see wrnn am . coordinates 40 11 32.00 n 84 47 58.00 w 40.1922222 n 84.7994444 w 40.1922222 ; 84.7994444 wtgr city union city ohio broadcast area greenville and darke county plus winchester and randolph county indiana area . branding tiger country 97.5 frequency 97.5 mhz format country music erp 6 000 watts haat 99.0 meters class a facility id 15169 transmitter coordinates 40 11 32.00 n 84 47 58.00 w 40.1922222 n 84.7994444 w 40.1922222 ; 84.7994444 former callsigns wfow 1989 1990 wbnn 1990 1991 affiliations cnn radio owner positive radio group of ohio sister stations wbol am 1030 khz defunct as of 1996 website official website wtgr 97.5 fm is a radio station broadcasting a country music format . licensed to union city ohio usa ; the station is currently owned by positive radio group of ohio and features programming from cnn radio . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 call sign history 3 references 4 external links history edit the station went on the air as wfow on november 13 1989 later changing its call letters to wbnn on march 30 1990 and to the current wtgr on april 23 1991 . 3 wtgr s transmitter is located in union city just east of the ohio indiana state line with its studios and offices located in a building which formerly housed a carpet business on martin street state route 571 east in greenville . since the signal upgrade and retargeting of the former wdrk toward dayton under later call letters wlsn wbki wdjo fm wolt and now wrzx fm wtgr remains as darke county s only locally originating commercial radio station . from 1993 to 1996 wtgr had an am sister station broadcasting daytime only at 1030 khz . with call letters wbol this sister station aired a combination of country music and farm news and information from ed johnson s abn . in 1996 it was decided to return that am license back to the fcc . call sign history edit the wtgr call letters and tiger radio nickname had been used originally at top forty formatted am stations in charleston and point pleasant west virginia in the 1960s and in the 1970s at an am station in myrtle beach south carolina . the current wtgr formerly employed a classic rock format as 97.5 the tiger before its switch to country and the wbol callsign is now used at an am station in bolivar tennessee . wtgr was also the callsign for the university of memphis tigers campus radio station tgr for tiger radio in the late 1960s and early 1970s as a low power am educational radio station with an effective radiated power of only 10 watts . references edit wtgr facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . wtgr station information profile . arbitron . wtgr call sign history . united states federal communications commission audio division . external links edit query the fcc s fm station database for wtgr radio locator information on wtgr query nielsen audio s fm station database for wtgr retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wtgr & oldid 723918797 categories radio stations in ohiodarke county ohiorandolph county indianahidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 june 2016 at 02 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view