WNGH-FM (98.9 FM) is an NPR-member

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station (via its

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), licensed to

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, United States. The station is currently owned by Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB), which the station simulcasts all

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ming from. It transmits from atop a mountain in the west-southwestern part of Fort Mountain State Park (''not'' Fort Mountain itself), having moved in May 2008 to the tower of sister television station WNGH-TV.

History

The station began broadcasting as a commercial operation on November 13, 1976, and held the call sign WQMT.History Cards for WNGH-FM
fcc.gov. Retrieved September 29, 2019. It was owned by Cohutta Broadcasting Company. On December 21, 2007, then-owners North Georgia Radio Group entered into an agreement to sell the station, still known as WQMT, to the Foundation For Public Broadcasting In Georgia, Inc., which shares the same street address as the GPB

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in Atlanta. The sale was approved by the

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(FCC) on April 9, 2008. Pending the sale, GPB reserved the call sign WNGH-FM for the station, to be assigned upon consummation. GPB also chose to change the callsign of WCLP-TV to WNGH-TV. The station switched from its previous classic country format (branded as "Georgia 99") to GPB programming on January 2, 2008, and later moved to the WNGH-TV tower around May 2008. Despite broadcasting at a relatively modest 420 watts, WNGH-FM provides city-grade coverage to much of far northern Georgia, including Dalton, and provides secondary coverage to much of the

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area, including much of Chattanooga itself. This is because its transmitter is located 1,778 feet above average terrain. Effective June 30, 2016, the Foundation For Public Broadcasting in Georgia donated WNGH-FM to the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission, the state entity that supervises GPB, making GPB the direct licensee.

References

External links

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Archive photos of WQMT-FM on the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame page
{{NPR Georgia NGH-FM NPR member stations Radio stations established in 1976 1976 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)