WUWG
Radio station at the University of West Georgia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WUWG, FM 90.7, is the radio station that formerly broadcast at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia, and is now a part of the Georgia Public Broadcasting radio state network. This station is one of several in the GPB system that also produces its own programming; however, the vast majority of the broadcast day is a simulcast of the statewide feed. That feed is also duplicated locally both by GPB's WJSP-FM in Warm Springs and WGPB-FM in Rome, with most NPR programming also carried by non-GPB station WABE from nearby Atlanta. Several programs are also duplicated on Atlanta's WRAS, most of whose broadcast day was involuntarily taken from Georgia State University students in June 2014, resulting in programs like Morning Edition and All Things Considered being aired in the Carrollton area on no fewer than five different frequencies at once for seven total hours every weekday. Originally licensed to the university and operated entirely by students, WUWG was transferred outright to GPB in 2004, though it is unclear under what circumstances. When GPB consolidated broadcasting operations in its Atlanta offices in 2008, Dr. Brad Yates, chair of the UWG Mass Communications department, made advances to start a new student-run radio station.[2]
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Broadcast area | Carroll County, Georgia |
Frequency | 90.7 MHz |
Branding | WUWG FM 90.7 |
Programming | |
Format | Public radio |
Affiliations | GPB |
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History | |
First air date | 1973 |
Former call signs | WWGC (1973–2001) |
Call sign meaning | University of West Georgia, founder and former owner of the station |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 71602 |
Class | A |
ERP | 430 watts |
HAAT | 151 meters (495 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°33′50.4″N 85°1′3.8″W |
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