{"id":464953,"date":"2026-02-12T21:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/464953\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T21:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:51:13","slug":"wgr-to-add-fm-simulcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/464953\/","title":{"rendered":"WGR To Add FM Simulcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-loading=\"lazy\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='jeg_viewport']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::P]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wgr.png\" alt=\"550 WGR Buffalo 107.7 The Wolf WLKK Wethersfield Township 104.7\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-212342\"  \/>The rumors will become reality in Buffalo NY as Audacy will flip Country \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/thewolfbuffalo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">107.7\/104.7 The Wolf<\/a>\u201d WLKK Wethersfield Township\/W284AP Buffalo NY to a simulcast of Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/wgr550\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">550 WGR<\/a> Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>While the station has not yet publicly announced the change, the company has applied to change the call letters of WLKK to WGR-FM effective Thursday, February 19 along with the registration of multiple internet domains. The addition of the FM simulcast comes as the NFL\u2019s Buffalo Bills <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/338296\/buffalo-bills-to-depart-wgr-as-they-take-production-in-house\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have announced their departure<\/a> from WGR for the 2026 season and the co-owned NHL Buffalo Sabres will do the same at the end of its current season.<\/p>\n<p>The move will mark a return to Sports for the 107.7 facility as it was WNSA from 2000 to 2004 competing against WGR. Audacy has been <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/netgnomes\/334297\/domain-insight-1-14-the-next-fm-sports-move-is\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accelerating its move<\/a> of AM Sports stations to FM in recent months. With WGR\u2019s move, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/sportsradio610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">610 KILT<\/a> Houston and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/espn1320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">1320 KIFM<\/a> Sacramento will be the only two of the company\u2019s Sports stations with local programming to not have an FM signal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-loading=\"lazy\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='jeg_viewport']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[4][self::P]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1077thewolf.png\" alt=\"Alt 107.7 104.7 WLKK Buffalo\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-210258\"  \/>The Wolf format debuted <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/210256\/alt-buffalo-flips-to-country-107-7-104-7-the-wolf\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in June 2021<\/a> and features a local morning show hosted by Liz Mantel followed by Audacy\u2019s national Country personalities the remainder of the day.<\/p>\n<p>WGR was second in the Buffalo market with an 8.2 share in the <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/ratings\/buffalo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 2025 Nielsen Audio ratings<\/a>. WLKK had a 1.4 share trailing Townsquare Media\u2019s 106.5 WYRK\u2019s third ranked 7.6 share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rumors will become reality in Buffalo NY as Audacy will flip Country \u201c107.7\/104.7 The Wolf\u201d WLKK Wethersfield&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-464953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}