WSGS is a
Country
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formatted
broadcast
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radio station
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licensed to
Hazard
A hazard is a potential source of harm
Harm is a moral and legal concept.
Bernard Gert construes harm as any of the following:
* pain
* death
* disability
* mortality
* loss of abil ity or freedom
* loss of pleasure.
Joel Feinberg giv ...
,
Kentucky
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,
United States
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, serving
Eastern Kentucky
Eastern may refer to:
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*China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai
* Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways
* Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991
* Eastern Air ...
and
Southwest Virginia
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.
WSGS is owned and operated by Mountain Broadcasting Service, Inc.
Due to the high altitude of the station's transmitter, WSGS's strong signal can be heard throughout
eastern Kentucky
Eastern may refer to:
Transportation
*China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai
* Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways
* Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991
* Eastern Air ...
,
southwest Virginia
Southwest Virginia, often abbreviated as SWVA, is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth. Located within the broader region of western Virginia, Southwest Virginia has been defined alternatively as all Vir ...
, and northeastern
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
, including parts of the
Tri-Cities Tri-Cities most often refers to:
*Tri-Cities, Tennessee, United States
*Tri-Cities, Washington, United States
Tri-City, Tricity or Tri-Cities may also refer to:
Populated places
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Canada
*Tri-Cities (British Columbia), consisting of Co ...
.
References
External links
WSGS Online*
1947 establishments in Kentucky
Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1947
SGS SGS may refer to:
Acronym usage
* ISO 639-3 code for the Samogitian dialect
* ISO 3166 trigram for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
* FAA location identifier for South St. Paul Municipal Airport
Companies and organizations
* SGS Essen ...
Hazard, Kentucky
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