WSKG-FM

Summary

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.

WSKG-FM
Broadcast areaSouthern Tier
Frequency89.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Programming
FormatPublic radio
SubchannelsHD2: WSQX-FM simulcast
AffiliationsNPR
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 ID74039
ClassB
ERP11,500 watts
HAAT317 meters (1,040 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
42°03′40″N 75°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
  • Public file
  • LMS
WebcastListen live
Websitewskg.org

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 edit

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
WSQA 88.7 FM (HD) Hornell, New York 81145 4,500 151 m (495 ft) B1 HD2 relays WSQX-FM
WSQC-FM 91.7 FM Oneonta, New York 74056 570 161 m (528 ft) A
WSQE 91.1 FM (HD) Corning, New York 74030 3,600 199 m (653 ft) B1 HD2 relays WSQX-FM
WSQG-FM 90.9 FM (HD) Ithaca, New York 74054 5,000 55 m (180 ft) B1 HD2 relays WSQX-FM

Translators edit

Call sign Frequency City of license ERP (W) FCC info Notes
W213BW 90.5 FM Watkins Glen, New York 10 FMQ relays WSKG-FM
W221CW 92.1 FM Ithaca, New York 250 FMQ relays WSQG-FM

See also edit

References edit

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

External links edit

  • WSKG-FM official website
  • WSKG in the FCC FM station database
  • WSKG in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
Other station data