WGFP
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| City | Webster, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Worcester County, Massachusetts Northern Rhode Island Northeastern Connecticut |
| Frequency | 940 kHz |
| Branding | The Lake 940 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Just Because, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | March 29, 1980[1] |
Call sign meaning | Gilbert Francis Perry (relative of original owner) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 50232 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 4 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°3′17.00″N 71°50′0.00″W / 42.0547222°N 71.8333333°WCoordinates: 42°3′17.00″N 71°50′0.00″W / 42.0547222°N 71.8333333°W |
| Translator(s) | 99.3 MHz W257EH (Webster) |
| Links | |
| Website | lake940 |
WGFP (940 AM; "The Lake") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Webster, Massachusetts, United States, the station serves the Worcester area. The station is owned by Just Because, Inc.[2]
WGFP serves Southern Worcester County, Northern Rhode Island and Northeastern Connecticut. WGFP also provides the area with local high school sports (football and basketball) live with Matt Morway and Pete Geanis.
For several years now[when?] WGFP has been operating from a long wire antenna instead of a tower.[3] On the site of the tower rests an experimental tower WX1CFA using a "crossed field" design.[4]
On December 29, 2017, WGFP changed formats to classic hits as “The Lake 940”.[5] The station previously broadcast a country format.
References[]
- ^ "WGFP reception verification" (PDF). April 1, 1980. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
- ^ "WGFP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=33076
- ^ "Crossed Field Antenna Test - the Virtual Engineer - Broadcast Engineering Forums".
- ^ Lake940.com, “Webster Has A Brand New Radio Station”; December 30, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
External links[]
- Official website
- WGFP in the FCC AM station database
- WGFP on Radio-Locator
- WGFP in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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