WGRP

WGRP, is an AM radio station in Greenville, Pennsylvania at 940 kHz. WGRP technically broadcasts on a full-time basis with only 2 watts in the nighttime hours, in order to protect Canadian clear-channel CINW from Montreal, Quebec.

WGRP recently broke from simulcasting the sports talk radio format of sister station WLOA in Farrell, Pennsylvania to air its own classic country format as "Classic Country 940." WLOA rejoined it's simulcast with WGRP full time dropping Sporting News Radio for Classic Country. The move helps to better cover Sharon and Youngstown than 940 did on it's own. Both stations are Mercer County outlets for Pittsburgh Pirates baseball. Previously, the two stations carried an oldies format that originated from sister station WANR.

WLOA and WGRP are owned, along with WANR in Warren, Ohio and WEXC-FM in Greenville, Pennsylvania, by Beacon Broadcasting. Beacon is headed by Warren steel supply magnate Harold Glunt.

History

WGRP was purchased by Glunt's Beacon Broadcasting and the station became part of a three-station oldies format trimulcast (along with WGRP) that originated from Warren's WANR under the "Family Frendly Oldies" banner - but would break away to air assorted sports play-by-play. This lasted until December of 2006, of which the sports format was installed for WLOA and WGRP. In April of 2008 WGRP briefly broke away from simulcasting with WLOA and began to air classic country music.

External links

* http://www.classiccountry940.com/
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