| City of license | Athens, Georgia |
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| Broadcast area | University of Georgia |
| Frequency | 90.5 MHz |
| First air date | October 16, 1972 |
| Format | college radio |
| ERP | 26,000 watts |
| HAAT | 55.0 meters |
| Class | C2 |
| Facility ID | 66624 |
| Callsign meaning | University of Georgia[1] |
| Former callsigns | DWUOG (2005-?) |
| Owner | The University of Georgia |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Official website |
WUOG (90.5 FM) is a student-run College radio station licensed to Athens, Georgia, USA, the station serves the Athens area. The station is currently owned by the University of Georgia.[2][3]
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The station first broadcast on October 16, 1972, with a 3,200-watt signal. In 1977, WUOG's wattage was increased to 10,000 watts, and in 1994 the station reached its current 26,000 watts, making it one of the most powerful college stations in the country. The transmitter sits atop Brumby Hall on the UGA campus, broadcasting at an effective radius of 60 miles or 100km.
With the exception of a period of time in 1981 and 2005 when the station was shut down for non-compliance of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules, WUOG has operated for 18 to 24 hours each day. The station is maintained and run entirely by a 200-student staff of volunteers. Twelve executive members oversee the staff and the day-to-day operation of the station.
WUOG offers regular rotation programming as well as specialty shows. "Rotation" consists of new and old music of any genre that falls within the bounds of WUOG's music philosophy. Once stated as the axiom "If they don't need us, we don't need them", the music philosophy strives to include artists whose music is rarely heard elsewhere. WUOG also carries specialty show programming ranging from Middle Eastern music to New Wave, oldies to bluegrass music. "Talk Block" airs every Wednesday and features three hours of talk show programming. More talk and sports shows air throughout the week.
It was on WUOG that R.E.M. were first broadcast; a live recording of "Hippy, Hippy Shake" was played in the summer of 1980. Drummer Bill Berry was also in a short-lived combo of radio personalities from the station, known as the WUOGerz[4].
In late June 2006, it was discovered that the station was causing electromagnetic interference to a nuclear chemistry laboratory on campus. To alleviate this, the station temporarily went off-air on weekdays from 7AM and resumed broadcast at 4PM, as well as late nights and weekends, while the lab work was done. Electronic filters eliminated the problem on July 13, allowing WUOG to return to a normal schedule. [1] [2] [3]
One other station broadcasts from UGA: WUGA FM 91.7 originates some public radio programming from a studio on campus, while W250AC retransmits it on 97.9 from an antenna further south on campus.
On February 21, 2009 the lobby of the new WUOG station inside of Tate was named in honor of Wilbur Herrington. The Wilbur Herrington Lobby memorializes Wilbur's service as station engineer since the station's first broadcast in 1972. Herrington had received help in the early stages of applying for an FCC license from broadcast engineers at Athens commercial station WRFC(AM) (960 kHz), chiefly Larry Melear (a graduate of the UGA School of Broadcasting) and Everett Langford.
2 Girls, 1 Cat — A show about cats.
Athenian Eats — Covering the Athens food scene weekly on 90.5
Athens Journal — Flagship news from WUOG.
Film Thing — All things cinema, spoiler-free.
Friday Pregame Show— A weekly show taking an irreverent look at the world of sports
High Noon Sports Show - Flagship sports news program.
Live in the Lobby — Local bands playing for live and radio audiences.
Parties & Parodies — D&D 3.5 live on the air.
Talk of the Town — Athens talk from the people who know it best.
TechNight — Your weekly roundup of the digital world![5]
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