WMOG (910 AM) is a

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broadcasting an

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station is owned by Clay Holladay, through licensee Mississippi Broadcasters.

History

The station first went on the air as WCOC in 1927 from

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and was owned by the Crystal Oil Company. It was moved to Meridian in 1929. As WOKK, the station had a

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format until 1983 when it swapped with

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FM 97.1 MHz. WALT carried a

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format until 1985, when the format changed to

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and its moniker became T-91 and it broadcast in

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. WALT changed to a

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format on August 20, 2010, when it began simulcasting on WALT-FM 102.1 MHz. In 2019, WALT broke off simulcasting Talk with WALT-FM and flipped to Urban Gospel as Praise 910 AM. The station changed its call sign to WMOG on March 16, 2020.

External links

Praise 910 AM Facebook Page
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