WKGC 90
WKGC may refer to: * WKGC (AM), a defunct radio station (1480 AM) formerly licensed to serve Southport, Florida, United States * WKGC-FM WKGC-FM (90.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Panama City, Florida, United States. The station is currently owned by Gulf Coast State College. WKGC-FM was the brainchild of two Gulf Coast students, Charles Wooten and Ron Johnson, who concoct ...

WKGC (AM)
WKGC (1480 AM) was a radio station licensed to Southport, Florida, United States. The station served the Panama City, Florida area. The station was last owned by Ron Hale, through licensee Ommni Broadcasting LLC. History WKGC began broadcasting in 1957 as WTHR, a popular music and weather station, and operated until 1962, when it went dark. This lasted for three years, until Don McCoy (later founder of Magic Broadcasting) helped launch WGNE (branded as ''Genie Radio'') once again as a popular music station, starting on 25 June 1965. Due to newfound success, in 1971, WGNE-FM went on the air, which proved more successful for the station than the AM signal previously had. Both stations were soon sold to Janus Broadcasting in the 1970s, but still aired the same pop music format. In early 1982, Janus Broadcasting donated the radio station to Gulf Coast State College to supplement WKGC-FM, and its callsigns were changed accordingly. This sale led to the WKGC cluster being the first ...
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