WGH-AM
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| Radio station | |
| Program type | Oldies (1950s / 1960s) |
| reception | analog , terrestrial MW 1310 kHz (20 kW during the day / 5 kW at night) |
| Reception area |
Hampton Roads , United States
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| Start of transmission | 1928 |
| Broadcaster | Barnstable Broadcasting, Inc. (Max Media) |
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WGH-AM 1310 is a US radio station based in Newport News , Virginia . It broadcasts an oldie program for the Hampton Roads area on the medium wave frequency of 1310 kHz . The station is operated by Barnstable Broadcasting, Inc. owned by Max Media.
history
The callsign WGH originally belonged to the first radio station in Alabama , operated by the Montgomery Light & Water Power Company, which went on the air in 1922.
On December 6, 1926, the Radio Corporation of Virginia went on the air with WPAB on 1040 kHz and a program for the Park Avenue Baptist Church in Norfolk for the first time. In January 1927 the transmitter WSEA was added on 1370 kHz, which from April 1927 broadcast from the new Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach . After the bankruptcy of the Radio Corporation of Virginia in 1928, WPAB became WRCV and WSEA WNEW. Tom Little then relocated WNEW to the Tidewater Hotel in Newport News and took over the now vacant name of WGA for the station. In October of the same year, the Hampton Roads Broadcasting Company took over the station and changed the frequency to 1430 kHz. From November 11, 1928, the Warwick Hotel was broadcast on 1310 kHz. The daily program began at 6:00 p.m. with news followed by music and live entertainment. One of the first employees was Malvern Powell. In early 1930, the Hampton Roads Broadcasting Corporation was taken over by the Newport News Daily Press and the Times Herald, and E. Elsworth Bishop became the station's managing director. He expanded the program in the following years to include dance band broadcasts from the Naval Reserve Hall and the Ocean View and Buckroe Beach Pavilions. From 1938 onwards, WGA also took over the program from CBS at times.
In 1940, WGH entered into a partnership with the Mutual Broadcasting System and moved its main studio to the Portlock Building in Norfolk . In May 1941 the frequency was changed to 1340 kHz. In 1942 WGH switched from Mutual to the NBC-Blue Network. The studio at Hotel Warwick closed in 1946. In 1947 the frequency was sent again at 1310 kHz and with up to 5000 watts. In November 1948, WGH-FM went on the air and broadcast the WGH program on VHF . The station had 19 employees at the time and Harrol Brauer, Jr. as its anchorman .
In the early 1950s, Bob McBride was Program Director. The music programs were designed by Warner Twyford and Ambert Dail. By 1958, the studios within Norfolk had moved two more times, most recently to 711 Boush Street. Programs were for example Don McNeill's Breakfast Club, Whispering Streets, news from Paul Harvey or 1310 Clubtime. In 1960 Ambert Dail became General Manager. From 1966 WGH-FM broadcast in stereo . For many years the Associated Press WGH newsroom was named the best in Virginia.
In the early 1970s, WGH moved its studios and offices to the new Todd Center and opened new studios in Hampton and Norfolk. WGH-FM got an independent concert music program with Vianne Webb as program director. The number of employees at the time was 70 people, including names like George Crawford, JJ Bowman, Rob Wayne, Sean Grabowski, Lee Fowler, Scott Christensen, Ron James, Tom Scott, Dale Parsons, Jim Stewart, Jim Conlee, Jeff Davis, Mike Patrick, Neal Steele, Bill Tucker, Nick O'Neil, Dan O'Brien, Pat Holliday, Bob Canada, Pat O'Day, Ed Rodriquez, Bill Jordan, Jon St. Jon, Pat Banks and Phil Beckman. In 1983, Hampton Roads Broadcasting Corporation sold Stender to CommCor, whose management changed the callsigns from WGH-AM and FM to WNSY and introduced a soft rock program. In 1985 the station was sold to Susquehanna Broadcasting who restored the old names. During the Second Gulf War in 1990, WGH-AM broadcast CNN Radio News programs before becoming Virginia's first sports radio station in 1992. In the mid-1990s, Barnstable Broadcasting took over the stations and continued them under ESPN Radio 1310 WCMS and WGH-97.3 Der Adler. After the takeover by Max Media in 2005, the old names and frequencies were reactivated. On October 5, 2009, WXEZ-FM (94.1) switched to WGH-AM (1310) and WXEZ-FM to ESPN Radio 94.1.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b WGH-AM 1310 kHz Radio Station Information. In: radio locator. Theodric Technologies LLC., Accessed September 10, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 . Rr Bowker Llc, 2010, p. 567 ( americanradiohistory.com [PDF]).
- ↑ a b c d Dale Parsons: WGH History. In: Alowanews. Entertainment Marketing, accessed September 8, 2017 .