Whois & Analysis for wgr550.com

WGR, or WGR Sports Radio 550, is an all sports radio station in Buffalo, New York that broadcasts on 550 AM.

It is the flagship station of the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres, carrying a mostly locally originated sports talk and play-by-play lineup.

Its studios are located in Amherst, New York, and transmitter in suburban Hamburg, New York.

Although it has a power of 5,000 watts, during the day its signal can be heard as far north as Barrie, Peterborough and Kingston, Ontario, as far west as Windsor, Ontario, as far east as Syracuse, and as far south as Sandusky, OH and Youngstown, Ohio.

At night its signal can be heard as far north as Sudbury, Barrie and Peterborough, Ontario, as far west as Guelph, Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario, as far east as Batavia, and as far south as Jamestown and Olean.

In nearby Erie, Pennsylvania the station has a city-grade signal, primarily in Erie's eastern suburbs.

Under ownership of Entercom, its studios are located on Corporate Parkway in Amherst, New York.

Western New York is the westernmost region of the state of New York.

It includes the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Niagara Falls, the surrounding suburbs, as well as the outlying rural areas of the Great Lakes lowlands, the Genesee Valley, and the Southern Tier.

One writer suggests Western New York's eastern border to be the Preemption Line, an historic political division of Native American tribal lands.

In broadcasting, a flagship (also known as a flagship station) is the broadcast station which originates a television network, or a particular radio or television program that plays a key role in the branding of and consumer loyalty to a network or station.This includes both direct network feeds and broadcast syndication, but generally not backhauls.

Not all networks or shows have a flagship station, as some originate from a dedicated radio or television studio.

Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events.

A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both s and callers.

Many sports talk stations also carry play-by-play of local sports teams as part of their regular programming.

Hosted by Bill Mazer, the first sports talk radio show in history launched in March 1964 on New York's WNBC (AM).

In sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as sports announcer, sportscaster or play-by-play announcer; often called shoutcaster in eSports specifically) gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast, traditionally delivered in the historical present tense.

The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background.

In the case of television commentary, the commentators are on screen rarely if at all during the event (although they may appear on camera at the start or near the end of the broadcast).