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| Broadcast area | Hampton Roads |
| Frequency | 1310kHz |
| Branding | Fox Sports 1310 and 100.9 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio |
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| History | |
First air date | December 6, 1926 (1926-12-06) |
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Former frequencies |
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Call sign meaning | "World's Greatest Harbor" |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 72103 |
| Class | B |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 37°2′43.53″N76°26′52.81″W / 37.0454250°N 76.4480028°W /37.0454250; -76.4480028 |
| Translator | 100.9 W265EF (Newport News) |
| Repeater | 94.1 WVSP-FM HD2 (Yorktown) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WGH (1310AM) is a commercialradio station licensed toNewport News, Virginia, United States, and servingHampton Roads.[4] WGH is owned and operated byMax Media,[5] and airs asports format. It mostly carries shows fromFox Sports Radio and calls itself "Fox Sports 1310 and 100.9." Studios and offices are on Greenwich Road inVirginia Beach, Virginia.
WGH's transmitter is sited off of Mary Ann Drive inHampton, just over the line from Newport News. Programming is also heard on low-powerFM translatorW265EF at 100.9MHz in Newport News.
Station WPAB was first licensed on 940 kHz on December 6, 1926. The station was assigned thecall letters WGH and moved to 1310 kHz in 1928. Due to the implementation of theNARBA treaty, WGH moved to 1340 kHz in 1941, only to move back to 1310 kHz in 1948.[2] Because it dates back to the early days of radio, WGH is the only station in Virginia to retain its three-lettercall sign, although there were periods in its history when it used the call letters WNSY and WCMS. The call letters for WGH and itssister station 97.3WGH-FM stand for "World's Greatest Harbor", a slogan for the Hampton Roads or Tidewater area of Virginia, where there is a large shipbuilding industry and both commercial and military ports. For much of the 1960s and 1970s, WGH was a populartop 40 station.
On October 5, 2009, WGH swapped formats withWXEZ (94.1 FM) and became anurban gospel station as "Star 1310".[6] On July 28, 2017, WGH switched to a format of 1950s-60soldies.[7]
On February 28, 2019, WGH changed its format from oldies to urban talk and urban oldies, branded as "1310 The Power".[8]
On June 15, 2020, WGH changed its format to business talk, branded as "Money Talk".[9]
On January 6, 2023, WGH changed its format from business talk to sports, branded as "Fox Sports 1310".[10]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W265EF | 100.9FM | Newport News, Virginia | 202208 | 250 | D | 36°50′28.80″N76°8′9.4″W / 36.8413333°N 76.135944°W /36.8413333; -76.135944 (W265EF) | LMS |