WGUN

WGUN is an Atlanta area AM broadcasting station (licensed to Atlanta, Georgia) that broadcasts music from the 1950s '60s & beyond as well as brokered time programming. It broadcasts at a frequency of 1010 kHz with 50,000 Watts of power during the daytime covering Georgia and surrounding states, and 78 Watts during nighttime hours using a non-directional antenna. WGUN is classified as a Class-D AM broadcast station according to the Federal Communications Commission.

History

The station originally signed on with the call sign WEAS in 1947 when the station was originally licensed to Decatur, Georgia^[1]. The station's original founder and owner was Eurith Dickenson ("Dee") Rivers, Jr., the son of former Georgia governor E.D. "Ed" Rivers, Sr.^[1] The WEAS call-sign stood from Emory University & Agnes Scott College, both located in Decatur, Georgia.^[1] The program format found on WEAS grew into a combination hillbilly (country/western) and white gospel/preaching format^[1]. In 1963, the station changed to its current call sign of WGUN^[2] and a country music format with the station adopting "the big GUN" slogan^[1]. The WEAS call signs were eventually moved to an AM station in Savannah, Georgia at 900 kHz. WGUN had a News/Talk radio format in the early 1990s^[2] before going to the Christian/brokered time radio format.

Currently WGUN has switched from predominately Gospel to its "Hits that Fit" format. While still playing many of the brokered shows from before, the weekly music selection has moved to a more doo-wop sound playing many of the hits from the '40s well into the '60s. Many new shows have also come about, from "The Laugh and A Half" comedy hour to "The Iron Angels", a show sometimes featuring the station's GM.

References

External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for WGUN
• Radio-Locator Information on WGUN
• WGUN Daytime Signal Coverage Map according to Radio-Locator.com
• WGUN Nighttime Signal Coverage Map according to Radio-Locator.com