WPGG
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| City | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
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| Branding | WPG Talk Radio 104.1 |
| Slogan | South Jersey's Talk Station |
| Frequency |
1450 kHz (also on HD Radio via WSJO-HD2) |
| Translator(s) | W281BH (104.1, Absecon, relays WSJO-HD2) |
| First air date | 1940 (as WFPG) |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Language(s) | English |
| Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 10448 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°22′42″N 74°26′53″W / 39.37833°N 74.44806°W |
| Callsign meaning | World's Play Ground G |
| Former callsigns | WFPG (1940-1970s) WIIN (1970s-1988) WFPG (1988-2002) WKXW (2002-2006) WENJ (2006-2012) |
| Affiliations |
Premiere Networks Westwood One |
| Owner |
Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Atlantic City License, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WFPG, WENJ, WSJO, WPUR |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wpgtalkradio.com |
WPGG (1450 AM; "WPG Talk Radio 104.1") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The station is owned by Townsquare Media and the broadcast license is held by Townsquare Media Atlantic City License, LLC. Operating with non-directional 1,000 watts day and night, the station can be heard throughout New Jersey's Ocean, Atlantic, and Cape May Counties and into southern Delaware, coastal Maryland, coastal North Carolina, the southern side of much of Long Island, NY, and southern parts of Cape Cod, MA. Since October 22, 2012, the station broadcasts a talk radio format under the branding "WPG Talk Radio 1450." In May, 2016, reflecting the frequency of its FM translator, 104.1 W281BH, the station rebranded as "WPG Talk Radio 104.1." WPGG's transmitter is located in Atlantic City, while its studios are in, and translator transmits from, Northfield, New Jersey.
The 1450 frequency in Atlantic City first hit the airwaves in 1940 with its original call letters of WFPG, which stood for "World's Famous Play Ground." For several decades, WFPG aired a full service format, which included a mixture of adult standards, big band, and easy listening music, from studios on the world famous Steel Pier on the Atlantic City boardwalk.
Towards the late 1970s, when casino gambling arrived in Atlantic City, WFPG became "Win 1450" and changed its call letters to WIIN. In 1985, Rog Tees took over as news director and hired anchors, Jeff Scott, Greg Gaston, Carla Contento Kenny, and Vince Scanlon, along with sports director Jim Wise and sports anchor Greg Toland. When the all-news/talk anchors departed for other positions in larger markets, ratings plummeted. By 1988, the WFPG call letters, which had remained in use on a co-owned FM station, had returned to the AM facility.
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