WFMG (101.3

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G101.3) is a

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licensed to Richmond, Indiana, and serving parts of Indiana and

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. It carries a

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and is owned by Whitewater Broadcasting, Along with formal employee and local Mayor Dave Snow with the license held by the Rodgers Broadcasting Corporation.FCC.gov/WFMG
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(ERP) of 20,500

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s The radio studios and

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are located on West Main Street in Richmond.

History

Beautiful Music WKBV-FM

On December 17, 1960, the station

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as WKBV-FM at 106.5 MHz. WKBV-FM featured a

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format through the 1960s and 70s that was mostly

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. It played quarter hour sweeps of instrumental

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s of pop hits, as well as

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and Hollywood show tunes. WKBV-FM moved to 101.3 MHz in the early 1960s. In the 1970s, WKBV-FM added more vocals and cut back on some of the instrumentals.

Adult Contemporary WRIA

In 1976, the station went with all vocals as a

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station, switching its

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to WRIA, standing for Richmond IndianA. The station eventually moved to a more upbeat

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sound by the mid 1980s. "FM 101" switched back to Soft AC in 1986. The

was changed to WFMG and the station became known on the air as "Magic 101...Lite Rock, Less Talk." This format continued until the late 1980s when competitor WQLK dropped its

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format in favor of

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. "Magic 101" maximized on this move by adding hotter records to its playlist by 1990. Also added was a nightly countdown show as well as the weekly syndicated " American Top 40 with

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." Unlike WQLK, "Magic 101" did not go full-fledged into the format in order to maintain its presence as an Adult Contemporary station.

Oldies and Hot AC

By 1991, WFMG began adding a couple of weekend Oldies shows to its line-up, which eventually led up to a format change in December 1991. The station became known as "Goodtime Oldies 101" and eventually just "Oldies 101." Unlike many of the Oldies stations of the early 90s, WFMG played a generous amount of 70s Pop and more or less stayed away from 50s Doo-Wop and Pop. After two years, the station dropped the "Oldies" name and gradually moved back into a contemporary music direction. The transition was complete by 1994 when the station officially became

"Hits 101.3," featuring music of the 80s and 90s. The station remained "Hits" until the late 90s when the station became "G 101-3" with an imaging change.

Personalities

WFMG personalities are known as the "G Crew." Rick Duncan is the long-time morning show host. Fridays from 7 to 10 are known as ''The Free For All Friday'' allowing listeners to request any song in any format, even Christmas songs in July. Scott Epic hosts middays with a lunchtime request show called "The Electric Lunch." Chloe hosts the afternoon show and Keith Kassidy is heard evenings. News updates are provided by Derek Watson. Weather is provided by WDTN-TV in

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. G1013 also carries Miami University RedHawks football & basketball teams. Longtime G101-3 personality Dave Snow left the station in 2015 to run for mayor of the city of Richmond, Indiana.

Signal

In 2005, WFMG's sister station, WIFE-FM in nearby Connersville, applied to move to

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, in the Cincinnati radio market. As a result of this move, many stations throughout Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky had to reduce power or change frequencies in order to make the move feasible. Therefore, WFMG had to cut its power in half, from 50,000 watts to 25,000 watts, in order for Radio One's

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in Cincinnati to move to 101.1 MHz. WFMG, being on first-adjacent frequency from 101.1, had to reduce its power in order to prevent interference with WIZF. This affected WFMG's reception in the southern Whitewater Valley once WIZF signed on 101.1. Reception in the eastern, western, and northern portions of the coverage area were less affected.

References

External links

WFMG official website
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