WHTG (AM)

WHTG (1410 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format.^[2] Licensed to Eatontown, New Jersey, the station serves the Monmouth and Ocean County areas. WHTG is owned by Press Communications, LLC and features programming from AP Radio.^[3] The station also broadcasts on FM translator W264DH on 100.7 FM in Eatontown.

WHTG

Eatontown, New Jersey United States
Broadcast area	Monmouth–Ocean County, New Jersey
Frequency	1410 kHz
Branding	The Breeze
Programming
Format	Oldies
Affiliations	AP Radio
Ownership
Owner	Press Communications, LLC
Sister stations	WKMK WTHJ WWZY WBHX WBBO
History
First air date	November 1, 1957 (1957-11-01)
Call sign meaning	Harold and Theo Gade (station founders)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	72323
Class	D
Power	500 watts (day) 126 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	40°16′10.4″N 74°4′17.5″W
Translator	W264DH 100.7 (Eatontown)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	breezeradio.com

History

WHTG signed-on the air on November 1, 1957, a simulcast of its co-owned station WHTG-FM. In 1984, when the station began playing a big-band standards format, WHTG-FM began featuring alternative rock. Eventually the station gravitated toward an oldies format, called "Great Gold".

Until its purchase in 2000 by Press Communications, the station was privately owned by the Gade family, the station's founders. While the station maintains its original AM tower and transmitter site in Tinton Falls, the studios are now located in nearby Neptune.

During the 1960s, Wally Dow announced, sold time, and performed all general duties at the station. He was general manager of the station from 1968 until September 1970, when he and his family moved to Florida.

For much of its history WHTG was a daytime only radio station. The station's traditional signoff was Perry Como's recording of "The Lord's Prayer", used every day except for Yom Kippur when a different signoff was used. Relaxing of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules allowed the station to broadcast for two hours after local sunset and now broadcasts around the clock on 500 watts daytime and 126 watts nighttime. Once the station changes over to 126 watts the listening radius is severely diminished.

On July 28, 2022 WHTG changed its branding to "The Breeze", now positioning as "The Jersey Shore's Feel Good Station". "The Breeze" was previously used on Press stations WBHX and WWZY until 2013.^[4]

Translator

Broadcast translator for WHTG

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
W264DH	100.7 FM	Eatontown, New Jersey	156685	21	74.9 m (246 ft)	D	40°16′41.4″N 74°4′49.5″W	LMS