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and surrounding cities with

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programming from

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. This station broadcast on AM frequency 1450 kHz and was under ownership of

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. The station was first licensed in 1932 as WENC on 1420 kHz, operating from Americus. In 1934, the station moved to Albany and changed its call letters to WGPC, becoming the first station in the city. In 1941, the

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moved the station to 1450. WGPC went

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after its tower, which had been used since 1940, was cut in half during a storm on January 2, 2017. On March 22, 2017, Cumulus told

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that the WGPC license had been surrendered to the

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(FCC); the FCC canceled the license on March 24, 2017.

References

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 830 (WGPC)
in the FCC Licensing and Management System * ( Guide to reading History Cards) (covering 1931-1979 as WENC / WGPC)

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