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WSPK (104.7 FM, "K-104.7") is a CHR radio station licensed to Poughkeepsie, New York and broadcasting from studios in Fishkill. It is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and broadcasts on 104.7 MHz at an ERP of 7.4 kilowatts〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WSPK Facility Record )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WSPK 54 dBu contour map )〕 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. ==History== Poughkeepsie Newspaper Incorporated, then owner of WKIP, signed on WHVA 104.7 MHz on December 7, 1947.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1949 Broadcasting Yearbook page 310 )〕 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. In its early years, the station played classical music and for a time was a part of a regional network operated by station WQXR. In 1950, WHVA was sold to the Rural Radio Network, which later turned into Northeast Radio Corp. The call sign was changed to WRRH.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1954 Broadcasting Yearbook, Page 228 )〕 In June 1953, WRRH was sold to Dutchess Broadcasting Corporation, owners of WKIP. This would make the second time the station was co-owned with WKIP. The call letters were changed to WKIP-FM and the station adopted a full-time simulcast of WKIP's full service format. In 1968 WKIP-FM added stereo capabilities and split off from its AM sister station with a Top 40 format. In 1970 WKIP-FM was sold to Beacon Broadcasting, owner of WBNR, and took on new call letters: WSPK (Stereo Poughkeepsie). With new owners came a 60% simulcast with WBNR that created a varied middle of the road/classical/beautiful music format which was commonplace on many FM stations at the time. The new owners also chose an unusual identifier for an FM frequency: ''10-47'' (said on-air as "ten-forty-seven"). By 1972, the station changed to a country music format to counter the newly relaunched WPDH. Country did not last long on the frequency and in the Fall of 1974, WSPK adopted a Top 40 format under the moniker "10-47, More Music!", which ran from the Fall of 1974 to early 1977. During this period, WSPK simulcasted the WBNR morning show hosted by Rick Liota. The station also simulcasted with WBNR on the weekends, breaking away for network newscasts on the half hour and when WBNR ran Yankees baseball, WSPK played pre-recorded oldies tapes voiced by Liota. The national radio show "American Top 40 with Casey Kasem" also debuted during this time and would stay on the air on the weekends until 1988, when WSPK opted to keep Casey Kasem on the air with "Casey's Top 40" until 1991. In the spring of 1977, WSPK again went after WPDH which had flipped from country to automated album-oriented rock (AOR) a year earlier with instant ratings success. WSPK's AOR format concentrated on quieter tracks than PDH's approach and struggled as WPDH refined its rock format. In 1978, SPK went to an unusual CHR/Oldies hybrid called "Gold N' Stereo" combining music by Sugarhill Gang, Neil Diamond, The Who, Abba, Free, Prince, and the Monkees. The station itself evolved to a more pure CHR "hit music" format from 1980 through 1981. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WSPK」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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