- WSIG
Infobox Radio station
name = WSIG
city =Mount Jackson, Virginia
area =Mount Jackson, Virginia Winchester, Virginia Harrisonburg, Virginia
branding = "Real Country 96.9 WSIG"
slogan = "Your Home for Real Country"
airdate =June 5 ,1987
frequency = 96.9 MHz
format =Classic Country
power = 4,300Watt s
erp =
class = B1
callsign_meaning = W Shenandoah Valley Gold
play on former AM sister's calls
former_callsigns = WSIG-FM (1987-2004)
WSIG (2004-Present)
owner = Vox Communications Group, LLC
sister_stations =WBOP
webcast = [http://nick8.surfernetwork.com/Media/WSIG.asx WSIG Webstream]
website = [http://www.realcountrywsig.com WSIG Online]
affiliations = ABC Radio NewsABC Radio 's "Real Country"WSIG is a
Classic Country formattedbroadcast radio station licensed toMount Jackson, Virginia in Shenandoah County, while studios are located inMount Crawford, Virginia in Rockingham County.History
Always a Country station, WSIG-FM signed on the air on
June 5 ,1987 as a simulcaster of its popular sister WSIG-AM (now WSVG-AM). Through most of the 80s, 90s, and even into the 2000s, WSIG was a very difficult catch in Winchester, but was considered part of the Winchester DMA.During 1988, WSIG-FM was sold to Tuschedy Broadcasting and began simulcasting Tuschedy owned WSKO (now WBOP and now on 95.5) as "Super Country". It was an effort to compete with country powerhouses
WUSQ in Winchester and WKCY in Harrisonburg but it wasn't to last.By 1992, WSKO switched to Hot
Adult Contemporary , while WSIG remain country.WSIG was sold in 2002 to Vox Communications, oddly that owns the incarnation of WSKO, WBOP. After going silent for 6 months, WSIG came back on the air in July 2003, with studios now inMount Crawford, Virginia , but broadcasting from a new tower near Mount Jackson. This would, for the first time, give WSIG a clear signal into Winchester, while at the same time a clear signal into Harrisonburg.In November 2007, WSIG began streaming their signal online.
External links
* [http://www.realcountrywsig.com Real Country 96.9 WSIG Online]
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