WFGS

WFGS-FM

Murray, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Paducah - Jackson Purchase & Clarksville-Hopkinsville
Frequency	103.7 FM (MHz)
Branding	The Best & Most Country
Programming
Format	Commercial; Country
Ownership
Owner	Forever Communications
Sister stations	WNBS, WOFC
History
First air date	1997 (as Froggy 103)
Former call signs	WAAW, WBLN, WFGE
Call sign meaning	WFroGS
Technical information
Facility ID	73269
Class	C1
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	201.0 meters
Links
Website	http://www.froggy103.com/

WFGS-FM (103.7 FM, "Froggy 103.7") is a radio station located in Murray, Kentucky (licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), owned by Forever Communications. The station airs a country music format, and affiliate of the Tennessee Titans. Froggy 103.7 is one of the most listened to radio stations in Western Kentucky and Northwest Tennessee for country music.

Like most other Froggy (brand) radio stations their on-air names are "Frog Name" with the current line-up consisting of:

• Windy Waters & Jumpin' Jack - 5a-10a
• Heather McRibbits - 10a-3p
• Davey Croakett - 3p-7p
• Lia - 7p-12a

In September 2007 the call letters of WFGE were taken from Froggy 103.7 to give to another start-up Froggy station, giving the Murray, Kentucky Froggy the new call letters of WFGS-FM. No format changes came with the call letter change.

Events

Froggy 103.7 (along with sister stations WNBS-AM and WOFC-AM) hold different events through the year, and this is a list of some of them.

• Annual Home, Lawn & Farm Show – This event dates back over 20 years (the first being held in 1989). It has always been the expo for vendors to show off their wares. There are always vendors that cater to different parts of the show, whether they represent home, lawn or farm. Often there are also “sub category” areas, like; Children’s Play Area, Women’s World or the Men’s Sit a Spell. This event always occurs within the first quarter of the year. The Annual Home, Lawn & Farm show calls Murray State's CFSB Center home currently, thus scheduling is subject to Murray State University basketball games and/or other promotions that are brought in.

• Mr. Froggy's Birthday – His birthday is March 17th and is more often than not celebrated by the station on the weekend closest to it. For the first eight years, Froggy 103 used Mr. Froggy’s birthday as a platform to announce their annual Froggy Fest concert line-up. In more recent years the station has taken a more fun, party like approach, in actually throwing Mr. Froggy a birthday party where all of Froggyland is invited. The birthday party approach has worked very well with hundreds of kids (with their parents in tow) every year. With the birthday party approach there are inflatable jumpers, karaoke, face painting, coloring pages, free cookies/cupcakes and prizes for the kids.

• Froggy Fest - The annual summer concert that takes place during the 4th of July weekend, more often than not. It's held in conjunction with the town of Murray, Kentucky's annual "Freedom Festival". The show takes place at Murray State University's football stadium, Roy Stewart Stadium. Some of the artists who have played Froggy Fest over the years include; Montgomery Gentry, Trace Adkins, Charlie Daniels Band, Carter Twins, Tracy Lawrence, David Lee Murphy, Jimmy Wayne, Sara Evans and more.

Syndication

Froggy 103.7 airs CMT Country Countdown USA featuring Lon Helton. Other syndicated shows include Lia.

Froggy Fun Facts

• The very first song played on Froggy 103 was "Gone Country" from Alan Jackson.
• One of the owners of Froggy 103.7 is named Kermit.
• They keep their "family friendliness" by not airing commercials for alcohol companies. (This is helped by the fact that about half of the coverage area has dry counties.)

Sports

Froggy 103.7 is the home to the Murray State University Racers football and basketball, and are also only the second 100,000 watt affiliate for Tennessee Titans football. All home and away games for these teams can be heard on Froggy 103.7. Beginning in the fall of 2008 the station also started airing the “Cross Town Classic” between Murray High School and Calloway County High School.

In 2008 the station became even more involved in the local communities by launching Froggyland Sports. The site offers an in depth look at high school sports in much of the broadcast air, known as “Froggyland”. Froggyland Sports is updated by Travis Turner who hosts his sports talk show on brother station WOFC-AM ESPN The Office. WFGS, WNBS, & WOFC all act as the "voice" of Murray High School Sports and Calloway County Basketball. Games are aired on all three stations as well as on the internet at Froggylandsports.Com.

History

The station went on the air as WAAW in 1977, owned by Murray Broadcasting Company. Its format was album oriented rock. In 1988, the station was sold to Jackson Purchase Broadcasting, which changed the call to WBLN ("The Blend") and made the format adult contemporary. After being sold to Forever Communications, 103.7 became a country station with the call sign WFGE on 1997-03-17. In July 2008, the owner elected to move the Murray station's call sign to another station with the Froggy branding based in Pennsylvania. The old WFGE then became WFGS.

External links

• Froggy 103.7 home page
• Froggy 103.7 Twitter
• Froggyland Sports
• Forever Communications
• Facility details for Facility ID WFGS ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database