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WPGW (AM)
WPGW (1440 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Portland, Indiana, USA. The station is currently owned by Wpgw, Inc. and features programing from CNN Radio and Westwood One.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WPGW Facility Record )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WPGW Station Information Profile )〕
==Early history 1951-1974==
Glenn West, a local electronics engineer founded the AM station in 1950 with its initial sign-on that took place January 14, 1951. From that point until the summer of 1974, West (owner/operator/original licensee) and his wife ran the station with a potpourri of big band nostalgia, middle of the road, polka and adult standards. Much of its programming was geared to older adults past the age of 50...some of the 15-inch transcription LPs were still in use in addition to public service programs produced by Armed Forces recruiters on 12 inch LPs. West anchored all local news (obits,hospital report and weather) at 12 noon and before sign-off at local sunset well into his later years when his voice aged.
ABC Radio news aired at the top and bottom of the hour and again at five minutes before the top of the hour. This practice continued well into the late 1960s and early 1970s when ABC diversified its radio network into its "demographic" networks (American Information,American Entertainment and American Contemporary). Only the American FM Network was not used. At the time WPGW was only a daytime station. An FM grant from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was given to West as a construction permit in 1973 but due to West's advancing age and health concerns,the station was put up for sale. At the time the station was sold to new owners,the control room studio was still equipped with the original Gates transmitter, audio console, two 15 inch transcription turntables and a reel-to reel tape recorder/playback deck. There were no audio cartridge playback machines used as most commercials were done either live by West and his wife or played directly on reel-to-reel.The adjacent on-air studio included a piano and microphone (but no audio production facilities since nearly all local programming was done live)in addition to a home-built EBS "air alert" receiver system located near the station's office. WPGW was one of the last stations in Indiana still using the original vintage equipment since its initial 1951 sign-on.
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