Broadcast area | Eastern Kentucky Southwest Virginia Northeastern Tennessee |
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Frequency | 101.1 FM MHz |
Branding | "101 WSGS" |
Programming | |
Format | Country[1] |
Ownership | |
Owner | Mountain Broadcasting Service, Inc. |
WJMD, WKIC, WZQQ | |
History | |
First air date | November 23, 1947[2] |
Call sign meaning | Whitaker Sparkman Gorman Sturgill[3] Last names of the station's original owners |
Technical information[4] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 43964 |
Class | C |
Power | 100,000 Watts Horizontal 88,000 Watts Vertical |
HAAT | 446 meters (1,463 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°11′38.0″N 83°10′52.0″W / 37.193889°N 83.181111°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | WSGS Webstream |
Website | WSGS Online |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/WSGS_Building.jpg/250px-WSGS_Building.jpg)
WSGS is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Hazard, Kentucky, United States, serving Eastern Kentucky and Southwest Virginia.[1] WSGS is owned and operated by Mountain Broadcasting Service, Inc.[5]
Due to the high altitude of the station's transmitter, WSGS's strong signal can be heard throughout eastern Kentucky, southwest Virginia, and northeastern Tennessee, including parts of the Tri-Cities.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
- ^ "WSGS & WKIC - Celebrating 66 Years On The Air". WSGS/Mountain Broadcasting Service, Inc. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ^ "WSGS - Timeline Photos". Facebook/Mountain Broadcasting Service, Inc. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WSGS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WSGS Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
- ^ "60 dBu Service Contour for WSGS, 101.1 MHz, Hazard, KY". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
External links
[edit]- WSGS Online
- Facility details for Facility ID 43964 (WSGS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WSGS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database