WSKG-FM

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WSKG-FM
Broadcast area Southern Tier
Frequency 89.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Programming
Format Public radio
Subchannels HD2: WSQX-FM simulcast
Affiliations NPR
Ownership
OwnerWSKG Public Telecommunications Council
WSKG-TV, WSQX-FM
History
First air date
1975;49 years ago (1975)
Call sign meaning
derived from WSKG-TV
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 74039
Class B
ERP 11,500 watts
HAAT 317 meters (1,040 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
42°03′40″N75°56′46″W / 42.061°N 75.946°W / 42.061; -75.946
Translator(s) See § Translators
Repeater(s) See § Simulcasts
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website wskg.org

WSKG-FM, 89.3 MHz FM, is an NPR member station in Binghamton, New York. It has an effective radiated power of 11.5 kW. Due to hilly terrain, the signal is repeated on several other frequencies located throughout South Central New York State.

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WSKG-FM began broadcast in October 1975. Its operator WSKG Public Telecommunications Council is a cooperative non-profit of the State University of New York Board of Regents and New York State Department of Education. [2]

The station's format had long been principally classical music, NPR talk radio programs, and NPR news, with jazz on Friday evenings after All Things Considered and various folk music played on Saturday evenings after A Prairie Home Companion . On February 3, 2019, WSKG shuffled programming so that WSKG-FM took on an all-NPR and BBC talk and news format.

WSKG-TV and WSQX-FM are other broadcast stations operated by the WSKG Public Telecommunications Council.

Simulcasts

WSKG-FM has five repeater stations to rebroadcast its programming

Call sign Frequency City of license Facility ID ERP
W
Height
m (ft)
Class Notes
WSQA88.7 FM (HD) Hornell, New York 811454,500151 m (495 ft)B1HD2 relays WSQX-FM
WSQC-FM91.7 FM Oneonta, New York 74056570161 m (528 ft)A
WSQE91.1 FM (HD) Corning, New York 740303,600199 m (653 ft)B1HD2 relays WSQX-FM
WSQG-FM90.9 FM (HD) Ithaca, New York 740545,00055 m (180 ft)B1HD2 relays WSQX-FM

Translators

Call sign Frequency City of license ERP (W)FCC infoNotes
W213BW90.5 FM Watkins Glen, New York 10 FMQ relays WSKG-FM
W221CW92.1 FM Ithaca, New York 250 FMQ relays WSQG-FM

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WSKG-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "About | WSKGWSKG".
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