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WPDX (AM)
WPDX (1300 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Morgantown, West Virginia, carrying a classic country format simulcasting WPDX-FM in Clarksburg. The station serves Morgantown and Monongalia County. WPDX is owned and operated under their AJG Corporation licensee. In addition to standard analog transmission, WPDX is relayed over low-power translator W221DR (92.1 FM) in Morgantown.
Launched on December 27, 1954, WPDX signed on as WCLG with broadcasting a "music-news" format. The station was originally intended to be a part of a statewide network of stations. Over the years, the station was subject to an equal-time rule complaint and was awarded for its coverage of the Farmington Number 9 mine disaster. A planned 2013 sale of WCLG (and its sister-station WCLG-FM) was halted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) due to a complaint that the company buying the stations, AJG Corporation, had close connections with another local broadcaster, West Virginia Radio Corporation (now WVRC Media). The sale was ultimately allowed to proceed and was completed in 2015.
Many different formats were heard on the station during the 1970s and 1980s, with its current format launched in 2023.
Martinsburg, West Virginia, businessman C. Leslie Golliday filed the initial application for the station with the FCC on September 1, 1954. In the application, Golliday estimated construction costs at $13,608, with a first year operation cost of $36,000. Golliday estimated an initial revenue of $60,000.
As WCLG, the station began testing equipment during the week of December 19, 1954, and filed its construction permit application two days later. WCLG broadcast for the first time on December 27, 1954. The station initially had a "music-news" format, using the Associated Press news service.
In its early days, WCLG was a daytime-only broadcaster, with a power of 500 watts. Owner C. Leslie Golliday used his initials for the station's call sign. Golliday, who also owned Martinsburg's WEPM, envisioned a network of stations across the state of West Virginia.
WCLG was officially granted its broadcast license by the FCC on January 18, 1955. Throughout its existence, the station's studios have been at 343 High Street in Morgantown.
On March 10, 1955, WCLG filed an application to increase its power to 1,000 watts, proposing to continue daytime-only broadcasts. The application was granted on September 28, 1955. In 1958, future owner Garry L. Bowers joined the station as an announcer. WCLG was bought by Freed Broadcasting Corporation for $67,000 on December 19, 1959.
WPDX (AM)
WPDX (1300 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Morgantown, West Virginia, carrying a classic country format simulcasting WPDX-FM in Clarksburg. The station serves Morgantown and Monongalia County. WPDX is owned and operated under their AJG Corporation licensee. In addition to standard analog transmission, WPDX is relayed over low-power translator W221DR (92.1 FM) in Morgantown.
Launched on December 27, 1954, WPDX signed on as WCLG with broadcasting a "music-news" format. The station was originally intended to be a part of a statewide network of stations. Over the years, the station was subject to an equal-time rule complaint and was awarded for its coverage of the Farmington Number 9 mine disaster. A planned 2013 sale of WCLG (and its sister-station WCLG-FM) was halted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) due to a complaint that the company buying the stations, AJG Corporation, had close connections with another local broadcaster, West Virginia Radio Corporation (now WVRC Media). The sale was ultimately allowed to proceed and was completed in 2015.
Many different formats were heard on the station during the 1970s and 1980s, with its current format launched in 2023.
Martinsburg, West Virginia, businessman C. Leslie Golliday filed the initial application for the station with the FCC on September 1, 1954. In the application, Golliday estimated construction costs at $13,608, with a first year operation cost of $36,000. Golliday estimated an initial revenue of $60,000.
As WCLG, the station began testing equipment during the week of December 19, 1954, and filed its construction permit application two days later. WCLG broadcast for the first time on December 27, 1954. The station initially had a "music-news" format, using the Associated Press news service.
In its early days, WCLG was a daytime-only broadcaster, with a power of 500 watts. Owner C. Leslie Golliday used his initials for the station's call sign. Golliday, who also owned Martinsburg's WEPM, envisioned a network of stations across the state of West Virginia.
WCLG was officially granted its broadcast license by the FCC on January 18, 1955. Throughout its existence, the station's studios have been at 343 High Street in Morgantown.
On March 10, 1955, WCLG filed an application to increase its power to 1,000 watts, proposing to continue daytime-only broadcasts. The application was granted on September 28, 1955. In 1958, future owner Garry L. Bowers joined the station as an announcer. WCLG was bought by Freed Broadcasting Corporation for $67,000 on December 19, 1959.