WGSM-FM is a Variety Hits radio station serving the Westmoreland County area, including eastern Allegheny County. The station, which is owned by Renda Broadcasting Corporation, broadcasts at 107.1 MHz with an ERP of 2.85 KW (Lower power due to antenna being mounted very high on the mountain overlooking Latrobe and Greensburg), and is licensed to Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Image File history File links Wgsm_1071. ... In the United States (and potentially elswhere), each radio station or TV station is assigned a city of license by the Federal Communications Commission that they must serve. While this has become far less meaningful over the decades, stations are still required to post their public file somewhere within the... Greensburg is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... FreQuency is a music video game developed by Harmonix and published by SCEI. It was released in November 2001. ... MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... Primary Jack FM logo Jack FM is the moniker and on-air brand of several radio stations in Canada and the United States. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Watt (disambiguation). ... This is a list of broadcast station classes applicable in much of North America under international agreements between the United States, Canada and Mexico. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... Renda Broadcasting (RBC) is a privately held Pittsburgh based radio broadcasting company founded by chief executive, Tony Renda. ... Primary Jack FM logo Jack FM is the moniker and on-air brand of several radio stations in Canada and the United States. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... Westmoreland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... Pittsburgh skyline The Allegheny County Courthouse Allegheny County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... Renda Broadcasting (RBC) is a privately held Pittsburgh based radio broadcasting company founded by chief executive, Tony Renda. ... MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ... ERP may stand for: Effective radiated power, used in radio communications Effective rate of protection, a method of working out the value of import tariffs Effective Refractory Period, (Medicine- Cardiac electrophysiology) Peoples Revolutionary Army (Argentina) (Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo) Peoples Revolutionary Army (Colombia) Peoples Revolutionary Army... Greensburg is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. ...

History

As the former sister station of WHJB-AM (now WKHB), WGSM-FM was originally WHJB-FM, then WOKU-FM Adult Contemporary, Heavy Metal, Country, and WSSZ-FM Top 40 Hot Hits! Z-107 in the late 80s to 1991 (the "SSZ" is the sound of the sizzling Hot Hits) and broadcasted in 1990-1991 from a studio in the former Greengate Mall on U.S. Route 30 in Greensburg (now Greengate Centre). WSSZ switched to classic rock Classic Hits Z-107 in July of 1991. All were licensed to Greensburg, but became a simulcast of WAMO-FM in 1996 to cover the eastern part of the metro Pittsburgh market. The simulcast was initiated as part of a sale of the FM station to Sheridan Broadcasting that year, and the AM to another owner. WKHB is an AM radio station licensed to Irwin, Pennsylvania, which serves the greater Pittsburgh area. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... For other uses, see Country (disambiguation). ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... U.S. Route 30 is an east-west main route of the system of United States Numbered Highways. ... Greengate Centre is an open-air shopping center in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on the site of the former Greengate Mall. ... Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the early-1980s. ... WAMO-FM is a Urban Contemporary outlet serving the Pittsburgh area. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

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On January 30, 2006 Sheridan sold WJJJ to The St. Pier Group LLC (Renda Broadcasting), who immediately flipped the station from Urban Adult Contemporary to Variety Hits, using Westwood One's "SAM" satellite format. They also decided to target the Westmoreland County area by planning to move the studios and offices back to Greensburg. For sometime, WGSM's studios were in Indiana, at the location of the 4 other Renda Stations. For 1 year's time, Just George and Brent on the morning show worked out of the Indiana studios. The new facility in Greensburg was completed in late 2006, and the morning show duo joined their business and sales counterparts in Westmoreland County is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Renda Broadcasting (RBC) is a privately held Pittsburgh based radio broadcasting company founded by chief executive, Tony Renda. ... Urban Adult Contemporary is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. ... Westwood One, Inc. ... Westmoreland County is the name of several counties in the United States: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Westmoreland County, Virginia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

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Special Programming

Tony Michaels is not only the station manager but the host of the Jukebox Saturday Show - one of the longest radio shows in PA radio history; every Saturday from 10 AM to 2 PM. Jim DeCesare, Operations Manager for Renda Broadcasting's co-owned four-station cluster in Indiana, hosts Jazzz Impressions [1], now in its 31st year, every Sunday from 9 AM to 11 AM.

WGSM also airs high school football on Friday nights in the fall and high school basketball throughout the week during the winter.

Programming

Some of SAM FM's Programing Includes:

• The Sam Morning Show

History of the WGSM Call Letters

WGSM was at one time the call letters to a Long Island radio station at 740 AM. This article is about the island in New York State. ...

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for WGSM
• Radio Locator information on WGSM
• SAM FM signs on [2]
• Contact information: Renda Broadcasting Corporation [3]