WCGA

For the radio station which held the call sign WCGA from 1979 to 1986, see WPBS (AM).

WCGA (1100 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Woodbine, Georgia, United States, the station serves Brunswick, Georgia, and Fernandina Beach, Florida. The station is owned by Cox Broadcast Group, Inc. (unrelated to the larger Cox Media Group or Cox Enterprises) and features programming from Fox News Radio and Salem Radio Network.^[2]

WCGA

Woodbine, Georgia
Broadcast area	Brunswick, Georgia
Frequency	1100 kHz
Programming
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	Fox News Radio, Salem Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Cox Broadcast Group, Inc.
History
First air date	June 15, 1987; 37 years ago (1987-06-15) (as WGMM)
Former call signs	WGBE (1986–1987) WGMM (1987–1988)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	14240
Class	D
Power	10,000 watts day
Transmitter coordinates	31°2′50.00″N 81°44′47.00″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

History

The station was assigned the call sign WGBE on June 10, 1986. On March 30, 1987, it changed its call sign to WGMM;^[3] it signed on June 15^[4] with religious programming and southern gospel.^[5] Original owner Miller Broadcasting, controlled by Joanne S. Mller, sold WGMM to J. Wesley Cox's Cox Broadcast Group for $25,000 in 1988;^[6] on November 30, it became WCGA.^[3] In 1997, WCGA, following a period in which it was silent, returned to the air with a talk format.^[7] On March 17, 2005, the station's license was cancelled because its license had expired without renewal on April 1, 2004; after subsequently filing for renewal, in May 2007 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) restored the WCGA license and fined Cox Broadcast Group $7,000.^[8]

On January 15, 2020, the FCC revoked WCGA's license for failure to pay delinquent regulatory fees owed to the Commission.^[9] On February 11, 2020, the FCC rescinded the revocation, as it had not considered Cox Broadcast Group's response to the order.^[10][11]

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WCGA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "WCGA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
3. "WCGA Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
4. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 (PDF). 2010. p. D-172. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
5. Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1988 (PDF). 1988. p. B-78. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
6. "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 3, 1988. p. 77. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
7. "Format Changes & Updates" (PDF). The M Street Journal. April 21, 1997. p. 1. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
8. Freedman, William D. "Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
9. Carey, Michelle (January 15, 2020). "Revocation Order" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission.
10. "FCC Reverses Revocation of Cox's WCGA Woodbine License". Radio Online. February 11, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
11. "FCC Report 2/16: What Percentage of Stations Are Owned by Women & Minorities?".

External links

• News Talk 1100 Facebook
• Facility details for Facility ID 14240 (WCGA) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WCGA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database