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| City | Portland, Maine |
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| 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) |
| Repeater(s) | 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 |
| 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 |
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.
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 Matt. At 9 a.m., Laura Ingraham 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.
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