WGPB

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Coordinates: 34°14′5.3″N 85°13′47.8″W / 34.234806°N 85.229944°W / 34.234806; -85.229944
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WGPB
NPR/PRX/American Public Media
Ownership
Owner
WGTV
History
First air date
May 22, 1965 (as WROM-FM)[1]
Call sign meaning
Georgia Public Broadcasting
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID6797
ClassC3
ERP4,200 watts
HAAT241 meters (791 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
34°14′5.3″N 85°13′47.8″W / 34.234806°N 85.229944°W / 34.234806; -85.229944
Translator(s)92.1 W221CG (Kennesaw)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.GPB.org

WGPB

National Public Radio, Public Radio Exchange, and American Public Media. Unlike most stations on the GPB network, WGPB does not completely simulcast with the network. WGPB also produces its own programs. The studios are located at Georgia Highlands College's Heritage Hall campus in downtown Rome, from which locally produced programming originates. The station began broadcasting
as WGPB at 5 AM on June 30, 2006.

History

The station began broadcasting May 22, 1965 as WROM-FM,

hot adult contemporary format
. A satellite-delivered format was used during most of the broadcast day, except for mornings and afternoons. The station was previously owned by Mills Fitzner, who owned WKCX for 20 years under the name Briar Creek Broadcasting Corp.

Format and callsign change

In 2006, WKCX was sold to Georgia Public Broadcasting, with the format changed from hot adult contemporary, to public broadcasting. The deal was announced in March 2006, and was finalized after a 45-day waiting period on June 29, one day before GPB began broadcasting on the frequency. Most of WKCX's staff left the station on May 31 in preparation for the changeover. The station began broadcasting as WGPB at 5 AM on June 30, 2006.

Coverage

WGPB is the first GPB or NPR radio station in

WNGH-TV 18, from near Chatsworth
, except for when WNGH is using the SAP channel for other uses.

The station broadcasts with a power of 4,200 watts at 241 meters (791 ft)

station ID done together each hour and heard on both stations, indicating they use the same feed
.

In early February 2013, GPB applied to the FCC to move the station eastward, which would reduce coverage in

construction permit
. WGPB's application references two other stations in Alabama which would also be moving as the result of its signal being pulled away from that state.

Broadcast translator

The station was also assigned

Cobb Parkway (U.S. Route 41) on the north-northeast corner of Awtrey Church Road (34°3′57″N 84°43′24″W / 34.06583°N 84.72333°W / 34.06583; -84.72333 (W221CG FM 92.1)), west of Acworth and just north of SR 92, and reached as far north as the southern parts of Emerson
according to FCC maps.

It was owned by

W223BP
in early 2012.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 1971 Broadcasting Yearbook, Broadcasting, 1971. p. B-54. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGPB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ History Cards for WGPB, fcc.gov. Retrieved July 27, 2020.

External links

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