WGAS (1420
kHz
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) is an
AM radio station
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in
South Gastonia, North Carolina. The station has an
urban gospel
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radio format
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with some
Christian talk and teaching
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programs. It is owned by Victory Christian Center, Inc.
Programming is
simulcast
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on 93.3
WOGR-FM Salisbury
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,
WOGR 1540 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1540 kHz: 1540 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency. KXEL Waterloo, Iowa, and ZNS-1 Nassau, Bahamas, share Class A status on 1540 AM.
Argentina
* LU 28 in General Madariaga, ...
Charlotte
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*Charlotte (given name), a feminine form of the given name Charles
** Princess Charlotte (disambiguation)
** Queen Charlotte (disambiguation)
*Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, a city
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and
FM translator
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W202BW at 88.3 MHz in
Harrisburg
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.
By day, WGAS is powered at 500
watt
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s. But to protect other stations on
1420 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1420 kHz: 1420 AM is a Regional broadcast frequency.
Argentina
* LRI220 in Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires
Mexico
* XEEW-AM in Matamoros, Tamaulipas
* XEF-AM in Ciudad Juárez, Chi ...
, at night it reduces power to only 41 watts. It uses a
non-directional antenna
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.
Radio-Locator.com/WGAS
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References
External links
Victory Christian Center
GAS
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