WGAN

WGAN

City of license	Portland, Maine
Broadcast area	Portland, Maine, metropolitan area
Branding	560 WGAN
Slogan	"NewsRadio WGAN: Maine's #1 for News and Talk"
Frequency	560 kHz
Translator(s)	105.5 W288CU (Portland)
Repeaters	93.1 WMGX-HD2 1400 kHz WGIN (Biddeford, Maine)
First air date	1938 (560 kHz), 1948 (1400 kHz)
Format	News/Talk
Power	5,000 watts (560 kHz), 1000 watts (1400 kHz)
Class	B
Facility ID	58544
Transmitter coordinates	43°41′22″N 70°19′00″W / 43.68944°N 70.31667°W / 43.68944; -70.31667
Callsign meaning	Guy GANnett Publishing Company (previous owner)
Affiliations	Premiere Networks Westwood One Network TheBlaze Network ABC Radio News
Owner	Saga Communications of New England
Sister stations	WMGX, WPOR, WYNZ, WCLZ, WZAN, WBAE
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wgan.com

This was the Logo of 560 WGAN (from July 2002 until May 27, 2014), before the addition of Low-Power FM Translator Frequency, 105.5 W288CU-FM.

WGAN (560 kHz) is an American AM radio station licensed to Portland, Maine. The station is owned by Saga Communications and calls itself "Newsradio 560 and 105.5." The format is news/talk, with local news being provided by a local staff and national news provided by ABC Radio News.

The station is also heard on a low-power FM translator, 105.5, which allows listeners who prefer FM radio to hear WGAN in and around the city of Portland. In addition, WGAN is heard on the HD2 channel of co-owned 93.1 WMGX. WGAN is simulcast on WGIN AM 1400 Biddeford for better coverage in York County, Maine. AM 560 broadcasts at 5000 watts around the clock, covering much of Southern Maine and along the Maine Coast up to Rockland. Studios and offices are located on Western Avenue in South Portland and the transmitter is near the Maine Turnpike off Warren Avenue in Portland.

Programming

WGAN airs a local wake-up show, with syndicated programs the rest of the day. Weekdays begin at 5 a.m. with The WGAN Morning News with Ken and Mike. At 9 a.m., Glenn Beck is heard followed at noon by Rush Limbaugh. Boston-based but Portland-born Howie Carr is heard in afternoons. At 7 p.m., WGAN airs Mark Levin and at 10 p.m., it's John Batchelor. Overnight, WGAN carries Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.

Weekend mornings begin with a local talk show hosted by John McDonald, 6 to 10 a.m. Weekend syndicated programming includes The Tech Guy with Leo LaPorte and a financial/political show hosted by Larry Kudlow. There are also shows on gardening and home repair, as well as repeats of weekday shows.

History

The station was founded in 1938 by Guy Gannett Publishing, which was then the owner of the Portland Press Herald newspaper.^[1] WGAN gained a companion television station, WGAN-TV 13, in 1954 and a co-owned FM station, 102.9 WGAN-FM (now WBLM) in 1967. Until the early 1980s, Gannett's Portland operations owned the major daily newspaper, the CBS television station, 102.9 WGAN-FM and 560 WGAN, two of the city's top radio stations. Channel 13 was later renamed WGME when WGAN-AM and FM were sold to Taylor Communications in 1983. In 1987, WGAN was sold by Taylor to Saga Communications, its present owner.

WGAN adds FM Translator

On May 27, 2014 WGAN began simulcasting on FM translator W288CU 105.5 FM, via WMGX's HD2 subchannel.^[2]

References

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WGAN

Radio-Locator Information on WGAN

Radio stations in the Portland, Maine market

By AM frequency	560 730 780 870 900 970 1310 1400 1440 1450 1490

By FM frequency	88.3 88.5 88.7 89.3 90.1 90.9 91.9 92.1 92.5 93.1 94.3 94.9 95.5 95.9 96.3 96.9 97.1 97.9 98.9 99.3 99.9 100.5 100.9 101.9 102.9 103.7 104.7 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.5 107.9

By callsign	W223BH W245AA W263BZ WBAE WBCI WBLM WBQQ WCLZ WCME WCYY WFNK WGAN WGIN WHOM WHTP WHXR WJBQ WJJB-FM WJTO WJZF-LP WJZP-LP WKTQ WLOB WLVP WMEA WMGX WMPG WMSJ WPEI WPKQ WPOR WPPI WRED WRKJ WSEW WTHT WTME WXEX-FM WXTP WYAR WYFP WYNZ WZAN

Maine radio markets Augusta–Waterville Bangor Portland Other Maine radio regions Northern & Downeast Maine Lewiston–Auburn See also List of radio stations in Maine Portsmouth Concord Northeast Kingdom Sherbrooke / Estrie

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Maine

Stations	WGAN – Portland WGIN – Biddeford WLOB – Portland WMDR – Augusta WNZS – Veazie WVOM-FM – Howland WVQM – Augusta WWNZ – Veazie WXME – Monticello WZAN – Portland WZON – Bangor

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Maine

Saga Communications, Inc.

Radio stations	KAFE KAZR KBAI KDXY KEGI KGMI KISM KICD KICD-FM KIOA/K260AM KJBX KMIT KMRR KMYR KPSZ KPUG KRNT KSTZ KUQL WAFX WAQY WBAE WBCO WCLZ WCNR WCVQ WDBR WFEA WGAN/WGIN WHAI WHBG WHCU WHMP/WHMQ/WHNP WHQG WINA WIII WINQ WISE WIXY WJMR-FM WJOI WJYI WKBK WKFN WKLH WKNE WKVT WKVT-FM WLFZ WLRW WLZX WMGX WMLL WMQR WNAX WNAX-FM WNND/WNNP WNOR WNRG-FM WNYY WOXL-FM WPOR WPVQ WQEL WQMZ WQNY WQPO WQQL WREE WRND WRND-FM WRSI WRSY WSIG WSNI WSNY WSVA WTAX WVAX WVMX WVVR WWRE WWWV WYMG WYNZ WYSE WYXL WYXY/W221CK WZAN WZBK WZID WZZP

Radio networks	Illinois Radio Network Michigan Farm Radio Network Michigan Radio Network Minnesota Farm Radio Network Minnesota News Network

Television stations	KAVU-TV (ABC) KOAM-TV (CBS) KFJX (Fox)¹ KVCT (Fox)¹ KXTS-LD (CBS) KMOL-LD (NBC) KVTX-LP (TMD) KUNU-LP (UNI)

¹Saga Communications operates these stations owned by Surtsey Media.

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