WGH (1310

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) is a commercial AM

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, and serving

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. WGH is owned and operated by Max Media, and airs a

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. It mostly carries shows from

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and calls itself "Fox Sports 1310 and 100.9." Studios and offices are on Greenwich Road in

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. WGH operates with 20,000

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s by day and 5,000 watts at night. To protect other stations on 1310 AM, it uses a

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, sending much of the signal to the east. The

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is off Mary Ann Drive in

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, just over the line from Newport News. Programming is also heard on 250-watt

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W265EF at 100.9

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in Newport News.

History

Station WPAB was first licensed on 940 kHz on December 6, 1926. The station was assigned the

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WGH and moved to 1310 kHz in 1928. Because it dates back to the early days of radio, WGH is the only station in Virginia to retain its three-letter

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, although there were periods in its history when it used the call letters WNSY and WCMS. The call letters for WGH and its

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97.3

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stand for "World's Greatest Harbor", a slogan for the Hampton Roads or Tidewater area of Virginia, where there is a large shipbuilding industry and both commercial and military ports. For much of the 1960s and 1970s, WGH was a popular

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station. On October 5, 2009, WGH swapped formats with WXEZ (94.1 FM) and became an

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station as "Star 1310". On July 28, 2017, WGH switched to a format of 1950s-60s

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. On February 28, 2019, WGH changed its format from oldies to urban talk and urban oldies, branded as "1310 The Power". On June 15, 2020, WGH changed its format to business talk, branded as "Money Talk". On January 6, 2023, WGH changed its format from business talk to sports, branded as "Fox Sports 1310".WGH Brings Fox Sports Back to Norfolk
Radioinsight - January 6, 2023

References

External links

WGH Online
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