WSKG-FM
Radio station in Binghamton, New York, United States
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| |
| Broadcast area | Southern Tier |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 89.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Programming | |
| Format | Public radio |
| Subchannels | HD2: WSQX-FM simulcast |
| Affiliations | NPR |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | WSKG Public Telecommunications Council |
| WSKG-TV, WSQX-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1975 |
Call sign meaning | derived from WSKG-TV |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 74039 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 11,500 watts |
| HAAT | 317 meters (1,040 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42.061°N 75.946°W |
| Translator | See § Translators |
| Repeater | See § Simulcasts |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wskg.org |
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 had long been principally classical music, NPR talk radio programs, and NPR news, with jazz on Friday evenings after All Things Considered and various folk music played on Saturday evenings after A Prairie Home Companion. On February 3, 2019, WSKG shuffled programming so that WSKG-FM took on an all-NPR and BBC talk and news format.
WSKG-TV and WSQX-FM are other broadcast stations operated by the WSKG Public Telecommunications Council.
Simulcasts
WSKG-FM has five repeater stations to rebroadcast its programming
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | Facility ID | ERP W |
Height m (ft) |
Class | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSQA | 88.7 FM (HD) | Hornell, New York | 81145 | 4,500 | 151 m (495 ft) | B1 | HD2 relays WSQX-FM |
| WSQC-FM | 91.7 FM | Oneonta, New York | 74056 | 570 | 161 m (528 ft) | A | |
| WSQE | 91.1 FM (HD) | Corning, New York | 74030 | 3,600 | 199 m (653 ft) | B1 | HD2 relays WSQX-FM |
| WSQG-FM | 90.9 FM (HD) | Ithaca, New York | 74054 | 5,000 | 55 m (180 ft) | B1 | HD2 relays WSQX-FM |
Translators
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | FCC info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W213BW | 90.5 FM | Watkins Glen, New York | 74033 | 10 | LMS | relays WSKG-FM |
| W221CW | 92.1 FM | Ithaca, New York | 151614 | 250 | LMS | relays WSQG-FM |
