Networks
Premiere Radio Networks
Premiere Networks is an American radio network. It is the largest syndication company in the United States based on popularity of programming...
and Jones Radio Network.
WPGI is roughly modeled after sister station WPIG
WPIG
WPIG is an FM radio station located in Olean, New York. Branded as the "Big Pig," "The Pig" or simply by its frequency and callsigns at times, the station operates at 95.7 MHz on the FM dial and operates a broad-based country music format...
in Olean. Like WPIG, WPGI's morning show is known as "The Morning Pigpen" (though it has its own local host, Sandy Swan), and the two stations have some syndicated programming in common. Midday host is Chase Daniels from sister station WNKI. Afternoons are with long time market veteran Chrispy Bacon!