WGHT

WGHT

City	Pompton Lakes, New Jersey
Broadcast area	Northern New Jersey, New York City metro area
Frequency	1500 kHz
First air date	September 14, 1964 (as WKER)
Format	Oldies
Power	1,000 watts day only
Class	D
Facility ID	40078
Transmitter coordinates	40°58′51″N 74°17′06″W / 40.98083°N 74.28500°W / 40.98083; -74.28500
Callsign meaning	W Great HiTs
Former callsigns	WKER (1964–1993)
Owner	Mariana Broadcasting
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wghtradio.com

WGHT (1500 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, USA. The station, established in 1964, is owned by Mariana Broadcasting. WGHT broadcasts an oldies music format. WGHT personnel includes general manager John Silliman and program director Jimmy Howes. Howes is also WGHT Radio's chief engineer and operations manager. WGHT's News Director is award-winning reporter and news caster, Mike Forte. Under his management, WGHT has been awarded 5 Garden State Journalist Awards in less than a year.

History

On September 14, 1964, WGHT signed on as WKER. WKER served as a test market station for radio stations like 77-WABC in the 1960s. The station was assigned the call sign WGHT (which stands for "Great Hits") by the Federal Communications Commission on August 6, 1993.^[1]

Awards and honors

The station has been an NAB Marconi Radio Award finalist and an NAB Crystal Radio Award finalist more than a dozen times, and has received Associated Press News Awards. WGHT's local sports department has won dozens of awards for their local high school sports coverage and broadcasts. WGHT's news department has been honored with awards from the Associated Press and the New Jersey Broadcasters Association. In 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. The WGHT Morning Show with Jimmy Howes and Greta Latona has been honored with dozens of awards from the Garden State Journalists Association for their celebrity interviews and on-air contests.^[2]

On-air personnel

WGHT Radio has a long history of being a launching-pad for syndicated and New York City radio talent, including Fox Sports personality Kevin Burkhardt and singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. Current on-air personalities include The WGHT Morning Show with Jimmy Howes and Greta LaTona, the mid-morning show host is Greta Leshchyshyn-Latona, afternoon drive host Art Rooney (former Uncle Floyd Show regular), and mid-day host John Silliman.

Weekend-air personnel

Jimmy Howes, Pete Bucky, Matt Locker, Rich McCarthy, Greta Latona, Pat Murphy and Jimmy Sturr. Latona also hosts Morning Praise on Sunday mornings at 6:00 am and Swing Time, an American Music Standards Show, at 8:00 AM.

References

↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
↑ "2010 Awards Competition". Garden State Journalists Association. Archived from the original on September 18, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2010.

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WGHT

Radio-Locator Information on WGHT

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WGHT

Radio stations in the Morristown, New Jersey market

By AM frequency	1070 1160 1250 1410 1500

By FM frequency	88.1 90.5 105.5 107.9

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Radio stations in the New York City market

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Apex/VHF FM	42.8

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NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

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See also: Clear channel radio stations and Why AM Radio Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Operations at Night

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