WGAN
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| City of license | Portland, Maine |
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| Broadcast area | Portland, Maine |
| Branding | 560 WGAN |
| Slogan | "Maine's #1 for News and Talk" |
| Frequency | 560 kHz |
| First air date | 1938 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 58544 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°41′22″N 70°19′00″W / 43.68944°N 70.31667°W |
| Callsign meaning | Guy GANnett |
| Owner | Saga Communications of New England |
| Sister stations | WMGX, WPOR, WYNZ, WCLZ, WZAN, WBAE |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wgan.com |
WGAN is an American AM radio station licensed to Portland, Maine and owned by Saga Communications. It is located at 560 on the AM band. The current format is news/talk, with local news being provided by a small local staff and national news provided by CBS.
The station was founded in 1938 by Guy Gannett Publishing, which was then the owner of the Portland Press Herald newspaper. WGAN gained a companion television station, WGAN-TV, in 1956; it was later renamed WGME. The station is simulcast on WGIN AM 1400 Biddeford.
External links [edit]
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WGAN
- Radio-Locator Information on WGAN
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WGAN
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