WXGI
ESPN Radio affiliate in Richmond, Virginia, United States
WXGI (950 AM) is a classic hip hop formatted radio station licensed to Richmond, Virginia. WXGI is owned and operated by Urban One. The station's studios and offices are located just north of Richmond proper on Emerywood Parkway in unincorporated Henrico County, and its transmitter is located in the Southside of Richmond.
WXGI serves the Richmond/Petersburg area of Virginia using four simulcast stations, WDCJ (1240 AM) and 102.7 FM (W274BX) in Petersburg, 99.5 FM (W258DC) in Richmond. The station is also on the HD2 sub channel of WCDX-HD2 in Mechanicsville.
History
This station was signed on in the late 1940s by some ex World War II serviceman, which resulted in the call letters WXGI, as the station was founded by "ex-GIs" .
Throughout the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s the station was a popular country music station. George "Pops" Popkins and Johnny Gee were some of the better known DJs on WXGI.
In 1979 the station was dealt a blow when one of its most popular DJs, Johnny Gee (real name John Gallaher), was kidnapped and murdered by the infamous Briley Brothers outside of a nightclub his band was playing at when he caught them attempting to break in his car. His body was later found washed up on the shore of the James River. The brothers were later executed for that and other murders in the early eighties.
The public source identifies “WXGI” as eSPN Radio affiliate in Richmond, Virginia, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around WXGI, ESPN and Radio.
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