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WPGS
WPGS (840 AM) was a commercial radio station licensed to Mims, Florida, serving the Space Coast including parts of Brevard County and Volusia County. The station is currently silent. WPGS is licensed as a daytimer. During daylight hours, it transmitted with a power of 1,000 watts, non-directional. Because 840 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky, is the dominant Class A station, WPGS must sign off between sunset and sunrise to avoid interference with the nighttime skywave signal of WHAS.
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WPGS (840 AM) was a commercial radio station licensed to Mims, Florida, serving the Space Coast including parts of Brevard County and Volusia County. The station is currently silent. WPGS is licensed as a daytimer. During daylight hours, it transmitted with a power of 1,000 watts, non-directional. Because 840 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky, is the dominant Class A station, WPGS must sign off between sunset and sunrise to avoid interference with the nighttime skywave signal of WHAS.
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