About Us
2023
Today
Today WDGY is heard on AM, FM, FM-HD, streaming via TuneIn, and via its own website and app. The music played on WDGY is from the peak of popularity of the Rock and Roll era. The owners, on-air personalities, and all employees are local. The third generation of the Borgen family is excited to be bringing the 100th-anniversary celebration to the area in 2023. The on-air features, on-site events, and special surprises are unique opportunities for partnerships with WDGY Radio.
2016
Wee-Gee Radio
In May 2016, WDGY began simulcasting on FM 103.7 in Hudson, Wisconsin. In February 2017, WDGY added another FM 92.1, broadcasting from an antenna atop Wells Fargo Place in downtown St. Paul. An HD station was also added, 107.1 HD2. WDGY is owned by third generation local owners and programs the ‘60s and ‘70s format in-house and uses local hosts.
1977
Y-11
Once FM radio began to attract younger listeners, there was a brief time when WDGY became an album rock station in early 1977, which became known as “Y-11”. This was an attempt to attract more of an 18-24-year-old audience rather than only the teen listeners. In the fall of 1977, WDGY became a country music radio station. This format ran for several years through an ownership change until those owners decided to program it as a sports talk radio station.
1965
WDGY Microphone Flags
Top 40 Radio was popular among teens and young adults in the 60s and into the mid-70s. The DJs or “boss jocks” were part of the youth culture as the influence of artists like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Herman’s Hermits, and even groups like the Archies and Monks populated the airwaves. When the Beatles played at the Met Stadium in 1965, the Fab Four had a press conference where WDGY microphone flags were prominent in the photos. On-air contests and remote broadcasts were part of the fabric of Wee-Gee Radio.
1956
Wonderful WDGY
Todd Storz and his company, Storz Broadcasting, bought WDGY in 1956. Music of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s on the radio station became “Wonderful WeeGee,” playing Top 40 music. WDGY and St. Paul-based rival KDWB duked it out playing the Top 40 hits, each station with its own unique approach.
1941
Dial 1130
In 1941, WDGY eventually landed at 1130 on the AM dial (FM didn’t exist yet). Eight years later, WDGY moved to Bloomington, where its array of nine towers was unique broadcast signal pattern. This was farmland at that time. Eventually, the offices, studios, and transmitter were all at the site. The iconic WDGY sign was on this site for many years!
1926
WDGY (Dr. George Young)
After a couple of changes, the call letters became WDGY (Dr. George Young) in 1926.
1923
Optometrist George W. Young started radio station KMFT
Dr. George W. Young was 37 years old when he had his first broadcast on January 13, 1924, from his house at 2219 N. Bryant in Minneapolis that was then named KFMT. In 1912, he established his own jewelry-optometry business in a portion of a store at 909 West Broadway in Minneapolis. This building would eventually become a home for WDGY: the “D”octor “G”eorge “Y”oung station.
