{"id":480748,"date":"2026-02-20T23:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/480748\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T23:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:02:11","slug":"wgr-expands-to-rochester-radioinsight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/480748\/","title":{"rendered":"WGR Expands To Rochester &#8211; RadioInsight"},"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\/wgrrochester-200x200-jpeg.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"95.7 The Fan 950 WGR WROC Rochester\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-340487\"  \/>After <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/338200\/wgr-to-add-fm-simulcast\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">adding FM signals<\/a> in Buffalo this week, Audacy Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/wgr550\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">550 WGR<\/a> Buffalo will expand to Rochester on Sunday, February 22 at 11pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/thefanrochester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">95.7 The Fan<\/a>\u201d 950 WROC Rochester will become \u201cWGR Rochester\u201d as it begins to carry much of WGR\u2019s programming. WROC will run all of WGR\u2019s local programming from 5:30am to 7pm with the exception of 1-3pm when its local \u201cThe Sports Bar\u201d hosted by Gene Battaglia will move from afternoon drive.<\/p>\n<p>Audacy Buffalo\/Rochester SVP\/Market Manager Tim Wenger said, \u201cThis hybrid approach lets us bring the full strength and recognition of WGR\u2019s established sports lineup to Rochester while still delivering a strong local voice tailored specifically to Rochester fans. We know how deeply connected Rochester listeners are to Buffalo-area teams, and this expansion allows us to serve that passion while preserving meaningful, local sports talk and engagement. With the launch of WGR Rochester, our reach now more fully covers the Rochester market and further cements WGR as Western New York\u2019s sports giant and voice of the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WROC currently airs Westwood One Sports Network programming outside of the local afternoon show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After adding FM signals in Buffalo this week, Audacy Sports 550 WGR Buffalo will expand to Rochester on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-480748","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\/480748","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=480748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}