WAUG (97.9 FM

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) is an AM and FM

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broadcasting a mainstream urban format. Licensed to New Hope, North Carolina, United States, the station serves the Raleigh–Durham area. The station is owned by PMC Broadcasting LLC and features programming from American Urban Radio Networks and the Radio One-owned Syndication One. WAUG radio is a daytime-only operation, leaving the air at sunset to prevent interference to 50,000-watt WSB in

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, the Class A

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station on 750 AM. Its programming is also carried on

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W250AZ (97.9) in

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. The university also runs a low-powered TV station, WAUG-LD (channel 8). WAUG-LD is carried by Spectrum Cable on digital cable channel 168 in Raleigh.

History

WAUG "Power 750" began broadcasting in 1987 from the campus of Saint Augustine's University. In October 2006, the station switched primarily to a

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format aimed at the Black community. Shows includes the nationally syndicated ''News One Now'' with Roland Martin, ''Keepin' It Real'' with

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and ''Biz Talk'' with Josh Smith. The station also carried football games from the

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as well as St. Augustine's University Sports including the CIAA Basketball Tournament. The station was also the flagship for ''From The Press Box To The Press Row'', a

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show focused on Black college sports which was heard on syndicated stations through the mid-Atlantic region from Pennsylvania to Georgia. In October 2018, WAUG changed its format from talk to mainstream urban, branded as "Hot 97.9" to reflect its simulcast on

W250AZ (97.9).Hot 97.9 Brings More Hip Hop to Raleigh
Radioinsight - October 29, 2018

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* * * AUG (AM) St. Augustine's University (North Carolina) Radio stations established in 1987 1987 establishments in North Carolina Mainstream urban radio stations in the United States AUG Franklin County, North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-radio-station-stub