WGLR (AM)

For the FM radio station in Lancaster, Wisconsin, United States, see WGLR-FM.
WGLR
City Lancaster, Wisconsin
Frequency 1280 kHz
Format Defunct
Power 500 watts day
22 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 33053
Transmitter coordinates 42°50′18.00″N 90°40′14.00″W / 42.8383333°N 90.6705556°W / 42.8383333; -90.6705556
Callsign meaning Grant County-Lancaster Radio[1]
Owner Morgan Murphy Media
(Queenb Radio Wisconsin, Inc.)
Sister stations WGLR-FM

WGLR (1280 AM) was a radio station that went off the air as of April 1, 2015. WGLR previously broadcast a sports format. Prior to sports, the station had an oldies format, simulcasting sister station WPVL 1590 kHz in Platteville, Wisconsin. Before oldies, WGLR(AM) had a country music format simulcasting co-owned WGLR-FM. Licensed to Lancaster, Wisconsin, USA. WGLR (AM) began as a daytime only station and later added nighttime service with lower power. The station's ownership requested its license be cancelled by the FCC on April 1, 2016. [2]

References

  1. "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. "WGLR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
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