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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WHGG
| logo             =
| city             = [[Kingsport, Tennessee]]
| area             = [[Tri-Cities, Tennessee|Tri-Cities]], [[Virginia|VA]]/[[Tennessee|TN]]
| branding         = ''Love Radio FM''
| frequency        = 1090 [[kilohertz|kHz]]
| translator       = 97.3 W247CH (Kingsport)<br>100.3 W262CG ([[Spurgeon, Tennessee|Spurgeon]])
| airdate          = [[1967 in radio|1967]]
| format           = [[Contemporary Christian]]
| power            = 10,000 [[watt]]s day<br>1,800 watts [[critical hours]]
| class            = D
| facility_id      = 64508
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns =
| affiliations     =
| owner            = Kenneth Clyde Hill
| sister_stations  = [[WABN]], [[WETB]], [[WPWT]]
| webcast          = [http://whgg.streamon.fm Listen Live]
| website          = [http://www.loveradio.fm loveradio.fm]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WHGG''' (1090 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[Contemporary Christian]] formatted [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] [[radio station]] licensed to [[Kingsport, Tennessee]], serving the [[Tri-Cities, Tennessee|Tri-Cities]], [[Virginia|VA]]/[[Tennessee|TN]] area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WHGG AM 1090 kHz in Kingsport, Tennessee |url=https://radiostation.info/am/tennessee/WHGG/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Radio Station Net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AM Station WHGG - Station Information - FCC Public Inspection Files |url=https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/am-profile/WHGG |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=publicfiles.fcc.gov}}</ref>
==History==
This station signed on the air in 1967 with call letters [[WGOC]] and a modern-Nashville-country music format. The original owner was insurance mogul J.T. Parker, and the first station manager was Phil Roberts, who was hired away from crosstown station WKIN where he had been a popular morning host.
The first song played on the air on the morning of sign-on was [[I Washed My Face In The Morning Dew]] by [[Tom T. Hall]]. The 45-RPM disc hung on the wall of the station's original lobby on West Center Street in Kingsport until the studios were moved elsewhere in the 1980s.
The original power was 1,000 watts and the station originally operated sunrise-to-sunset, with [[Pre-sunrise and post-sunset authorization|6am-to-sunrise power]] of 7.85 watts. The original transmitter location, which was abandoned in the 1970s, was at the intersection of West Stone Drive and Granby Road in western Kingsport.
==Management==
WHGG shares the same management as sister stations [[WHCB]] and [[WPWT]].
== References ==
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==External links==
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*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|144416|W247CH}}
*{{FXL|W247CH}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|140909|W262CG}}
*{{FXL|W262CG}}
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