WGH-FM

WGH-FM

City	Newport News, Virginia
Broadcast area	Hampton Roads
Branding	"97-3 The Eagle"
Slogan	"Hampton Roads Country Station"
Frequency	97.3 FM MHz
First air date	November, 1948^[1]
Format	Country^[2]
Power	74,000 Watts
HAAT	120 meters (390 ft)
Class	B
Facility ID	72102
Transmitter coordinates	36°57′47.0″N 76°24′42.0″W / 36.963056°N 76.411667°W / 36.963056; -76.411667
Callsign meaning	World's Greatest Harbor^[3]
Former callsigns	WGH-FM (1948-1984) WNSY (1984-1985) WRSR (1985-1986) WGH-FM (1986-Present)^[4]
Affiliations	MRN Radio PRN Radio
Owner	Max Media (MHR License, LLC)
Sister stations	WGH, WVBW, WVHT, WVSP
Webcast	WGH-FM Webstream
Website	WGH-FM Online

WGH-FM (97.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Newport News, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads.^[2] WGH-FM is owned and operated by Max Media and airs a country music radio format.^[5] It uses the slogan "97.3 The Eagle."

Studios and offices are on Greenwich Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia.^[6] The transmitter is on Newport News Point, near Interstate 664.^[7]

Station History

WGH-FM first signed on the air in November 1948, one of the first FM stations in Virginia.^[8] It broadcasts at 74,000 watts in an area of the country where today the maximum power for FM radio stations should be 50,000 watts. But because the station dates back to 1948, before the Federal Communications Commission set rules for FM power levels, it is grandfathered at the higher power. The call letters for WGH-FM and its sister station WGH 1310 AM stand for World's Greatest Harbor, a slogan for the Hampton Roads or Tidewater area of Virginia, where there is a large shipbuilding industry and both commercial and military ports.^[9] For many years in its early days, WGH-FM was a classical music station.

References

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-567. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
↑ "Call Letter Origins: Key and Listing". Bob Nelson. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
↑ "WGH Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/5589+Greenwich+Rd,+Virginia+Beach,+VA+23462/@36.8441949,-76.182162,17.58z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89ba9609946c7bb1:0x40382729fb5bfc12!8m2!3d36.8426693!4d-76.1801071
↑ http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=WGH-FM
↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 pg. C-220
↑ History of Newport News, Virginia

External links

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Radio stations	KCGQ-FM KEZS-FM KFCO KGIR KGKS KJEZ KJHM KKLR-FM KLSC KMAL KSIM KWOC KZIM WCIL WCIL-FM WCMS-FM WCXL WGH WGH-FM WJPF WOOZ-FM WUEZ WVBW WVHT WVSP-FM WXLT

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¹ These stations are owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group, which Max Media holds a 49 percent stake in. ² This station, owned by CMCG, is operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sale to Cunningham Broadcasting, pending FCC approval.

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