WGR

This article is about the AM radio station. For the current FM simulcastor, see WGR-FM. For the television station formerly known as WGR-TV, see WGRZ. For WGR Rochester, see WROC (AM). For the FM radio station formerly known as WGR-FM from 1959 to 1973, see WGRF.

WGR
Broadcast areaBuffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area
Frequency550 kHz
BrandingWGR 550 Sports Radio
Programming
LanguageEnglish
FormatSports radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
May 21, 1922 (1922-05-21)
Former frequencies
  • 833 & 619 kHz (1922–1923)
  • 833 kHz (1923)
  • 940 kHz (1923–1927)
  • 990 kHz (1927–1928)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID56101
ClassB
Power5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
42°46′11.2″N 78°50′36.1″W / 42.769778°N 78.843361°W / 42.769778; -78.843361
Repeaters
  • 107.7 WGR-FM (Wethersfield, New York)
  • 104.7 W284AP (Buffalo)
98.5 WKSE-HD4 (Niagara Falls)
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Websitewww.audacy.com/wgr550

WGR (550 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Buffalo, New York. Owned by Audacy, Inc., its studios and offices are located on Corporate Parkway in Amherst, and the transmitter site—used by WGR and co-owned WWKB—is in Hamburg. Programming is also heard on FM on WGR-FM, extending the station's listening area to Batavia and Rochester, New York, and on an HD Radio digital subchannel of WSKE.

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