WRIG
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| City of license | Schofield, Wisconsin |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Wausau-Stevens Point |
| Branding | Fox Sports Radio AM 1390 and FM 93.9 |
| Frequency | 1390 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 93.9 W230BU (Rothschild) |
| First air date | 1958 |
| Format | Sports |
| Audience share | 1.4, #14 (Sp'06, R&R[1]) |
| Power | 10,000 watts day 7,200 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 73946 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Callsign meaning | Derived from the name of the Wright family, who put the station on the air. |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio |
| Owner | Duey E. Wright (WRIG, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WDEZ, WIFC, WOZZ, WSAU, WSAU-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | foxsportswausau.com |
WRIG (1390 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Schofield, Wisconsin, the station serves the Wausau, Wisconsin area. The station is currently owned by Midwest Communications. and features programing from Fox Sports Radio.[2] WRIG was originally located at 1400 kHz, licensed to Wausau, Wisconsin, broadcasting a Top 40 format until the move to 1390 kHz in 1985 and a switch to an Oldies format. WRIG also broadcast Dial-Global's "Adult Standards" format from 1993 to 2006, and then the Oldies Channel until the move to FOX Sports Radio in 2009. In November 2012, WRIG added a translator station at 93.9 MHz (call sign W230BU).
Former air staff
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- Duke Wright 1960's (now President CEO - Midwest Communications)[3]
- Les Moore 60's
- Dick Canney 60's - 70's (deceased)
- Bob Johnson 60's - 70's
- Marv Nelles 60's - early 90's news director (deceased)[4]
- Gene Lewis early-mid 90's news director
- Howie Steiber program director 60's - 70's (also WHBL Sheboygan)
- Don Roberts/Rich Harkoff program director 70's (also WIXX & WDUZ Green Bay WI, WYXX Holland MI, WOGB Fox Valley WI)
- Andy Nelson/Al Sellers program director 70's - 80's (also WDEZ Wausau WCUZ Grand Rapids MI, WQLH, WIXX, WNCY, WLTM Green Bay WI)
- Steve Shannon/Tom Helms 70's (also WNAM Neenah WI)
- Mike Berg/Mike Sonnenberg 70's (also WJMT Merrill WI)
- Pat "Rogers" Houseworth 70's News Anchor also weekend DJ (also WJMT Merrill WI WIOU Kokomo IN KGNO Dodge City KS WCSM Celina OH)
- Monica Michaels 70's (also WIFC Wausau WI)
- Gary Johnson 70's - 80's (also WIFC Wausau WI, WIXX Green Bay WI, WJLW DePere WI, WNAM - WUSW Appleton-Oshkosh WI)
- Bob Dabagia 70's (also WSAU Wausau WI, AFN Germany, WTFX Louisville KY, KPEZ Austin TX, & Max Miller at KRLD Dallas TX)
- John Pelligrini 80's (also Green Bay WI, WGRD Grand Rapids MI & Chicago radio markets)
- Bruce Charles 70's (also WSAU, WIFC Wausau WI & WKAU Kaukauna WI)
- Jim Owen 70's (also WIFC Wausau WI, WKLQ Grand Rapids MI, Tulsa OK, Indianapolis radio markets)
- Judi Krall(Loomis) 70's (also WSAU TV Wausau WI, WANE TV Ft Wayne IN, WISH TV Indianapolis IN)
- Dave Wright 70's - 80's (also WMYX Milwaukee, WI)
- Brian West 70's (also WQZZ Sturgeon Bay WI)
- Don Bethman 70's sports (deceased)
- Joe Schoenemann 70's sports
- Doug Beaudry 80's on-air
- Shelly James 80's on-air
- Mike Bradford 80's on-air (also WIFC, WYCO, WDEZ Wausau, WI)
- Dave Arrowwood 80's (also WIFC WSAU Wausau, WI)
- Ed Monroe 1987-1989 Sports/weekends
- Paul Hart (Harder) Sports and on air talent 80's
- Ken Clark on-air 1982-1985 and 1999-2006. PD 1999-present. (also WSAU Wausau, WI, WOBT Rhinelander, WI)
- Jeff Hutch/Jeff Hutchinson 60's- 70's
- DJ Hall 80's on-air (also WIZD Plover WI, WSPT Stevens Point WI, WSPO Stevens Point WI, WDEZ Wausau WI, KWLM Willmar MN, KQWB Fargo ND)
- John Koehler 70s-Announcer-Also WNNO Wisconsin Dells-Currently WJNR Iron Mountain Mi
