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WGAC (AM)

February 28, 2024

WGAC (580 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Augusta, Georgia. The station carries a talk radio format simulcast with co-owned 95.1 WGAC-FM Harlem, Georgia. The stations are owned by Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., through licensee Beasley Media Group Licenses, LLC. The radio studios and offices are on Jimmie Dyess Parkway in Augusta.[1]

WGAC
Broadcast areaAugusta metropolitan area
Frequency580 kHz
BrandingNewsTalk WGAC
Programming
FormatTalk
AffiliationsPremiere Networks
Westwood One
Fox News Radio
Ownership
Owner
WCHZ-FM, WDRR, WGAC-FM, WGUS-FM, WKXC-FM
History
First air date
1940
Technical information
Facility ID4435
ClassB
Power5,000 watts day
840 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
33°40′44″N 82°4′48″W / 33.67889°N 82.08000°W / 33.67889; -82.08000 (day)
33°31′29″N 81°54′31″W / 33.52472°N 81.90861°W / 33.52472; -81.90861 (night)
Translator(s)101.9 W270CY (Augusta)
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitewgac.com

WGAC is a rare radio station that uses transmitter sites in different states. In the daytime, WGAC is powered at 5,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna off King Street in Martinez, Georgia. But at night, to avoid interfering with other stations on 580 AM, WGAC reduces power to 840 watts, using a directional antenna with a four-tower array, off Old Sudlow Lake Road in North Augusta, South Carolina.[2] Programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translator W270CY at 101.9 MHz.[3]

Programming edit

On weekdays, WGAC has local shows in AM and PM drive time, with nationally syndicated shows heard the rest of the day. Weekdays begin with "Augusta's Morning News" with John Patrick, Mary Liz Nolan and Steve Smith. In late afternoons, Austin Rhodes hosts a conservative talk call-in show. Also on the schedule are Glenn Beck, Dave Ramsey, Mark Levin, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and America in the Morning with John Trout.

Weekends feature shows on money, gardening, golfing, cars, technology, religion and law. Syndicated weekend shows include Kim Komando, The Motley Fool, Handel on the Law and Somewhere in Time with Art Bell as well as repeats of weekday shows. WGAC broadcasts games of the Augusta GreenJackets minor league baseball team. Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio.

History edit

In 1940, WGAC signed on the air. It originally broadcast on 1210 kilocycles at only 250 watts, a fraction of its current power. It was owned by Twin States Broadcasting.[4] WGAC was an NBC Blue Network affiliate, carrying its schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio."

In 1941, after the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), WGAC moved to AM 1240. A few years later, WGAC got approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move to 580 kHz, with a big increase in power, 5,000 watts by day and 1,000 watts at night.[5] The Blue Network became the ABC Radio Network.

In 1978, the Beasley Broadcast Group acquired WGAC-AM and later, added an FM station (95.1) which is licensed to Harlem, Ga. and simulcasts the WGAC-AM programing.[6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ WGAC.com/station-info-2
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WGAC
  3. ^ Radio-Locator.com/W270CY
  4. ^ Information from Broadcasting Yearbook 1941 page 114
  5. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 120
  6. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 page D-157

External links edit

  • WGAC official website
  • WGAC in the FCC AM station database
  • WGAC in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
  • W270CY in the FCC FM station database
  • W270CY at FCCdata.org

February 28, 2024
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