WHTG (AM)

WHTG

City	Eatontown, New Jersey
Broadcast area	Monmouth County, New Jersey Ocean County, New Jersey
Frequency	1410 kHz
Branding	Great Gold 1410
Programming
Format	Oldies
Affiliations	AP Radio
Ownership
Owner	Press Communications, LLC
Sister stations	WJLP, WKMK / WTHJ, WWZY / WBHX, WBBO
History
First air date	November 1, 1957
Call sign meaning	Harold and Theo Gade, station founders
Technical information
Facility ID	72323
Class	D
Power	500 watts day 126 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	40°16′10.00″N 74°4′19.00″W / 40.2694444°N 74.0719444°W / 40.2694444; -74.0719444
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Links
Website	1410amradio.com

WHTG (1410 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format.^[1] Licensed to Eatontown, New Jersey, United States, the station serves the Monmouth County and Ocean County area. The station is currently owned by Press Communications, LLC and features programming from AP Radio.^[2]

The station also broadcasts on simulcast translator W264DH on 100.7 FM in Eatontown, New Jersey.

History[]

WHTG AM Sign-on the air on November 1, 1957.

The station simulcast the programming offerings of its co-owned station WHTG-FM until 1984, when the AM station began playing a big-band standards format while the FM station began featuring alternative rock. Eventually the station gravitated toward an oldies format, called "Great Gold", which it retains today.

Until its purchase in 2000 by Press Communications, the station was privately owned by the Gade family, the station's founders. While the station maintains its original AM tower and transmitter site in Tinton Falls, the studios are now located in nearby Neptune.

During the sixties, Wally Dow announced, sold time, and performed all general duties at the station. He was general manager of the station from 1968 until September 1970, when he and his family moved to Florida.

For much of its history WHTG was a daytime only radio station. The station's traditional signoff was Perry Como's recording of "The Lord's Prayer", used every day except for Yom Kippur when a different signoff was used. Relaxing of FCC rules allowed the station to broadcast for two hours after local sunset and now broadcasts around the clock on 500 watts daytime and 126 watts nighttime. Once the station changes over to 126 watts the listening radius is severely diminished.

Translators[]

Broadcast translators of WHTG

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP (W)	Height (m (ft))	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
W264DH	100.7	Eatontown, New Jersey	156685	125	121 m (397 ft)	D	40°16′41″N 74°4′51″W / 40.27806°N 74.08083°W / 40.27806; -74.08083 (W264DH)	FCC LMS

References[]

External links[]

• WHTG in the FCC AM station database
• WHTG on Radio-Locator
• WHTG in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

• W264DH in the FCC FM station database
• W264DH on Radio-Locator

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