WSKG-FM
City | Binghamton, New York |
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Broadcast area | Southern Tier, Northern Tier |
Frequency | 89.3 MHz |
First air date | October 1975 |
Format | Public radio |
Audience share | 10.4 (FALL 2007, RRC[1]) |
ERP | 11,500 watts |
HAAT | 317 meters |
Class | B |
Callsign meaning | (see WSKG-TV) |
Affiliations | NPR |
Owner | WSKG Public Telecommunications Council |
Sister stations | WSQX, WSKG-TV |
Website | http://www.wskg.org |
WSKG-FM, 89.3 MHz FM, is an NPR member station in Binghamton, New York. It has an effective radiated power of 11.5 kW. Due to hilly terrain, the signal is repeated on several other frequencies located throughout South Central New York State.
WSKG-FM began broadcast in October, 1975. Its operator WSKG Public Telecommunications Council is a cooperative non-profit of the State University of New York Board of Regents and New York State Department of Education.[2]
The station's format is principally classical music, NPR talk radio programs, and NPR news. However, jazz is played Friday evenings after All Things Considered and various folk music is played on Saturday evenings after A Prairie Home Companion.
WSKG-FM has six repeater stations to rebroadcast its programming:
- WSQG-FM 90.9 FM, Ithaca, New York, ERP of 5 kW.
- WSQC-FM 91.7 FM, Oneonta, New York, ERP of 0.57 kW
- WSQE 91.1 FM, Corning, New York, ERP of 3.6 kW
- WSQA 88.7 FM, Hornell, New York, ERP of 4.5 kW
- WINO-FM 89.9 FM, Odessa, New York, ERP of 0.25 kW
- WIOX 88.7 FM, Roxbury, New York, ERP of 3.3 kW
Additionly, the station operates FM translators in:
- W215AB at 90.9 FM, Watkins Glen, New York, with an ERP of 8 watts
- W290CI at 105.9 FM, Cooperstown, New York, with an ERP of 0.01 kW
WSKG-TV and WSQX-FM are other broadcast stations operated by the WSKG Public Telecommunications Council.
References
- ↑ "Ithaca Market Ratings". Radio Research Consortium (Arbitron). Fall 2007.
- ↑ http://www.wskg.org/about
External links
- WSKG official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WSKG
- Radio-Locator information on WSKG
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WSKG
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WSQG
- Radio-Locator information on WSQG
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WSQG
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WSQC
- Radio-Locator information on WSQC
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WSQC
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WSQE
- Radio-Locator information on WSQE
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WSQE
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WSQA
- Radio-Locator information on WSQA
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WSQA
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W215AB
- Radio-Locator information on W215AB
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WINO
- Radio-Locator information on WINO
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WINO
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WIOX
- Radio-Locator information on WIOX
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WIOX
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W290CI
- Radio-Locator information on W290CI
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for W290CI
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Coordinates: 42°03′40″N 75°56′46″W / 42.061°N 75.946°W