WGSP (1310
kHz) is a
commercial AM radio station in
Charlotte, North Carolina, known as ''Latina 102.3 y 107.5''. It is owned by Norsan Media and broadcasts a
Spanish-language
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Adult Contemporary radio format. Programming is
trimulcast on
WGSP-FM 102.3
MHz and
FM translator W298CF at 107.5 MHz. Programming is also heard on
1060 AM
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WXNC Monroe and its
translator at 97.3 MHz.
By day, WGSP is powered at 5,000
watts
non-directional. But to protect other stations on
1310 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1310 kHz: The Federal Communications Commission classifies 1310 AM as a regional frequency.
In Argentina
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, it greatly reduces power at night to 240 watts and switches to a
directional antenna
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. The
radio studio
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s are on East Independence Boulevard in Charlotte. The
transmitter is off Bellaire Drive, near West Brookshire Freeway (
North Carolina Highway 16) in Charlotte.
FM Translator
In addition to the main station on 1310
kHz, WGSP programming is relayed to an
FM translator.
History
On August 23, 1958, the station
signed on
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* Using sign language
* Signature, placing one's name on a document
* Signature (disambiguation)
* Manual communication, signing as a form of communication using the hands in place of the voice
* Digital signature
A dig ...
as WKTC as a
country music station. It was a
daytimer station, required to go off the air at night. WKTC
disc jockey Johnny Jacobs demonstrated that a person could live in a
fallout shelter for a long period of time (which people during the
Cold War
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feared they would have to do), spending a week there and contacting the station by phone.
1310 AM became Charlotte's first full-time
Christian radio
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station, WHVN, in August 1971 around the time George H. Buck Jr. bought the station. As of 1980, about 65 percent of programming was "spoken word". When the
1240
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Events
By place
Europe
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frequency became available early in the 80s, allowing 24-hour broadcasts, WHVN moved from 1310, which only allowed a daytime signal.
WGSP ("Great Sounds of the Past") returned to the air as one of Charlotte's first
oldies stations, playing a wide variety of standard pop hits and "
beach music." In 1985, with no other area stations playing
classic rock this small AM station became one of the first in the country to shape a format around vintage rock and roll from the 1960s and 1970s. WGSP became the second most listened to AM station in the market. At its peak, the WGSP air staff included Program Director Paul Ingles, Rick Ballew, Fielding Spicer, David Appleford, Phil England and Darby James. After a couple of years of growth by WGSP, other FM stations in the region adopted the "Classic Rock" format and, with their better signals, WGSP lost audience and was sold to religious broadcasters.
WGSP became a
gospel station and this format continued until 2004, when the switch was made to the current format. During 2006 and 2007, WGSP's programming aired on
WGSP-FM, at 102.3 FM. Programs included "La Voz del Immigrante" ("The Voice of the Immigrant").
[Franco Ordoñez, "The Local News en Español - Spanish-Language Media Growing to Meet Needs of Charlotte's Burgeoning Latino Community, ''The Charlotte Observer'', December 29, 2005.] WGSP has simulcast the La Tremenda Network with
WXNC.
References
External links
Listen To The Story Of WGSP as a Classic Rock Stationhttp://www.paulingles.com/ramFiles/WGSPCLIP1.ram]
website
{{Charlotte Radio
Radio stations in the Charlotte metropolitan area, GSP (AM)
Regional Mexican radio stations in the United States
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Radio stations established in 1965