90.5 WERG is an alternative formatted college radio station in Erie, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Gannon University. Its transmitter is located in Summit Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania. History On December 1, 1972, at 6pm, WERG signed on at 89.1 FM with an effective radiated power of 10 watts. Gannon University students operate WERG during the week; the station maintains broadcast operations over the weekends with the help of community volunteers who run alternative programming for the Erie community. One of these shows, Super Soul Saturday, has become an institution in Erie radio and an integral part of WERG's weekend programming schedule. Major technical upgrades came in 1980 when WTAE-FM radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, donated a 1949 Westinghouse FM-3 transmitter to Gannon. This enabled WERG to go to 3,000 watts, giving the radio station a strong signal throughout the City of Erie. The new Shively antenna was mounted on a tower atop Nash Library, and WERG moved up the dial to 89.9-FM. Throughout the eighties, WERG operated with an Album Rock format under the moniker "Rock 89". With a regular weekday format, plus Super Soul Saturday, various community programs on Sunday, and a weeknight news magazine show -Total News at 6—WERG became known as an educational station that not only trained you in the mechanics of broadcasting, but let you do so while enjoying the benefits of having an actual sizable listening audience. As the eighties drew to a close, WERG evolved from an album rock station and began playing new wave and alternative rock. In 1989, WERG obtained the necessary equipment to begin broadcasting in stereo. While WERG's new Modern Rock format took shape, station management was looking for a new identity to go with the station's new sound. Student manager Scott Powell was in Pittsburgh one weekend and listening to the "war" between the two Contemporary Hit stations in the city: B-94 and Energy 105. Something clicked. "Energy" was not only a good-sounding name, it fit the call letters of the station as well: WERG. ENERGY. On the morning of August 29, 1989, WERG began identifying itself as "Energy-FM 90". Program Director Andy McNutt developed the station's signature sound as a home for the best new rock on Erie's radio dial, with a playlist featuring artists like U2, R.E.M., Depeche Mode, Concrete Blonde, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Michelle Shocked, Pere Ubu, Big