WKGO (88.1 FM) is a

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Murrysville, Pennsylvania Murrysville is a Home rule municipality (Pennsylvania), home rule municipality in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 21,006 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Greater Pittsburgh, Pit ...

, serving the Eastern suburbs of the

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. It carries an

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. WKGO is owned and operated by Broadcast Educational Communications, Inc., a not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation. The

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s and offices are on Lincoln Highway in North Versailles. The

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is off Turkey Ridge Road in Murrysville. As of December 19, 2019, WKGO is

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on KQV (1410 AM) in

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* KGO Radio stations established in 1994 1994 establishments in Pennsylvania Easy listening radio stations {{Pennsylvania-radio-station-stub