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WCHZ-FM
WCHZ-FM (93.1 Hertz, MHz, "Hot 95.5/93.1") is a commercial radio, commercial radio station broadcasting a classic hip hop radio format, format. It is city of license, licensed to Warrenton, Georgia, and serves Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area, Greater Augusta. The station goes by the name "Hot 95.5/93.1" and is owned by Beasley Broadcasting, Beasley Media Group, with studios on Jimmie Dyess Parkway in Augusta. History The station sign-on, signed on the air on . It was assigned the call sign, call letters WRFN. It launched with a sports radio format, owned by Beard Broadcasting alongside sister AM sports station, WRDW (AM), WRDW. Beasley Broadcasting purchased both stations in 1999. On October 3, 2003, the station changed its call sign to WGAC-FM, simulcasting news/talk WGAC (AM), WGAC (580 AM). On August 10, 2011, WGAC-FM's news/talk format moved to 95.1 FM, licensed to Harlem, Georgia, swapping frequencies with rock-formatted WGAC-FM, WCHZ; the stations also swapped call s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCHZ (AM)
WCHZ (1480 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a classic hip hop format, simulcasting WCHZ-FM 93.1 Warranton, Georgia. Licensed to Augusta, Georgia, United States, the station was owned by Beasley Media Group. The transmitter was located along River Watch Parkway northwest of downtown Augusta. History The station was first licensed in 1930 to Warren C. Davenport's Musicove, Inc., at 309 Eighth Street in Augusta, for 100 watts on 1370 kHz. The original call letters of WRDW were randomly assigned from an alphabetic list of available call signs, and a later slogan was adopted of "Where Radio Does Wonders". Singer James Brown subsequently became the station's owner. Expanded Band assignment On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available " Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with WRDW authorized to move from 1480 to 1630 kHz. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGAC-FM
WGAC-FM (95.1 Hertz, MHz) is a radio station located in Augusta, Georgia. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to the town of Harlem, Georgia, Harlem and broadcast on with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 5.7 kW. It simulcasts a news/talk format with WGAC (AM), WGAC 580. Its studios are located just two blocks from the Augusta-Richmond County border in unincorporated Columbia County, Georgia and the transmitter is in Grovetown, Georgia, at the interchange of Interstate 20 and Georgia State Route 388, GA 388. History WGAC-FM signed on in November 1992 as an alternative rock outlet named "Channel Z 95.1", giving the area its first station playing that type of music. Although the station had a small but loyal audience, it was handicapped with a signal that covered 2/3 of the Augusta/Aiken, South Carolina, Aiken market. It was nominated in 1996 for "Small Market Station Of The Year" as well as then-Music Director Johnny Cage for "Music Direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHHD
WHHD (98.3 FM) is a top 40 (CHR) station serving the Augusta, Georgia metro area. It is owned by Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., through licensee Beasley Media Group, LLC, and is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Clearwater, South Carolina to broadcast with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 11.5 kW. Its studios are located just two blocks from the Augusta-Richmond County border in unincorporated Columbia County, Georgia and the transmitter is in Martinez, Georgia. It is the only Top 40 formatted station in the Augusta market. History 98.3 signed on as WCNA in April 1987 with an easy listening format. It became WSLT in 1993 with an adult contemporary format under the handle "Lite 98.3". In February 2006, the station dropped the AC format and aired a loop of a brief snippet of Gorillaz's " Feel Good Inc." (the laughing heard in the beginning and end of the song) nonstop for 24 hours. When the stunt ended, "HD98.3" was born with a CHR format, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby J
Jay “Baby J” Jones is an American radio personality. He hosted ''Traffic Jammin' with Baby J'' and was the Program Director at WCHZ-FM HOT 95.5/93.1 in Augusta, Georgia. Radio career Baby J got his first break in radio at WAAA-AM in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he played old school RnB on the weekends. He quickly picked up on the craft of running a successful radio program. In 1995 he began with WJMH-FM 102 Jamz in Greensboro, North Carolina hosting ''Over Night Flava'' midnight show from 12am to 6am and produced their morning show. In 1999, he received the call to do morning drive at WWWZ-FM Z93 Jamz, in Charleston, South Carolina, where he hosted ''The Breakfuss Club'' morning show, which began in Charleston, South Carolina, and hosted the syndicated MTV Top 20 Countdown on the weekends. ''The Breakfuss Club'' morning show became syndicated in 2005 in Providence, Rhode Island, where Citadel Broadcasting transferred the show to a larger market. The show remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classic Hip Hop
Classic hip hop is a music radio format focusing primarily on hip hop music from the 1980s, 1990s, and the early to mid-2000s. Although stations with such a format date back as far as 2004, the format was first popularized in October 2014, after Radio One dropped a poorly performing news radio format from its Houston station KROI in favor of classic hip-hop. After attracting a dramatic increase in ratings, Radio One began to emulate the station's format and branding in other markets. At the same time, other major radio broadcasters began to introduce classic hip-hop stations in selected markets. Format and targeting Doug Abernethy, general manager of Radio One's Houston stations, described the classic hip hop format as a parallel to the classic rock and classic country formats: these stations focus primarily on hip hop music from the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, featuring artists such as 2Pac, De La Soul, Mike Jones, LL Cool J, Ludacris, The Notorious B.I.G., Queen Latifa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beasley Broadcasting
Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., based in Naples, Florida, is an owner/operator of radio stations in the United States. , the company owns 57 stations under the Beasley Media Group name. History The company was founded in 1961 by George G. Beasley. On February 11, 2000 the group completed its IPO. On October 2, 2014, CBS Radio announced that it would trade 14 radio stations located in Tampa, Florida, Charlotte, North Carolina and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to the Beasley Broadcast Group in exchange for 5 stations located in Miami and Philadelphia.CBS And Beasley Swap Philadelphia/Miami For Charlotte/Tampa from Radio Insight (October 2, 2014) The swap was completed on December 1, 2014. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGUS-FM
WGUS-FM 102.7 is a soft adult contemporary radio station licensed to New Ellenton, South Carolina, but is part of the Augusta, Georgia radio market. The station is licensed by the FCC to broadcast on 102.7 FM with an ERP of 4.3 kW. Its studios are located just two blocks from the Augusta-Richmond County border in unincorporated Columbia County, Georgia and the transmitter is east of Aiken, South Carolina. History 102.7 signed on in 1990 as WAJY with an adult standards format as "Joy 102.7". In 2004, it became Contemporary Christian under the Joy 102.7 moniker for a brief time before being sold to Beasley Broadcasting, who moved WGOR's oldies format from 93.9 FM to 102.7 FM in October 2004, becoming "Oldies 102.7". On October 27, 2006 WGOR-FM switched to Christmas music for the season as "Santa 102.7." The station changed formats on December 26 of that year, revealing its southern gospel format under the WGUS-FM call letters. This was not the first time that the WGUS-FM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classic Hip Hop
Classic hip hop is a music radio format focusing primarily on hip hop music from the 1980s, 1990s, and the early to mid-2000s. Although stations with such a format date back as far as 2004, the format was first popularized in October 2014, after Radio One dropped a poorly performing news radio format from its Houston station KROI in favor of classic hip-hop. After attracting a dramatic increase in ratings, Radio One began to emulate the station's format and branding in other markets. At the same time, other major radio broadcasters began to introduce classic hip-hop stations in selected markets. Format and targeting Doug Abernethy, general manager of Radio One's Houston stations, described the classic hip hop format as a parallel to the classic rock and classic country formats: these stations focus primarily on hip hop music from the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, featuring artists such as 2Pac, De La Soul, Mike Jones, LL Cool J, Ludacris, The Notorious B.I.G., Queen Latifa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGAC (AM)
WGAC (580 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Augusta, Georgia. The station carries a news/talk 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. 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. Programming 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 l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warrenton, Georgia
Warrenton is a city and the county seat of Warren County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,744 in 2020. History Warrenton was founded in 1797 as seat of Warren County (est. 1793). It was incorporated as a town in 1810 and as a city in 1908. The community was named for American Revolutionary War general Joseph Warren. On May 2, 1919, a crowd of three hundred white farmers shot to death and burned the corpse of a black farmer, Benny Richards, who was accused of murdering his own ex-wife. Geography Warrenton is located at (33.407596, -82.662914). According to the United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ..., the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and 0.52% is water. Climate Demographics As of the 2020 United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Radio
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sport, sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often-low comedy, boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both :wikt:host, hosts and caller (telecommunications), callers. Many sports talk stations also carry play-by-play (live commentary) of local sports teams as part of their regular programming. History In 1955, WHN New York launched the first regular sports talk program featuring a broadcaster/journalist roundtable that aired before and after Brooklyn Dodgers games. By the early 1960s, sports talk content, ranging from individual commentary to roundtable discussions, began appearing in major US markets, initially tied to play-by-play broadcasts but gradually developing unique styles and characters. Art Rust Jr. launched New York’s first interactive call-in show (WMCA) in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
