WSPK
| City | Poughkeepsie, New York |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Hudson Valley, eastern Catskills, Western Connecticut and Far Northern New Jersey |
| Branding | K-104.7 |
| Slogan | Today's Hit Music |
| Frequency | 104.7 MHz |
| First air date | December 7, 1947 (as WHVA) |
| Format | CHR |
| ERP | 7,400 watts |
| HAAT | 381 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 19630 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°29′19.30″N 73°56′51.018″W / 41.4886944°N 73.94750500°W |
| Callsign meaning | W Stereo PoughKeepsie |
| Former callsigns | WKIP-FM(1947–1952) WHVA (1952 briefly) WRRH (1952–1953) WKIP-FM (1953–1970) |
| Owner |
Pamal Broadcasting (6 Johnson Road Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WBNR, WBPM, WGHQ, WHUD, WLNA, WXPK |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | k104online.com |
WSPK (104.7 FM, "K-104.7") is a CHR radio station licensed to Poughkeepsie, New York and broadcasting from studios at 715 Rt.52 in Beacon, New York. It is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and broadcasts on 104.7 MHz at an ERP of 7.4 kilowatts from a tower at the top of Mount Beacon in Fishkill.
WSPK's main coverage area is centered on the Hudson Valley, with secondary targeting into the eastern Catskills; Northern Westchester County; the Danbury, Connecticut area; and Pike County, Pennsylvania. For many years, the station's top-of-hour ID mentioned its coverage of parts of five states (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts) and "an itty-bitty piece of Vermont." WSPK reaches the Bronx and, until the launch of stations at adjacent frequencies in the early 1990s, Albany as well. In recent years illegal pirate broadcasters have begun broadcasting on 104.7 in the Bronx and Brooklyn which interfere with K-104's signal in Southern Westchester and the Bronx where the station used to be listenable all the time.
Poughkeepsie Newspaper Incorporated, then owner of WKIP, signed on WHVA 104.7 MHz on December 7, 1947. It was the first FM station to sign on between New York City and the Albany area. The transmitter site was located on North Mount Beacon in an area that was mainly a bungalow colony above the Mount Beacon Incline Railway and casino. The building and tower had been previously used by WOKO in the late 1920s. While that site did not work well for AM radio because of the poor ground conductivity, it proved an excellent site for FM radio due to its height advantages.
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