WGYE

Radio station in West Virginia, United States

WGYESimulcasting WMMN Fairmont

* Mannington, West Virginia
* United States

Broadcast area| North-Central West Virginia
Frequency| 102.7 MHz
Branding| The Torch
Programming
Format| Conservative talk
Affiliations|

* Genesis Communications Network
* Townhall News
* Westwood One

Ownership
Owner|

* James Kail
* (LHTC Media of West Virginia, Inc.)

Sister stations

| WHTI, WZST, WMMN, WBKE, WRLF
History

First air date

| 1992 (as WTUS)

Former call signs

| WTUS (1989–2001)

Call sign meaning

| play on "Froggy" (former format)
Technical information[1]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 32202
Class| A
ERP| 3,200 watts
HAAT| 138 meters (453 ft)

Transmitter coordinates

| 39°28′3″N 80°12′20″W﻿ / ﻿39.46750°N 80.20556°W﻿ / 39.46750; -80.20556
Translator(s)| 95.3 W237FP (Morgantown)
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

Webcast| Listen live
Website| www.wvthetorch.com

WGYE (102.7 FM) is a conservative talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Mannington, West Virginia, serving North-Central West Virginia. WGYE is owned and operated by LHTC Media.

## History

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Tower on Tower Hill Road, Fairmont, West Virginia, seen from the adjacent Grove Cemetery

This radio station first began as WTUS, and was assigned that call sign on October 31, 1989, more than a year after the construction permit was first granted in May 1988. However, the permit was sold to Joseph Donald Powers and partner Al Sergi in 1991 for $23,000.

Powers and Sergi finally brought the station on the air in the fall of 1992, with the moniker "Today's U.S. Country", maintaining studios and offices along Locust Avenue in neighboring Fairmont, where the station remains today.

Powers and Sergi sold WTUS in the late 1990s to Pittsburgh-based Burbach Broadcasting. Sergi today owns WSGB in Sutton, West Virginia, and three other area stations.

The station had a country format for its entire existence until it was sold to LHTC Media effective September 1, 2023; on September 11, the station flipped to contemporary hit radio, assuming the format of WHTI, as "Hot 102.7".[2]

On February 5, 2024, WGYE changed its format to a simulcast of conservative talk-formatted WMMN (920 AM), branded as "The Torch".[3]

## Translator

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WGYE also simulcasts on a 250-watt translator station W237FP which transmits on 95.3 MHz. W237FP is licensed to and serves Morgantown, West Virginia.

## References

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1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGYE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. ^ Series of Format Changes in Morgantown/Clarksburg, WV
3. ^ CONSERVATIVE TORCH LAUNCHES ON WEST VIRGINIA TRIO Radioinsight - February 6, 2024

## External links

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*   * Facility details for Facility ID 32202 (WGYE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* WGYE in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
* Facility details for Facility ID 76086 (W280FF) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* W280FF at FCCdata.org
* Media related to WGYE at Wikimedia Commons

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Radio stations in the Morgantown metropolitan area (West Virginia)

Note: This region also includes the cities of Fairmont and Grafton in West Virginia, and Uniontown in Pennsylvania.

By AM frequency|

* 590
* 920
* 1190
* 1300
* 1440
* 1490

By FM frequency|

* 88.1
* 88.5
* 89.7
* 90.9
* 91.7
* 93.1
* 94.3
* 97.9
* 99.5
* 100.1
* 100.9
* 101.9
* 102.7
* 105.7
* 106.9

| LPFM|

* 99.1

|

Translators|

* 89.7
* 92.1
* 93.9
* 95.7
* 97.5
* W248BF
* W248DB
* 98.3
* 103.9
* 104.5

NOAA Weather Radio
frequency|

* 162.55

By call sign|

* W209AX
* W221DR
* W230AY
* W239CM
* W248BF
* W248DB
* W252EF
* W280FF
* W283CR
* WAJR
* WBKE
* WBWG-LP
* WCLG-FM
* WCYJ
* WFGM-FM
* WGYE
* WHTI
* WKKW
* WLOL-FM
* WMBS
* WMMN
* WPDX
* WRLF
* WUKL
* WVAQ
* WVPM
* WVUS
* WWVU-FM
* WXJ85
* WYFU
* WZST

Defunct|

* WOBG (1400 AM)
* WPDX (750 AM)
* WXKX (1340 AM)

Nearby regions
Cumberland
Eastern Panhandle
Kingwood/Oakland
North Central WV
Pittsburgh
Wheeling/Steubenville

See also
List of radio stations in West Virginia

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News/Talk radio stations in the state of West Virginia

* Beckley
* WWNR
* Berkeley Springs
* WCST
* Bluefield
* WHIS
* Buckhannon
* WBUC
* Charleston
* WCHS
* Dunbar
* WVTS
* Fairmont
* WBKE
* WMMN
* WRLF
* Huntington
* WVHU
* Kingwood
* WFSP
* Mannington
* WGYE
* Martinsburg
* WEPM
* WRNR
* Morgantown
* WAJR
* Moundsville
* WVLY
* Ravenswood
* WMOV
* Ronceverte
* WRON
* Salem
* WHTI
* WKMZ
* South Charleston
* WSCW
* Weirton
* WEIR
* Westover
* WZST
* White Sulphur Springs
* WSLW
* Wheeling
* WKKX
* WWVA

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

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