WKIP
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| Broadcast area | Mid-Hudson Valley |
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| Frequency | 1450 kHz |
| Branding | NewsRadio 1450/1370 WKIP |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Talk radio |
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| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | June 5, 1940 |
Call sign meaning | Middle syllable of Poughkeepsie |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 73163 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 910 watts night |
| Translator | 98.5 W253BV (Poughkeepsie) |
| Repeater | 1370 WJIP (Ellenville) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | 1450wkip |
WKIP (1450 AM) is a commercial talk radio station licensed to Poughkeepsie, New York. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, and broadcasts at 1,000 watts by day and 910 watts at night from a single tower adjacent to its studios in the Arlington section of the Town of Poughkeepsie. It uses a non-directional antenna at all times. Programming is also heard on FM translator W253BV at 98.5 MHz and on WJIP (1370 AM) in Ellenville, New York.
Most of the schedule features nationally syndicated programs, largely from co-owned Premiere Networks. Weekdays begin with Your Morning Show with Michael DelGiorno. He's followed by The Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Mark Levin Show, The Jesse Kelly Show, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal. Weekends feature specialty programs including The Kim Komando Show, At Home with Gary Sullivan, The Weekend with Michael Brown, Rich DeMuro on Tech, Bill Handel on the Law, Sunday Night with Bill Cunningham, Somewhere in Time with Art Bell and The Jesus Christ Show with Neil Saavedra. Some weekend hours are paid brokered programming. Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio.