WGY (810 WGY) is a Talk radio station licensed to Schenectady, New York and owned by Clear Channel Communications. It broadcasts 50,000 Watts non-directional from a single tower in the Town of Rotterdam. It is one of the United States's oldest radio stations as well as the oldest in New York's Capital Region. WGY was the flagship station of General Electric's broadcast group from 1922 until 1983. It is the heritage clear-channel occupant of the 8...
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WGY (810 WGY) is a Talk radio station licensed to Schenectady, New York and owned by Clear Channel Communications. It broadcasts 50,000 Watts non-directional from a single tower in the Town of Rotterdam. It is one of the United States's oldest radio stations as well as the oldest in New York's Capital Region. WGY was the flagship station of General Electric's broadcast group from 1922 until 1983. It is the heritage clear-channel occupant of the 810 kHz frequency and has a signal which covers much of the Northeast by day and much of the eastern United States by night.
As early as 1912, General Electric company in Schenectady began experimenting with radio transmissions, being granted a class 2-Experimental license for 2XI on August 13, 1912 by the Commerce Department.
WGY signed on on February 20, 1922 at 7:47pm at 360 meters wavelength (about 833 KHz), with Kolin Hager at the mike, or as he was known on the air, as KH. Hager signed on with the stations call letters, explaining the W...
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