WPDX (AM)

WPDX
Simulcast of WPDX-FM, Clarksburg[1]
Broadcast areaMonongalia County
Frequency1300 kHz
BrandingSuperstar Country 104-9 and 92-1 WPDX
Programming
FormatClassic country
Ownership
Owner
WCLG-FM, WFGM-FM, WPDX-FM
History
First air date
December 27, 1954
(69 years ago) (1954-12-27)[3][4]
Former call signs
  • WCLG (1954–2019)
  • WFGM (2019–2023)
  • WCLG (2023)
Technical information[5]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID3
ClassD
Power
  • 2,500 watts day
  • 44 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
39°37′40.0″N 79°58′11.0″W / 39.627778°N 79.969722°W / 39.627778; -79.969722
Translator(s)92.1 W221DR (Morgantown)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.1049wpdx.com

WPDX (1300 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Morgantown, West Virginia, carrying a classic country format simulcasting WPDX-FM in Clarksburg.[1] Serving both Morgantown and Monongalia County, WPDX is owned by WVRC Media and operated under their AJG Corporation licensee.[2][6] In addition to standard analog transmission, WPDX is relayed over low-power translator W221DR (92.1 FM) in Morgantown.[6]

Launched on December 27, 1954, WPDX signed on as WCLG with broadcasting a "music-news" format. The station was originally intended to be a part of a statewide network of stations. Over the years, the station was subject to an equal-time rule complaint and was awarded for its coverage of the Farmington Number 9 mine disaster. A planned 2013 sale of WCLG (and its sister-station WCLG-FM) was halted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) due to a complaint that the company buying the stations, AJG Corporation, had close connections with another local broadcaster, West Virginia Radio Corporation (now WVRC Media). The sale was ultimately allowed to proceed and was completed in 2015.

Many different formats were heard on the station during the 1970s and 1980s, with its current format launched in 2023.

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  5. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPDX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
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