WGIR (AM)
FCC | |
Facility ID | 35237 |
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Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 43°0′57.3″N 71°28′46.24″W / 43.015917°N 71.4795111°W |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wgiram |
WGIR (610
The
Programming
Weekdays begin with a local news and interview show, "New Hampshire Today", hosted by Chris Ryan, also heard on several other stations in the state.
Weekend feature programs on money, health, law, technology and the Paul Parent Garden Club, as well as best-of editions of weekday programming. Some weekend shows are paid brokered programming. Syndicated weekend shows include The Tech Guy with Leo Laporte, Sunday Night Live with Bill Cunningham and Somewhere in Time with Art Bell. Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio, followed by New Hampshire news from local reporters.
WGIR is the
History
Early years
The station
An
WMUR-TV
A few years later, Murphy decided to apply for a
Because WMUR radio was an ABC affiliate, WMUR-TV picked up programming from the ABC Television Network. WMUR and WMUR-TV broadcast from a Victorian-style house on Elm Street in Manchester.
Change in ownership
Murphy decided to sell the WMUR stations in the mid-1950s,
Girolimon sold WGIR to Knight Quality Stations in 1961.
Evolving to talk
Through the 1960s and 1970s, WGIR had a
Knight Quality Stations announced the sale of its eight New England radio stations, including WGIR, to Capstar Broadcasting Partners in April 1997;
iHeart ownership
Capstar and Chancellor Media announced in August 1998 that they would merge (
WGIP left the network in 2009, after it was placed in the Aloha Station Trust and sold off due to the privatization of Clear Channel; it became classic hits-formatted WXEX,[37] and is now K-Love station WPKC. WGIN also stopped carrying WGIR programming in April 2011, switching to sports programming. It became WPKX in February 2012.[38] Most of WGIR's programming and news remains available on the Seacoast through sister station WQSO (96.7 FM).
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGIR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WGIR-AM
- ^ "Chris Ryan Named Host Of WGIR-A/Manchester-WQSO/Portsmouth, NH's 'New Hampshire Today'". All Access. December 30, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ^ a b c "NHAB Alumni: Francis P. Murphy". New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters. October 29, 2001. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1943 (PDF). 1943. p. 112. Retrieved February 14, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook-Marketbook 1956 (PDF). 1956. p. 202. Retrieved February 14, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "WMUR-FM discontinues operation after December 27, 1950". Photo of the Month. ggn information systems. July 2005. Archived from the original on February 14, 2010. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
- ^ a b c Rapsis, Jeff (March 4, 2004). "WMUR At 50". The Hippo. Archived from the original on December 17, 2004. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
- ^ "WMUR Manchester Sale Filed". Broadcasting-Telecasting. February 6, 1956. p. 6.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook-Marketbook 1957 (PDF). 1957. p. 174. Retrieved February 14, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1958 (PDF). 1958. p. A-331. Retrieved February 14, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "NHAB Alumni: Bernie Mack". New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters. October 29, 2001. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1961-62 (PDF). 1961. p. B-111. Retrieved February 14, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Broadcasting Yearbook 1981 (PDF). 1981. pp. C-147–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1964 (PDF). 1964. p. B-97. Retrieved February 16, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1978 (PDF). 1978. p. C-136. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1973 (PDF). 1973. p. B-125. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-08. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
- ^ Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1988 (PDF). 1988. p. B-179. Retrieved April 5, 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "NHAB Alumni: Bob Frisch". New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters. October 29, 2001. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- ^ Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1989 (PDF). 1989. p. B-189. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-09. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- ^ Holmes, Steven A. (February 11, 1992). "THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Republicans; Bush Steps Up Campaign as Buchanan Lays Out an Agenda". The New York Times. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
...WGIR-AM, a news-talk radio station...
- ^ Brouder, Ed (January 1, 2009). "WFEA History - 1990s". Man from Mars Productions. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
On January first it [WFEA] switched from ABC to NBC, allowing cross-town rival WGIR to sign with ABC News.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (April 17, 1997). "In the Zone". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
- ^ "Cash-Rich Capstar Continues Capitalization". Radio & Records. April 25, 1997. p. 6.
- Austin Business Journal. January 9, 1998. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ a b Fybush, Scott (September 25, 1998). "WNFT, WNTN Sold". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (October 1, 1998). "WNNZ Sold to Clear Channel". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (October 9, 1998). "Clear Channel Gets Jacor". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
- ^ Littleton, Cynthia (August 28, 1998). "Chancellor, Capstar ink merger". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (May 21, 1999). "NHPR Goes North". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- Austin Business Journal. July 13, 1999. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (October 8, 1999). "The Big Get Bigger -- Again". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- CNN Money. October 4, 1999. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "Clear Channel brings AMFM into focus". Variety. August 30, 2000. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (August 23, 2004). "Rochester Loses Pete Dobrovitz". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ "Clear Channel tunes in Fox News as primary news provider". San Antonio Business Journal. American City Business Journals. December 6, 2004. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (March 16, 2009). ""Now," NY's K-Rock is History". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (April 11, 2011). "WBEN Adds FM". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
External links
- Official website
- WGIR in the FCC AM station database
- WGIR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database