WOPG-FM (89.9

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) is a

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to Esperance, New York and owned by Pax et Bonum, Inc. The station primarily carries satellite-fed programming by EWTN Radio. It is

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with co-owned WOPG

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in Albany. The radio studios and offices are on Kenwood Avenue in

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. The station broadcasts at 1,400 watts

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(ERP) and serves the Mohawk Valley and

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History

WOPG is the newest radio station in the Mohawk Valley region, having signed on November 3, 2010. The station is a "

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" into both Albany and Utica, and has its

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at a former microwave tower located near

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. In October 2013, Pax et Bonum announced that it would acquire WDDY (1460 AM) from

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. It had carried programming from Radio Disney. When that network decided to give up most of its radio stations, AM 1460 was available for purchase. Upon the deal's completion, that station was renamed WOPG and became a simulcast of WOPG-FM. Concurrently, the station relocated its studios to the 1460 transmitter site in

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. The acquisition was made to improve WOPG-FM's reception in the Capital District, which is affected by terrain. For those listeners who can't clearly receive the FM signal in the Capital District, they can still listen to 1460 AM.

References

External links

Article on the volunteer work on WOPG
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