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| Broadcast area | South Central Pennsylvania |
| Frequency | 1320kHz |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Silent |
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| History | |
First air date | August 27, 1950 (75 years ago) (1950-08-27) |
Call sign meaning | Gettysburg |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 67132 |
| Class | B |
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| Translator | 93.7 W229DK (Gettysburg) |
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Public license information | |
WGET (1320AM) is a commercial radio station. Owned by Forever Media, it is licensed toGettysburg, Pennsylvania.
By day, WGET broadcasts at 1,000 watts. But to protect other stations on1320 AM, from interference, at night, it reduces power to 500 watts. Programming is also heard onFM translator W229DK at 93.7 FM.
The station made itsdebut broadcast on August 27, 1950. Robert Smith ofNew Oxford, Pennsylvania, was the announcer who put WGET on the air. Twenty years later, on August 27, 1970, he and Lester M. Blair ofGettysburg, Pennsylvania, an engineer/announcer, were the only two people still working for WGET. The station signed on with power of 250 watts. As an aside, Walter Lane, photographer and amateur radio operator W3KGN in town had a transmitter that produced 275 watts. In March 1961, Judge W.C. Sheeley, who had made the principal address at the opening ceremony, pressed a button in the press room of the Hotel Gettysburg which converted WGET from a 250-watt to a 1,000-watt AM station and a 10,000-watt FM station. At one time using a single tower, there are now has three AM towers and a 500-foot FM tower.[2]
In January 1951, WGET affiliated with the short-livedProgressive Broadcasting System radio network.[3] From the 1960s to the 1980s, WGET and later WGET-FM were affiliated with theMutual Broadcasting System.[4]
For much of the early 2000s, WGET had afull service,adult contemporary format. In January 2011, the station flipped to asports radio format as an affiliate of theFox Sports Radio network. In June 2013, it switched affiliations toESPN Radio.
On May 21, 2019, WGET, along withsister stationWHVR inYork, Pennsylvania, began simulcasting anadult contemporary format with the launch ofFM translator W229DK at 93.7 FM which rebroadcasts WGET.
On January 1, 2022, WGET and WHVR changed their formats tocontemporary hit radio. With this change, they ended their simulcast and were branded as "Nu 93.7" and "Nu 95.3", respectively. The "Nu" branding was shared with WNUU (92.7) in nearby Starview.[5]
On November 1, WGET and WHVR dropped their top 40/CHR format and beganstunting withChristmas music, branded as "Santa 93.7", with a new format to launch in January 2023.[6] On January 1, the stations returned to an adult contemporary format, and revived the "Happy" branding that had been used prior to January 2022. WNUU concurrently made identical format changes and becameWPPY.[7] The stations again began playing Christmas music under the "Santa" name on November 1, and annually ever since.[8]
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