WHTG (AM)
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WHTG is a radio station
broadcasting a Oldies
format. Licensed to Eatontown, New Jersey
, the station serves the Monmouth County area. The station is currently owned by Press Communications, LLC and features programing from AP Radio.
The station simulcast the programming offerings of its co-owned station WHTG-FM
until 1984, when the AM station began playing a big-band standards format while the FM station began featuring alternative rock. Eventually the station gravitated toward an oldies format, called "Great Gold", which it retains today.
Until its purchase in 2000 by Press Communications, the station was privately owned by the Gade family, the station's founders. While the station maintains its original AM tower and transmitter site in Tinton Falls, the studios are now located in nearby Neptune.
During the decade of the sixties Wally Dow announced,sold time and otherwise performed all general duties at the station. He was general manager of the station from 1968 until September 1970, when he and his family moved to Florida.
For much of its history WHTG was a daytime only radio station. The station's traditional signoff was Perry Como
's recording of "The Lord's Prayer", used every day except for Yom Kippur
when a different signoff was used. Relaxing of FCC rules allowed the station to broadcast for two hours after local sunset and now broadcasts around the clock on 500 watts daytime and 126 watts nighttime.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting a Oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
format. Licensed to Eatontown, New Jersey
Eatontown, New Jersey
Eatontown is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 12,709.What is now Eatontown was originally incorporated as Eatontown Township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 4, 1873, from portions of Ocean Township and...
, the station serves the Monmouth County area. The station is currently owned by Press Communications, LLC and features programing from AP Radio.
The station simulcast the programming offerings of its co-owned station WHTG-FM
WHTG-FM
WBBO is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Hit Radio format. Licensed to Ocean Acres, New Jersey, it serves Ocean & Burlington counties in New Jersey as well as the New Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia. It first began broadcasting in 1993 under the call sign WQNJ, but more recently operated...
until 1984, when the AM station began playing a big-band standards format while the FM station began featuring alternative rock. Eventually the station gravitated toward an oldies format, called "Great Gold", which it retains today.
Until its purchase in 2000 by Press Communications, the station was privately owned by the Gade family, the station's founders. While the station maintains its original AM tower and transmitter site in Tinton Falls, the studios are now located in nearby Neptune.
During the decade of the sixties Wally Dow announced,sold time and otherwise performed all general duties at the station. He was general manager of the station from 1968 until September 1970, when he and his family moved to Florida.
For much of its history WHTG was a daytime only radio station. The station's traditional signoff was Perry Como
Perry Como
Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...
's recording of "The Lord's Prayer", used every day except for Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur , also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest and most solemn day of the year for the Jews. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue...
when a different signoff was used. Relaxing of FCC rules allowed the station to broadcast for two hours after local sunset and now broadcasts around the clock on 500 watts daytime and 126 watts nighttime.