WFAM
By day, WFAM is powered at 5,000 watts using a non-directional antenna. But because AM 1050 is Mexican clear channel frequency, WFAM must greatly reduce power at night to 82 watts to avoid interference. The transmitter is on Laney Walker Boulevard at Hayes Drive.
History
The station signed on the air on March 10, 1952 . Its original call sign was WAUG. It was a daytimer station, required to go off the air at night. The following year, it was joined by a sister station, WAUG-FM at 105.7 MHz, now WLUB. The two stations were owned by the Garden City Broadcasting Company, with studios in the Bon Air Hotel.
It has been a Christian radio station since the early 1970s. The station also became an affiliate of the ABC Information Network in the 1970s.
In 1978, the station's call letters became WHGI, in 1985 the call sign switched to WIGL and in 1986, to the current WFAM.
See also
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFAM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WFAM-AM 1050 kHz - Augusta, GA". radio-locator.com.
- ^ [1] Broadcasting Yearbook 1954 page 116. Retrieved Oct. 23, 2023.
- ^ [2]Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-60. Retrieved Oct. 23, 2023.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 20595 (WFAM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WFAM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database