WNGN (FM) explained

WNGN
City:Argyle, New York
Branding:Northeast Gospel Network
Translator:See § Translators
Repeater:See § Simulcast
Airdate: (as WNGX)
Format:Christian talk and teaching and Contemporary Christian music
Erp:2,000 watts
Haat:174m (571feet)
Class:A
Facility Id:11120
Callsign Meaning:Northeast Gospel Network
Former Callsigns:WZYB (1992–1993)
WNGX (1993–1998)
Affiliations:SRN News
Moody Broadcasting Network
Owner:Northeast Gospel Broadcasting Inc
Licensing Authority:FCC

WNGN (91.9 MHz) is a listener-supported, non-commercial FM radio station licensed to Argyle, New York, and serving the Saratoga Springs and Glens Falls areas of New York. The station is owned by Northeast Gospel Broadcasting Inc.[1] It airs a mix of Christian talk and teaching programs and Contemporary Christian music. The studios are on King Road in Buskirk.

WNGN is a Class A FM station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 2,000 watts. The transmitter tower is on Street Road in Argyle.Radio-Locator.com/WNGN WNGN is also simulcast on a Massachusetts FM station and on two FM translators in the region.

History

The station, while it was still a construction permit, was assigned the call letters as WZYB on May 7, 1992. On September 1, 1993, the station changed its call sign to WNGX.[2]

It officially signed on the air in .[3] On July 13, 1998, the call letters became WNGN.[2]

In 2009, WNGN announced that two new affiliated stations would go on the air: WNGB (91.3 FM) in Petersham, Massachusetts, and WNGF (89.9 FM) in Swanton, Vermont.[4] In August 2013, Northeast Gospel Broadcasting reached a deal to sell WNGF to Christian Ministries.[5]

Simulcast

Call signdata-sort-type="number" FrequencyCity of licenseFacility IDdata-sort-type="number" ERP
W
data-sort-type="number" Height
m (ft)
ClassTransmitter coordinates
WNGB 91.3 FM 172199 600 -53m (-174feet) A

Translators

In addition to the main station, WNGN is relayed by FM translators to widen its broadcast area.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WNGN Facility Record . United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division .
  2. Web site: WNGN Call Sign History . United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division .
  3. Book: Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999. 1999. D-295. January 1, 2018.
  4. Web site: "Now", NY's K-Rock is History . 2009-03-16. 2009-03-16. NorthEast Radio Watch. Scott Fybush .
  5. News: VT, TX Noncomm FMs, FL, WI Translators Sold; Lotus Buys KMJE/Sacramento. March 20, 2014. All Access. September 3, 2013.