WGSV (1270 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Guntersville, Alabama. The station is owned by Guntersville Broadcasting Company, Inc. It airs a news/talk format.[3]
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| Frequency | 1270 kHz |
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| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Guntersville Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | April 16, 1950[1] |
Call sign meaning | GunterSVille |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 25675 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 124 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°18′31″N 86°17′44″W / 34.30861°N 86.29556°W |
| Translator(s) | 96.3 W242CO (Guntersville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
The station was granted the WGSV call sign by the Federal Communications Commission.[4]
Programming
editLocal programming includes a "Swap Shop" show called Tell Me How. Notable syndicated programming includes shows hosted by Sean Hannity, Dan Bongino, Sebastian Gorka, Bill O'Reilly (political commentator) and Kim Komando. Overnight, the station broadcasts the syndicated Coast to Coast AM hosted by George Noory.[5] The station also broadcasts the syndicated Saturday night program Somewhere In Time hosted by Art Bell.[5] The station began carrying The Rush Limbaugh Show near its inception and did so for 30 years. The station in mid to late 2016 added an FM translator on 96.3 MHz.
References
edit- ^ "WGSV Station History". WGSV TalkRadio 1270.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGSV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ a b "Alabama Affilias". Coast to Coast AM. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
External links
edit- WGSV official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 25675 (WGSV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WGSV in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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