WGCH

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WGCH
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Broadcast area Fairfield and Westchester Counties
Frequency 1490 kHz
BrandingNews Talk AM 1490 WGCH
Programming
Format News/Talk
Ownership
Owner
  • Rocco and Susan Forte
  • (Forte Family Broadcasting, Inc.)
History
First air date
September 15, 1964;59 years ago (1964-09-15)
Call sign meaning
Greenwich
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 65674
Class C
Power 1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
41°1′37″N73°37′59″W / 41.02694°N 73.63306°W / 41.02694; -73.63306
Translator(s) none
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live (via TuneIn)
Website www.wgch.com

WGCH (1490 AM, "News Talk AM 1490") is a radio station licensed to serve Greenwich, Connecticut. The station is owned by Rocco and Susan Forte, through licensee Forte Family Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a News/Talk format. [2]

The station was assigned the WGCH callsign by the Federal Communications Commission in 1964. [3]

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WGCH". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.