WMGE (AM)
Appearance
File:WPLA FoxSports1670 logo.png | |
Broadcast area | Macon, Georgia |
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Frequency | 1670 kHz |
Branding | "Fox Sports 1670" |
Programming | |
Format | Sports |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WIBB-FM, WIHB, WIHB-FM, WQBZ, WRBV | |
History | |
First air date | February 10, 2004 (license granted) |
Former call signs | WAXP (1998-1998) WNML(1998-1999) WRNC (1999-2003) WMWR (2003-2006) WVVM (2006-2009) WFSM (2009-2010) WPLA (2010-2016) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 87110 |
Class | B |
Power | 10,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°48′16″N 83°36′16″W / 32.80444°N 83.60444°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | foxsports1670.com |
WMGE (1670 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Sports format. Licensed to Dry Branch, Georgia, United States, the station serves the Macon area during the day and the southeast United States at night. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..[1]
WMGE also is the flagship station for Mercer University Bears Basketball.
Former Logo
History
The station was assigned the call letters WAXP on March 6, 1998. On July 1, 1998, the station changed its call sign to WNML, then on March 1, 1999 to WRNC. WRNC changed on November 17, 2003 to WMWR, again on February 21, 2006 to WVVM, then on March 2, 2009 to WFSM, on October 14, 2010 to WPLA, and on December 14, 2016 to the current WMGE.[2]
References
- ^ "WMGE Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "WMGE Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID WMGE ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database