northern new jersey new york city metro area frequency 1500 khz first air date september 14 1964 as wker format oldies power 1 000 watts day only class d facility id 40078 transmitter coordinates 40 58 51 n 74 17 06 w 40.98083 n 74.28500 w 40.98083 ; 74.28500 callsign meaning w great hits former callsigns wker 1964 1993 owner mariana broadcasting webcast listen live website wghtradio.com wght 1500 am is a radio station licensed to serve pompton lakes new jersey usa . the station established in 1964 is owned by mariana broadcasting . wght broadcasts an oldies music format . wght personnel includes general manager john silliman and program director jimmy howes . howes is also wght radio s chief engineer and operations manager . wght s news director is award winning reporter and news caster mike forte . under his management wght has been awarded 5 garden state journalist awards in less than a year . contents 1 history 2 awards and honors 3 on air personnel 4 weekend air personnel 5 references 6 external links history edit on september 14 1964 wght signed on as wker . wker served as a test market station for radio stations like 77 wabc in the 1960s . the station was assigned the call sign wght which stands for great hits by the federal communications commission on august 6 1993 . 1 awards and honors edit the station has been an nab marconi radio award finalist and an nab crystal radio award finalist more than a dozen times and has received associated press news awards . wght s local sports department has won dozens of awards for their local high school sports coverage and broadcasts . wght s news department has been honored with awards from the associated press and the new jersey broadcasters association . in 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 and 2015 . the wght morning show with jimmy howes and greta latona has been honored with dozens of awards from the garden state journalists association for their celebrity interviews and on air contests . 2 on air personnel edit wght radio has a long history of being a launching pad for syndicated and new york city radio talent including fox sports personality kevin burkhardt and singer songwriter tracy chapman . current on air personalities include the wght morning show with jimmy howes and greta latona the mid morning show host is greta leshchyshyn latona afternoon drive host art rooney former uncle floyd show regular and mid day host john silliman . weekend air personnel edit jimmy howes pete bucky matt locker rich mccarthy greta latona pat murphy and jimmy sturr . latona also hosts morning praise on sunday mornings at 6 00 am and swing time an american music standards show at 8 00 am . references edit call sign history . fcc media bureau cdbs public access database . retrieved june 21 2009 . 2010 awards competition . garden state journalists association . archived from the original on september 18 2010 . retrieved april 27 2010 . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wght radio locator information on wght query nielsen audio s am station database for wght v t e radio stations in the morristown new jersey market by am frequency 1070 1160 1250 1410 1500 by fm frequency 88.1 90.5 105.5 107.9 by callsign wdha fm wdnj wght whtg wjsv wkmb wmtr wobm wold lp plus most new york city radio stations new jersey radio markets atlantic city cape may middlesex somerset union monmouth ocean morristown sussex trenton other new jersey radio regions vineland millville bridgeton nyc metro markets long island hudson valley partial poughkeepsie middlesex somerset union monmouth ocean morristown bridgeport danbury new haven stamford norwalk see also list of radio stations in new jersey v t e radio stations in the new york city market by am frequency 570 660 1 710 1 770 1 820 880 1 1010 1050 1130 1 1190 1280 1330 1380 1480 1560 1 1600 1620 new jersey 620 930 970 1430 1500 1530 1660 westchester county n.y. 1460 by fm frequency 87.7 88.9 89.12 89.9 90.3 new york 90.3 brooklyn 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.9 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.9 98.7 99.5 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 104.3 105.1 106.7 107.5 new jersey 88.3 89.12 89.5 90.3 91.1 93.1 94.7 99.1 100.3 102.3 105.5 105.9 106.3 107.1 westchester county n.y. 88.1 88.9 90.3 93.5 96.7 100.7 103.9 106.3 107.1 long island n.y. 92.7 103.5 via fm subcarrier 67 khz chinese radio new york gatewave radio reading service radio maria stati uniti italian 92 khz chung wah chinese broadcasting company icn radio radio maria estados unidos spanish rbc radio digital radio 710 880 1010 1280 1560 88.3 1 88.3 2 89.5 1 89.5 2 89.9 1 89.9 1 89.9 2 89.9 3 90.7 1 90.7 2 90.7 3 92.3 1 92.3 2 93.1 1 93.1 2 93.5 1 93.5 2 93.5 3 93.5 4 93.9 1 93.9 2 93.9 3 94.7 1 94.7 4 95.5 1 95.5 2 95.5 3 97.1 1 97.1 2 97.9 1 98.7 1 100.3 1 100.3 2 101.1 1 101.1 2 101.1 3 102.7 1 102.7 2 102.7 3 103.5 1 103.5 2 103.5 3 103.9 1 104.3 1 104.3 2 105.1 1 105.1 2 105.9 1 105.9 2 106.7 1 106.7 2 107.5 1 107.5 2 noaa weather radio frequency 162.550 by callsign kwo35 wabc 1 wado wary wawz waxq wbai wbbr 1 wbgo wbls wbmp wcbs 1 wcbs fm wepn wepn fm wfan 1 wfan fm wfdu2 wfme 1 wfme fm wfmu wfuv wght whcr fm whtz whud wicr wins wjdm wkcr fm wkdm wklv fm wkmk wkrb wktu wlib wltw wmca wmsc wnbm wnew fm wnsh wnsw wnyc wnyc fm wnye wnym wnyu fm2 wnyz lp wor 1 wpat wpat fm wplj wqbu fm wqht hd2 wqxr fm wqxw wsia wskq fm wsnr wsou wvip wvox wwes wwpr fm hd2 wwrl wwru wwrv wwzy wxny fm wxpk wzrc defunct whn 3 wnbc wnbc fm 3 wnew wyny 3 new york radio markets albany schenectady troy binghamton buffalo niagara falls elmira corning hudson valley nassau suffolk long island new york city olean plattsburgh poughkeepsie rochester syracuse utica rome watertown other new york radio regions ithaca jamestown dunkirk north country saratoga nyc metro markets long island hudson valley partial poughkeepsie middlesex somerset union monmouth ocean morristown bridgeport danbury new haven stamford norwalk see also list of radio stations in new york 1 clear channel stations with extended nighttime coverage . 2 stations share time on the frequency . 3 technically still active but on a different frequency with new call letters and different intellectual property . v t e oldies radio stations in the state of new jersey by frequency 1230 1250 1340 1410 1490 1500 92.1 94.3 98.3 by callsign wbss wcmc wght whtg wibg fm wmid wmtr wtku wvlt by city atlantic city avalon eatontown pleasantville morristown north cape may ocean city pompton lakes vineland wildwood see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in new jersey v t e daytime only radio stations in new jersey stations wfai salem wght pompton lakes wibg ocean city somers point wjdm elizabeth wkmb stirling wwtr bridgewater see also clear channel radio stations and why am radio stations must reduce power change operations or cease operations at night this article about a radio station in new jersey is a stub . you can help wikipedia by 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