WMTT-FM

WMTT-FM (100.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. Licensed to Horseheads, New York, United States, the station serves the Elmira-Corning area. The station is currently owned by Seven Mountains Media, and features programming from ABC Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and Jones Radio Network.[1]

WMTT-FM

City	Horseheads, New York
Broadcast area	Elmira-Corning area
Frequency	100.9 MHz
Branding	101 The Met
Programming
Format	Classic Rock
Affiliations	ABC Radio, Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	Seven Mountains Media (Southern Belle, LLC)
Sister stations	WCBF, WMTT, WNGZ, WNKI, WOBF, WPHD, WQBF
History
First air date	1970 (as WQIX)
Former call signs	WQIX (1969-1995) WPGI (1995-2020)
Call sign meaning	The MeT T
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	10688
Class	A
ERP	3,800 watts
HAAT	75 meters (246 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°12′00″N 76°51′30″W
Links
Public license information	Profile LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	themetrocks.com

The station originated in 1970, with call letters WQIX, with a modern country format. Studios were in Horseheads, shared with sister AM WIQT, and transmitter on Prospect Hill north of the village. Construction was by Chief Engineer C Michael Scullin with John Mulligan. It was owned then by retailer Manny Panosian and John Arikian, dba Chemung County Radio. Program Director was David G. Ridenour and General Manager Bob Johnson. During the first part of the 21st century, WPGI shared the "Big Pig" branding with sister station WPIG in Olean, New York, both stations being owned by Backyard Broadcasting.

Along with the rest of Backyard Broadcasting's New York assets, the station was sold to Community Broadcasters, LLC effective August 26, 2013, at a price of $3.6 million. On October 1, 2013, the then-WPGI dropped its cross-branding with WPIG, as well as all of the station's jocks, and took on the brand "100.9 The Wolf" with the same format.[2]

WPGI, along with the other stations in Community Broadcasters' Southern Tier portfolio, was sold to Seven Mountains Media in January 2019.[3]

On July 3, 2020, WPGI flipped to Classic rock as "101 The Met", as part of a five-station format swap, where WMTT moved from 94.7 to 820/101.3, with 100.9 starting to simulcast the new WMTT. WPGI had changed its call letters to WMTT-FM on June 25, 2020 to reflect this change. WMTT-FM's former country format moved to 94.7/96.1/97.1 as "95-96-97 Bigfoot Country".[4]