WZGM

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**WZGM**

City of license	Black Mountain, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Asheville
Slogan	"AM 1350 WZGM - Your Independent Talk Alternative"
Frequency	1350 kHz
Format	Independent Talk Radio/Southern Gospel
Power	10,000 watts day 56 watts night
Class	D
Transmitter coordinates	35°35′29″N 82°24′53″W / 35.59139°N 82.41472°W / 35.59139; -82.41472
Owner	HRN Broadcasting, Inc.
Webcast	Click Here For Live Streaming
Website	1350wzgm.com

WZGM (1350 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Talk radio format. WZGM is licensed to Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA.

History

Call letters used by this station have included WBMS and WAVJ.^[1] WWRN was the first sports talk station in Asheville.^[2] WZNN was known as "Super Talk 1350" after a daytime signal boost to 10,000 watts in 2004, airing Neal Boortz, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, Michael Reagan, Mike Gallagher and Laura Ingraham.^[3] The station switched to sports early in 2006 ^[4] and to oldies in 2007. The switch to the Southern Gospel format came late in 2008.

Current

As of March 19, 2012 WZGM was being operated under a lease contract by News Talk 50, Inc., owned by Matt Mittan and Agnes Cheek. The transitional programming at that time was: News Hour (11:00am-12:00pm), Dennis Miller (syndicated, 12:00pm-3:00pm), Take A Stand (Mittan and Cheek's own program which originates at WZGM and is syndicated across the state of NC, 3:00pm-6:00pm, Jason Lewis (syndicated, 6:00pm-9:00pm), Neal Boortz (syndicated) airs 9:00pm-12:00am, Overnight with Jon Grayson (syndicated, 1:00am-6:00am). On April 15, 2012 the station launched a new logo along with a new slogan, "AM 1350 WZGM - Your Independent Talk Alternative". As of now, morning air shifts are still Gospel format Monday through Friday. Weekend programming is also still Southern Gospel format while the station builds up. The station has been strongly pushing for community content, in the form of community driven shows, since the start of April 2012. The transition of the station has made a lot of press in the region and even some coverage on industry publications such as Talkers Magazine. More programming additions are expected to be announced in the very near future.

References

↑ http://www.apartmentsusa.com/northcarolina/nc-radio.htm, Retrieved 2007/05/03.
↑ "Correction", Asheville Citizen-Times, February 11, 2004/
↑ Tony Kiss, "New station features national, local talk shows", Asheville Citizen-Times, October 11, 2004.
↑ Tony Kiss, "Take 5 Today", Asheville Citizen-Times, January 23, 2006.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WZGM

Radio-Locator Information on WZGM

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WZGM

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Jason Davis hosted oldies show in the 2007 2008 season

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