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Broadcast area | Northern New Jersey, New York City metro area |
Frequency | 1500 kHz |
Branding | North Jersey 1500 NYC 98.3 (FM translator) |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Full-service |
Ownership | |
Owner | Borough of Pompton Lakes (Sale pending to FST Broadcasting Corporation)[1] |
WTBQ[2] | |
History | |
First air date | May 27, 1965[3] August 6, 1993 (as WGHT)[4] |
Former call signs | WKER (1964–1993) |
Technical information[5] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 40078 |
Class | D |
Power | 1,000 watts (daytime only) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°58′51″N 74°17′06″W / 40.98083°N 74.28500°W |
Translator(s) | 98.3 W252ED (Pompton Lakes) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | wghtamfm |
WGHT (1500 kHz AM) is a radio station owned by the Borough of Pompton Lakes, New Jersey and licensed to serve the same municipality.[6]
The station simulcasts Warwick, New York station WTBQ's full-service format,[2] and is a "daytimer" signing on at dawn and off at dusk, to protect other stations on the 1500 kHz frequency, i.e. clear-channel stations.[3]