WPGS
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Broadcast area | Space Coast |
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Frequency | 840 kHz |
Branding | Promesa 840 |
Programming | |
Format | Spanish Contemporary Christian |
Ownership | |
Owner | WPGS, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | September 18, 1984 (as WNUY) |
Former call signs | WNUY (1984–1986) WPGS (1986–2009) WGRU (2009–2011) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 73876 |
Class | D |
Power | 1,000 watts day |
Transmitter coordinates | 28°44′20.00″N 80°53′2.00″W / 28.7388889°N 80.8838889°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | www.promesa.vip |
WPGS (840 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Mims, Florida, serving the Space Coast including parts of Brevard County and Volusia County. The station broadcasts a Spanish Contemporary Christian format and is owned by WPGS, Inc.[2]
WPGS is a daytimer. During daylight hours, it transmits 1,000 watts, non-directional. Because 840 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which WHAS Louisville, Kentucky is the dominant Class A station, WPGS must sign off between sunset and sunrise to avoid interference with the nighttime skywave signal of WHAS.
History
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The station signed on the air on September 18, 1984. The original call sign was WNUY.
On May 1, 1986, the station changed its call sign to WPGS.[3]
In 1998 the station served as a critical news center for residents during the fires which claimed many homes and lives nearby. Normally a daytime-only station, WPGS stayed on throughout the danger with the owner at one point climbing the tower to see how close the fires were getting to the community.[4]
In October 2009, WPGS dropped the Talkstar radio network to become part of the Smooth Jazz "Groove Network."
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPGS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WGRU Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "WGRU Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "WPGS-AM 840 Titusville".
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 73876 (WPGS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WPGS in Nielsen Audio's AM station database