WCHZ (AM)

WCHZ
City of license	Augusta, Georgia
Broadcast area	Augusta, Georgia
Branding	Hot 95.5/93.1
Slogan	Throwback Hip Hop & R&B
Frequency	1480 kHz
Translator(s)	95.5 W238AU (Augusta)
Repeaters	WCHZ-FM, WHHD-HD2
First air date	1930
Format	Defunct (formerly Classic hip hop)
Power	5,000 watts day 5,000 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	537
Transmitter coordinates	33°31′0″N 82°0′36″W / 33.51667°N 82.01000°W / 33.51667; -82.01000Coordinates: 33°31′0″N 82°0′36″W / 33.51667°N 82.01000°W / 33.51667; -82.01000
Callsign meaning	Where Radio Does Wonders^[1]
Former callsigns	WRDW (?-2003) WTEL (2003) WGUS (2003-2012) WCHZ (2012-2015)
Owner	Beasley Broadcast Group (Beasley Media Group, LLC)

WCHZ (1480 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a classic hip hop format, simulcasting WCHZ-FM 93.1 Warranton, GA. Licensed to Augusta, Georgia, USA, the station was owned by Beasley Media Group. The transmitter was located along River Watch Parkway northwest of downtown Augusta.

History

James Brown owned the station when it was WRDW.^[1]^[2]

On January 21, 2015, WCHZ began simulcasting WHHD-HD2, and WCHZ-FM 95.5 FM, branded as "Hot 95.5/93.1" with a classic hip-hop format.^[3]

The station's program director was Jay "Baby J" Jones and could be heard weekday afternoons during "Traffic Jammin' with Baby J".

Beasley Media surrendered WCHZ's license to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 5, 2015; the FCC cancelled the license the same day.

References

1 2 "James Brown On Failed Marriage, Role Of Sex, Parents, New Turn In Career". Jet. August 9, 1982. p. 56. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
↑ "Vox Jox". Billboard 107 (38): 118. September 9, 1995.
↑ Classic Hip Hop Comes to Augusta

External links

Hot 95.5/93.1 website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WCHZ

Radio-Locator Information on WCHZ

Radio stations in the Augusta, Georgia market

By FM frequency	WAFJ 88.3 WLJK 89.1 WACG-FM 90.7 WLPE 91.7 WAEG 92.3 WKSX 92.7 WDRR 93.9 WAAW 94.7 WGAC-FM 95.1 WCHZ 95.5 WKSP 96.3 WTHB 96.9 WIIZ 97.9 WHHD 98.3 WKXC-FM 99.5 WRMK-LP 100.3 WAKB 100.9 WEKL 102.3 WGUS-FM 102.7 WFXA 103.1 WKZK 103.7 WBBQ 104.3 WSCG 105.7 WYFA 107.1 WPRW 107.7

By AM frequency	WGAC 580 WFAM 1050 WEZO 1230 WYNF 1340 WNRR 1380 WTHB 1550 WKZK 1600 WRDW 1630

Defunct	WCHZ (1480 AM)

Georgia radio markets Albany Atlanta Augusta Brunswick Columbus Macon Savannah Valdosta Other Georgia radio regions Rome Thomasville/Bainbridge Waycross See also List of radio stations in Georgia

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