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Broadcast area | Southern Maryland Northern Neck[2][3] |
Frequency | 1690 AM kHz |
Branding | 100.7 FM and 1690 AM WPTX |
Programming | |
Format | |
Affiliations | |
Ownership | |
Owner | Somar Communications, Inc.[1] |
WKIK, WMDM, WSMD-FM | |
History | |
First air date | February 4, 1953[7] | (on 1570 kHz)
Former call signs | [10] |
Call sign meaning | Patuxent |
Technical information[11] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 87109 |
Class | B |
Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 38°16′58.45″N 76°33′37.84″W / 38.2829028°N 76.5605111°W[1] |
Translator(s) | 100.7 MHz W264DR (Lexington Park) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | WPTX Webstream |
Website | WPTX Online |
WPTX (1690 AM) is an adult standards and soft oldies formatted broadcast radio station.[4] The station is licensed to Lexington Park, Maryland and serves Southern Maryland and the Northern Neck of Virginia in the United States.[1][2][3] WPTX is owned and operated by Somar Communications, Inc.[1]
WPTX is Maryland's first and only AM expanded band radio station, having moved to the expanded band from 920 kHz in 1998. It operates with 10,000 watts daytime and reduces power to 1,000 at night to protect other stations on 1690 AM. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W264DR at 100.7 MHz in Lexington Park.
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