WGHQ
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Ownership | |
Owner | Pamal Broadcasting |
WBNR, WLNA, WBPM, WHUD, WSPK | |
History | |
First air date | March 4, 1956 |
Former call signs | WSKN (1956-1959) |
Call sign meaning | "General Headquarters" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 27396 |
Class | D |
Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 41°53′10″N 73°58′16.5684″W / 41.88611°N 73.971269000°W |
Translator(s) | 92.5 W223CR (Kingston) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | wghq.fm |
WGHQ (920
WGHQ operates at 1,000 watts daytime and 38 watts nighttime, non-directional, from a single tower located south of Port Ewen, New York,[2] while its studios are in Beacon. WGHQ also broadcasts on an FM translator (W223CR) also in Port Ewen, New York at 92.5 FM.
History
WGHQ 920 kHz first
WGHQ was the second radio station licensed to Kingston (after WKNY).[6] In 1965, WGHQ-FM was licensed on (later the original WBPM, now WKXP) 94.3 MHz. It was a full-time simulcast the AM's programming for much of the next decade.[7] From its inception, WGHQ aired a somewhat Kingston-centric full service middle of the road format which had a vast daytime advantage to WKNY, but WKNY was a full-time station.
WGHQ kept its focus but rising costs and the decline of full service formats on AM forced the station to drop much of its news coverage and change to an all adult contemporary music format. In 1988, WGHQ was licensed for 78 watts nighttime power, however, the station dropped local programming, going instead to mainly satellite
WGHQ aired
Pamal Broadcasting changed the format from talk radio back to
On December 20, 2013, Pamal announced that Tri-State Public Communications, which operates
On March 1, 2016, Tri-State Public Communications ended its lease of the station[9] [8] [9]. Pamal Broadcasting took back programming control of WGHQ and now simulcasts it again with WBNR and WLNA airing the syndicated "Real Country" classic country music format.
On June 28, 2016, Pamal Broadcasting removed two of three towers at the WGHQ transmitter site due to the poor physical condition of the towers. The station power was reduced to 1000 watts daytime, 38 watts nighttime non-directional from the remaining tower.
In January 2017 Pamal Broadcasting acquired an FM Translator at 92.5 FM to simulcast WGHQ's programming. WGHQ continued to feature the syndicated Real Country format.
On March 15, 2021, in a move to better utilize the AM frequencies and their FM translators, Pamal relaunched WGHQ on its own with a nostalgia/oldies format and rebranded as "Magic 92.5" playing "Great Songs and Magic Memories" from pop vocalists of the 1950s through the 1980s. Meanwhile, sister stations WBNR and WLNA began simulcasting 92.9 WBPM's classic hits format in areas south of Kingston.
Programming
WGHQ features Kingston Community Radio, which airs weekday mornings from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m and features interviews with local government and business leaders, followed by automated music for the rest of the day.
WGHQ also serves as the flagship station of
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGHQ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WGHQ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 pg. C-142
- ^ Construction permit, FCC file number BR-3284, WSKN 920 kc Saugerties, NY dated May 1955
- ^ License renewal application, FCC file number BR-3284, WGHQ, Kingston, NY dated May 12, 1960
- ^ "1965 Broadcasting Yearbook". Broadcasting Publications, Inc. p. B-102.
- ^ "1970 Broadcasting Yearbook". Broadcasting Publications, Inc. p. C-147.
- ^ Jones Ross, Carrie (December 26, 2013). "Kingston Community Radio looks for new home post-WGHQ shutdown". Kingston Times. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ^ Robin Hood Radio Walks Away From WGHQ Lease - RadioInsight, February 25, 2016.
External links
- Magic 92.5 official website
- WGHQ in the FCC AM station database
- WGHQ in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W223CR in the FCC FM station database
- W223CR at FCCdata.org