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WGM (AM)
WGM was an Atlanta, Georgia AM radio broadcasting station, operated by the ''Atlanta Constitution'' newspaper from March 17, 1922 to July 29, 1923. Although the station gained national prominence, it was shut down by its owner after just over a year of operation. The station equipment was then donated to Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech, where it was used in early 1924 to help set up radio station WBBF (later WGST, now WGKA AM 920). History In early 1922 there was growing interest by the general public about the introduction of radio broadcasting. On December 1, 1921 the U.S. Department of Commerce, which regulated radio at this time, adopted a regulation formally establishing a broadcasting station category, which set aside the wavelength of 360 meters (833 kHz) for entertainment broadcasts, and 485 meters (619 kHz) for market and weather reports. By the end of the year there were over 500 authorized stations in the United States. In many communities the ...
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Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County. With a population of 520,070 (2024 estimate) living within the city limits, Atlanta is the eighth most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast and List of United States cities by population, 36th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census. Atlanta is classified as a Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Beta +, Beta + global city and is the principal city of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, the core of which includes Cobb County, Georgia, Cobb, Clayton County, Georgia, Clayton and Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett counties, in addition to Fulton and DeKalb. ...
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Georgia Institute Of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, GT, and simply Tech or the Institute) is a public university, public research university and Institute of technology (United States), institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Established in 1885, it has the largest student enrollment of the University System of Georgia, University System of Georgia institutions and satellite campuses Georgia Tech Savannah, in Savannah, Georgia, and Georgia Tech Europe, Metz, France. The school was founded as the Georgia School of Technology as part of Reconstruction era of the United States, Reconstruction efforts to build an industrial economy in the Southern United States after the American Civil War, Civil War. Initially, it offered only a degree in mechanical engineering. By 1901, its curriculum had expanded to include electrical, civil, and chemical engineering. In 1948, the school changed its name to reflect its evolution from a Vocational school, ...
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WGKA
WGKA (920 AM) branded ''AM 920 The Answer'' is a commercial conservative talk radio station licensed to Atlanta, Georgia, serving primarily the Atlanta metropolitan area. Currently owned by Salem Media Group, WGKA serves as the Atlanta affiliate for the Salem Radio Network and the Clemson Tigers football radio network. WGKA's studios are located on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, while its transmitter is located near the Morningside Nature Preserve. History WBBF The station was first licensed by the U.S. Department of Commerce on 1110 kilocycles, on January 7, 1924; owned by the Georgia Institute of Technology, then known as the "Georgia School of Technology", it was issued the sequentially issued call sign of WBBF."New Stations: Broadcasting Stations"
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Atlanta Constitution Radio Department Page (06AUG1922)
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County. With a population of 520,070 (2024 estimate) living within the city limits, Atlanta is the eighth most populous city in the Southeast and 36th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 U.S. census. Atlanta is classified as a Beta + global city and is the principal city of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, the core of which includes Cobb, Clayton and Gwinnett counties, in addition to Fulton and DeKalb. Metro Atlanta is home to more than 6.4 million people (2024 estimate), making it the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan area. Situated among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains at an elevation of just over above sea level, Atlanta features unique topography that includes rolling hills, lush greenery, and the densest urban tree coverage of any major city in the United States. Atlan ...
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WSB (AM)
WSB (750 kHz) is a commercial broadcasting, commercial AM radio station in Atlanta, Georgia. It simulcasts a news/talk radio format with 95.5 WSBB-FM. WSB and WSBB-FM are the flagship stations for Cox Media Group which also owns three other Atlanta radio stations and WSB-TV. WSB is among the highest billing stations in the U.S. The station's studios and offices are in the WSB Television and Radio Group Building on Peachtree Street, West Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta. WSB is powered at 50,000 watts, the maximum for commercial AM stations. WSB is a clear-channel class A station and uses a non-directional antenna. The station's transmitter and radiating tower are northeast of Atlanta at the Northlake Tower Festival Shopping Center, off Lavista Road in Tucker, Georgia. Its daytime coverage area is not as large as 50,000-watt AM stations in other parts of the country due to Georgia's poor ground conductivity; as such, a number of outer Atlanta suburbs only receive a grade B si ...
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WGM Atlanta Radio Station Orchestra (1923)
WGM may refer to: * Weil, Gotshal & Manges, a law firm based in New York city * West Glamorgan, preserved county in Wales, Chapman code * White Girl Mob, an American hip hop group * Woman Grandmaster, a high-ranking women's chess title * World Gospel Mission, a Christian missionary agency headquartered in Marion, Indiana * We Got Married, a South Korean reality show * Workgroup Manager, a software program bundled as part of Mac OS X Server * WGM (AM) WGM was an Atlanta, Georgia AM radio broadcasting station, operated by the ''Atlanta Constitution'' newspaper from March 17, 1922 to July 29, 1923. Although the station gained national prominence, it was shut down by its owner after just over a y ...
, an Atlanta, Georgia radio station that operated from March 1922 to July 1923 {{disambig ...
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Marion L
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Clark Howell
Clark Howell (September 21, 1863 – November 14, 1936) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American newspaper man and politician from the state of Georgia. For fifty-three years, he was editorial executive and owner of ''The Atlanta Constitution''. Early years and education Clark Howell was born on September 21, 1863, in Erwinton, in Edgefield County, South Carolina, to Julia A. Erwin and Evan P. Howell. During the American Civil War his mother was in South Carolina while his father, Captain Evan Howell, served in the infantry and commanded a Confederate artillery battery. After the war, Howell's father moved the family to Atlanta where the senior Howell cut and sold timber from family land. Two years later, Evan Howell found employment as a reporter and city editor for the ''Atlanta Intelligencer''. In 1876, Evan Howell bought a half interest in the ''Atlanta Constitution'' from Col. E.Y. Clarke. The other half interest was owned by William A. Hemphill, future mayor of Atlant ...
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List Of Initial AM-band Station Grants In The United States
List of initial AM-band station grants in the United States reviews the first standard radio broadcasting stations that were authorized in the United States. This review begins with the introduction of the broadcasting service in the United States, through the end of June 1922. (List of temporary broadcasting stations in the United States, Temporary station grants are not included. Also omitted are stations in other service categories, such as WQB in Hartford, Connecticut and WWV (radio station), WWV in Washington, D. C., which were never listed as broadcasting stations.) Initially there were no formal standards for radio stations making broadcasts for the general public, and a variety of stations, most operating under Experimental or Amateur station licenses, conducted broadcasts on a regular schedule. On December 1, 1921, the U.S. Department of Commerce, which regulated radio at this time, adopted the first regulation formally establishing a broadcasting station category, wh ...
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Radio Stations In Georgia (U
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the United States state of Georgia, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WACL (570 AM) * WAYS * WBHB * WBKZ (880 AM, Athens, Georgia) * WBMQ * WBRQ * WBUE-LP * WCUG (Cuthbert, Georgia) * WGAF (910 AM, Valdosta) * WGHC (FM), Tallulah Falls * WGHC (1400 AM), Clayton * WGM (AM) * WGMI * WGML * WGPC * WHLE-LP * WJLG * WJTP * WLVN-LP * WMGA (1130 AM, Moultrie) * WRFV * WSEM (1500 AM, Donalsonville) * WSYL * WWGS (1430 AM, Tifton) See also * Georgia media ** List of newspapers in Georgia (U.S. state) ** List of television stations in Georgia (U.S. state) ** Media of cities in Georgia: Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Savannah * Georgia Association of Broadcasters References Bibliography * * * External links * * (Directory ceased in 2017) Images File:1970s wttibuildi ...
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Radio Stations Established In 1922
Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connected to an antenna which radiates the waves. They can be received by other antennas connected to a radio receiver; this is the fundamental principle of radio communication. In addition to communication, radio is used for radar, radio navigation, remote control, remote sensing, and other applications. In radio communication, used in radio and television broadcasting, cell phones, two-way radios, wireless networking, and satellite communication, among numerous other uses, radio waves are used to carry information across space from a transmitter to a receiver, by modulating the radio signal (impressing an information signal on the radio wave by varying some aspect of the wave) in the transmitter. In radar, used to locate and track objects like air ...
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1922 Establishments In Georgia (U
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