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WGR debuted a higher power transmitter and special programming on May 21, 1922, at the start of "Radio Week". [3] WGR was the first commercial radio station in Western New York. It was preceded by amateur radio operator Charles Klinck's short-lived 1920 station, [4] in addition to sporadic experimental stations in the 1910s
Christopher Parzynski [1] (born July 1, 1965), known professionally as Chris "The Bulldog" Parker, is an American sports radio personality. He is the co-host of Buffalo's WGR-550's [2] afternoon show from 3:00 until 7:00PM along with Mike Schopp.
The Buffalo Bills Radio Network is flagshipped at WGR (AM 550). Chris Brown (who previously called play-by-play for the Buffalo Bulls football and Buffalo Destroyers arena football teams before joining the Bills as a studio host) is the current play-by-play announcer. Eric Wood serves as the color analyst.
The Buffalo Bills Radio Network is a broadcast radio network based in Buffalo, New York.Its primary programming is broadcasts of Buffalo Bills home and away games to a network of 26 stations in upstate New York, the Northwestern and Northern Tiers of Pennsylvania, and the state of Wyoming, having previously also had affiliates in Southern Ontario.
In May 2020, Brown became an interim host of One Bills Live, a daily sports talk show on WGR, following the departure of John Murphy, paired with Steve Tasker. [ 2 ] In January 2023, Brown replaced Murphy as the play-by-play announcer for the Buffalo Bills Radio Network [ 1 ] after the latter suffered a stroke. [ 3 ]
He broadcast his last show on December 3, 1999. He died December 6, 1999, at the age of 70 in Buffalo, New York [2] His death came three months before he would have been out of a job (or possibly forced to move to WBEN), as WGR would flip to sports radio in February 2000. He was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 1998. [3]
The station first signed on the air on August 14, 1954, as WGR-TV, owned by the WGR Corporation, along with WGR (550 AM). [4] WGR-TV started out as an NBC affiliate sharing the 184 Barton Street studios of UHF outlet WBUF-TV (Channel 17). In 1955, WBUF-TV, which was dark at the time, was sold to NBC.
John Murphy (born March 14, 1955) is an American former sportscaster from Buffalo, New York.He is best known as the former voice of the Buffalo Bills Radio Network and host of One Bills Live (formerly The John Murphy Show) on WGR and MSG Western New York.