WMGZ

WMGZ
City of license Eatonton, Georgia
Broadcast area McIntyre, Georgia
Branding Z97
Slogan "The Lake Area's Best Music!"
Frequency 97.7 MHz
Format Hot Adult Contemporary
ERP 8,500 watts
HAAT 169.0 meters
Class C3
Facility ID 41993
Transmitter coordinates 33°20′41.00″N 83°13′41.00″W / 33.3447222°N 83.2280556°W
Former callsigns WDJJ (1987-1987)
WSKS (1987-1993)[1]
Owner Southern Stone Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations [Dock 103.9]
Website z97.fm

WMGZ (97.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Eatonton, Georgia, USA. The station is currently owned by Southern Stone Broadcasting, Inc.[2] In March 2010, Z97 abandoned the ABC Radio format in order to provide a local radio format. Z97 now features local DJ's on the air weekdays, 6am until 10pm. Z97 also features several other broadcasts like:
Winning Wednesday with Phillip and Tony - a weekly prize give-away with in-studio guests and celebrities.

The Dr. Pepper Roadshow - live broadcasts with "the Z-Crew" from businesses all over the Lake Area.

The Welcome Wagon - a free remote broadcast given to new members of the Milledgeville/Baldwin county and Eatonton/Putnam County Chamber of Commerce.

History

previous logo

The station was assigned the call letters WDJJ on 1987-04-14. On 1987-12-17, the station changed its call sign to WSKS then on 1993-07-22 to the current WMGZ.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "WMGZ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WMGZ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

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