WPLA

For the Green Cove Springs, Florida radio station that held the call sign WPLA at 107.3 FM from 2005 to 2010, see WJGH.

WPLA

City of license	Dry Branch, Georgia
Broadcast area	Macon, Georgia
Slogan	"Fox Sports 1670"
Frequency	1670 kHz
Format	News and Sports
Power	10,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	87110
Transmitter coordinates	32°48′16″N 83°36′16″W
Former callsigns	WAXP (1998-1998) WNML-FM (1998-1999) WRNC (1999-2003) WMWR (2003-2006) WVVM (2006-2009) WFSM (2009-2010)
Owner	Clear Channel Communications (AM/FM Radio Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WIBB, WIBB-FM, WPCH, WQBZ, WRBV, WZCH
Website	[1]

WPLA (1670 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Sports and news format. Licensed to Dry Branch, Georgia, USA, the station serves the Macon area during the day and the southeast United States at night. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications.

Fox Sports 1670 is the home of the Bill Shanks Show from 3-6 pm every weekday. Shanks is joined by producer Russ Brown, update anchor Charles Olson, and occasionally Skip Seda. The program focuses on state sports, with the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Falcons, Georgia Bulldogs, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and Atlanta Hawks the main focus.

WPLA also is the flagship station for Mercer University Bears Basketball.

History

The station was assigned the call letters WAXP on 1998-03-06. On 1998-07-01, the station changed its call sign to WNML-FM, on 1999-03-01 to WRNC, on 2003-11-17 to WMWR, on 2006-02-21 to WVVM, on 2009-03-02 to WFSM, and on 2010-10-14 to the current WPLA.

External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for WPLA
• Radio-Locator Information on WPLA
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for WPLA