WGFT
WGFT (1330 AM) – branded Star 94.7 – is a commercial daytime-only urban adult contemporary radio station licensed to Campbell, Ohio. Owned by Helen Bednarczyk through licensee Y-Town Radio Broadcasting, LLC, the station serves the Youngstown metropolitan area as the local affiliate for The Steve Harvey Morning Show; and the home of syndicated personalities Donnie McClurkin, Michael Baisden and Keith Sweat. WGFT also simulcasts over Girard translator W234CH (94.7 FM).
Broadcast area | Youngstown metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 1330 kHz |
Branding | Star 94.7 |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Urban adult contemporary |
Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
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History | |
First air date | October 16, 1955 |
Former call signs | WHOT (1955–90) WFNV (1990) WYWR (1990–92) WZKC (1992–93) WASN (1993–2003) |
Former frequencies | 1570 kHz (1955–63) |
Call sign meaning | former GIFT nickname |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 74164 |
Class | D |
Power | 500 watts day |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°5′21.00″N 80°36′55.00″W |
Translator(s) | 94.7 W234CH (Girard) |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | 947-star |
The WGFT studios are located in downtown Youngstown, while the transmitter for WGFT resides on Blaine Avenue in Youngstown's Hazelton neighborhood; W234CH's transmitter is located on Sunset Drive in Youngstown's Pleasant Grove neighborhood. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WGFT is available online.