WPGI is an

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licensed to

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, and serving the

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area. The

Andrulonis Media Andrulonis Media, LLC is a multimedia marketing firm that owns several radio stations in the United States. It is controlled by the Andrulonis family and currently has stations based in the Grand Strand of South Carolina and Cumberland County in No ...

outlet, an affiliate of the "Carolina Country" network, is licensed by the

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to broadcast at 93.7 MHz with an ERP of 6 kW.

History

WSCA-FM signed on at 93.7 in Georgetown playing

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but later joined with WJXY-FM, changing its letters to WXJY. As WJXY's simulcast partner, WXJY was "Cruisin' Country", with a mix of

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and

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, then

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as "Hot 93". Hot 93 changed to

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and added

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as a simulcast partner. Then WJXY-FM, WXJY and WIQB became

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affiliates as "The Team" in 2003. WXJY changed its simulcast partner to

in July 2010, changing its format to

. WXJY once again simulcast WJXY. In 2013, the station aired a Southern rock/country music format called "The Outlaw". On September 20, 2016, Cumulus' Joule Broadcasting announced that WJXY/WXJY would be sold to

Colonial Radio Group Andrulonis Media, LLC is a multimedia marketing firm that owns several radio stations in the United States. It is controlled by the Andrulonis family and currently has stations based in the Grand Strand of South Carolina and Cumberland County in No ...

for $240,000. That transaction was consummated on February 9, 2017, at which point WXJY changed simulcast partners from WJXY to WMIR and changed their format to

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, branded as "Rejoice 93.7". On February 5, 2019, two years after Colonial acquired the station, WXJY changed their format from urban gospel to

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, branded as "93.7 Hits FM," and transferred operations of the station to Creative Coast Media through a LMA. On July 4, 2019 at noon, WXJY changed to

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as "93.7 the Shark". In August 2019, WXJY began simulcasting

WGTN (AM) WGTN (1400 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format, which is licensed to Georgetown, South Carolina, United States. The station was first licensed October 4, 1949. The station is currently owned by R.J. Stalvey. It previously ...

. The station then adopted the call sign WYAY. On January 3, 2020 WYAY dropped the simulcast with WGTN and rebranded as "Carolina Country 93.7", simulcasting WMIR 93.9 FM Conway. The call letters were changed to WPGI on August 17, 2020. Two months later, Andrulonis announced the sale of the station to GT Radio, a company led by Joseph Rice and Todd Fowler. WPGI now simulcasts oldies stations

WGLD-FM WGLD-FM (93.9 FM; "Carolina Gold") is a radio station licensed to Conway, South Carolina. Established in 1990 as WJXY-FM, the station is owned by Maryland Media One, and broadcasts an oldies format. History In the early 1990s, WGLD-FM (as WJXY ...

and WYAY, which call themselves "Carolina Gold".

References

External links

Carolina Gold 93.9 & 106.3 website
* {{Oldies Radio Stations in South Carolina PGI Radio stations established in 1991 1991 establishments in South Carolina Oldies radio stations in the United States