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WGHT
WGHT (1500 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, United States. The station is owned by the Borough of Pompton Lakes and is currently simulcasting WTBQ's full-service format.
History.
On September 14, 1964, WGHT signed on as WKER, call letters for the founder, Bob Kerr. WKER served as a test market station for radio stations like 77-WABC in the 1960s. The station initially ran a contemporary MOR format that evolved to a full-service
partner to run it. On December 15, 2017, ownership was transferred and the station went silent. Silliman conducted the signoff.
On December 13, 2018 WGHT began temporarily simulcasting WALL radio, which is based in the Hudson Valley, NY in order to keep its broadcast license valid, a couple of days later WGHT again went silent.
In March 2019, Frank Truatt, owner of 1110 WTBQ/93.5 W228CG in Warwick, New York, announced plans to begin operating WGHT under a Local Marketing Agreement with the option to