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WGHQ
WGHQ (920 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Kingston, New York, and serving the Hudson Valley. WGHQ is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and it simulcasts a conservative talk radio format known as "The Beacon" with sister stations WLNA (1420 AM) in Peekskill and WBNR (1260 AM) in Beacon. The studios are on New York State Route 52 in Beacon.
By day, WGHQ is powered at 1,000 watts, at night, to protect other stations on 920 AM from interference, power is reduced to 38 watts. It broadcasts a non-directional signal from a single tower located south of Port Ewen, New York. WGHQ also broadcasts on FM translator W223CR Port Ewen, at 92.5 MHz.
Weekdays on "The Beacon" (WGHQ, WBNR and WLNA) begin with a local news and interview show, Hudson Valley Focus with Tom Sipos. The rest of the day, nationally syndicated programs are heard: Brian Kilmeade, Dan Bongino, Charlie Kirk, Joe Pags, Bill O'Reilly, America at Night with Rick Valdés, Red Eye Radio and America in the Morning. Weekends feature specialty shows on travel, golf, cars and guns. Syndicated weekend hosts include Dave Ramsey, Larry Elder, Hugh Hewitt, Mike Gallagher, Rudy Maxa and Eric Metaxas.
The Beacon carries live sports including New York Rangers hockey, New York Knicks basketball and Army Black Knights football from nearby West Point.
The station first signed on the air on March 4, 1956. The call letters were WSKN. The original city of license was Saugerties, New York, a small community in Ulster County.
The station had 1,000 watts of power and was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. Its transmitter and studio were located on the Glasco Turnpike, in the Town of Saugerties.
In 1959, the call letters were changed to WGHQ. The city of license was changed to Kingston and the transmitter site was moved to Route 9W, just south of Port Ewen, NY. The station's operating power was increased to 5,000 watts, still as a daytimer.
WGHQ was the second radio station licensed to Kingston (after WKNY). In 1965, WGHQ-FM was licensed on (later the original WBPM, now WKXP) 94.3 MHz. It was a full-time simulcast of the AM's programming for much of the next decade.
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WGHQ
WGHQ (920 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Kingston, New York, and serving the Hudson Valley. WGHQ is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and it simulcasts a conservative talk radio format known as "The Beacon" with sister stations WLNA (1420 AM) in Peekskill and WBNR (1260 AM) in Beacon. The studios are on New York State Route 52 in Beacon.
By day, WGHQ is powered at 1,000 watts, at night, to protect other stations on 920 AM from interference, power is reduced to 38 watts. It broadcasts a non-directional signal from a single tower located south of Port Ewen, New York. WGHQ also broadcasts on FM translator W223CR Port Ewen, at 92.5 MHz.
Weekdays on "The Beacon" (WGHQ, WBNR and WLNA) begin with a local news and interview show, Hudson Valley Focus with Tom Sipos. The rest of the day, nationally syndicated programs are heard: Brian Kilmeade, Dan Bongino, Charlie Kirk, Joe Pags, Bill O'Reilly, America at Night with Rick Valdés, Red Eye Radio and America in the Morning. Weekends feature specialty shows on travel, golf, cars and guns. Syndicated weekend hosts include Dave Ramsey, Larry Elder, Hugh Hewitt, Mike Gallagher, Rudy Maxa and Eric Metaxas.
The Beacon carries live sports including New York Rangers hockey, New York Knicks basketball and Army Black Knights football from nearby West Point.
The station first signed on the air on March 4, 1956. The call letters were WSKN. The original city of license was Saugerties, New York, a small community in Ulster County.
The station had 1,000 watts of power and was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. Its transmitter and studio were located on the Glasco Turnpike, in the Town of Saugerties.
In 1959, the call letters were changed to WGHQ. The city of license was changed to Kingston and the transmitter site was moved to Route 9W, just south of Port Ewen, NY. The station's operating power was increased to 5,000 watts, still as a daytimer.
WGHQ was the second radio station licensed to Kingston (after WKNY). In 1965, WGHQ-FM was licensed on (later the original WBPM, now WKXP) 94.3 MHz. It was a full-time simulcast of the AM's programming for much of the next decade.