WHGG

Radio station in Kingsport, Tennessee

Kingsport, Tennessee

Broadcast areaTri-Cities, VA/TNFrequency1090 kHzBrandingLove Radio FMProgrammingFormatContemporary ChristianOwnershipOwnerKenneth Clyde Hill

Sister stations

WHCB, WPWTHistory

First air date

1967Technical informationFacility ID64508ClassDPower10,000 watts day
1,800 watts critical hoursTranslator(s)97.3 W247CH (Kingsport)
100.3 W262CG (Spurgeon)LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsiteloveradio.fm

WHGG (1090 AM) is a Contemporary Christian formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Kingsport, Tennessee, serving the Tri-Cities, VA/TN area.^[1]^[2]

History

This station signed on the air in 1967 with call letters WGOC and a modern-Nashville-country music format. The original owner was insurance mogul J.T. Parker, and the first station manager was Phil Roberts, who was hired away from crosstown station WKIN where he had been a popular morning host.

The first song played on the air on the morning of sign-on was I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew by Tom T. Hall. The 45-RPM disc hung on the wall of the station's original lobby on West Center Street in Kingsport until the studios were moved elsewhere in the 1980s.

The original power was 1,000 watts and the station originally operated sunrise-to-sunset, with 6am-to-sunrise power of 7.85 watts. The original transmitter location, which was abandoned in the 1970s, was at the intersection of West Stone Drive and Granby Road in western Kingsport.

Management

WHGG shares the same management as sister stations WHCB and WPWT.

References

^ "WHGG AM 1090 kHz in Kingsport, Tennessee". Radio Station Net. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
^ "AM Station WHGG - Station Information - FCC Public Inspection Files". publicfiles.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2024-02-02.

External links

WHGG in the FCC AM station database
WHGG in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
W247CH in the FCC FM station database
W247CH at FCCdata.org
W262CG in the FCC FM station database
W262CG at FCCdata.org

Radio stations in Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol (Tri-Cities area of Tennessee/Virginia)

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Radio stations in East Tennessee: Chattanooga; Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol; Knoxville

Radio stations in Southwest Virginia: Blacksburg-Christiansburg; Bluefield; Bristol; Roanoke
Elsewhere in the region: Southwest Virginia

Other nearby regions: Asheville; Beckley; Charlotte; Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point

See also: List of radio stations in Tennessee; List of radio stations in Virginia

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