WPLA

For the Green Cove Springs, Florida radio station that held the call sign WPLA at 107.3 FM from 2005 to 2010, see WWJK.

WPLA
City of license	Dry Branch, Georgia
Broadcast area	Macon, Georgia
Slogan	"Fox Sports 1670"
Frequency	1670 kHz
Format	Sports
Power	10,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	87110
Transmitter coordinates	32°48′16″N 83°36′16″W / 32.80444°N 83.60444°W / 32.80444; -83.60444Coordinates: 32°48′16″N 83°36′16″W / 32.80444°N 83.60444°W / 32.80444; -83.60444
Former callsigns	WAXP (1998-1998) WNML(1998-1999) WRNC (1999-2003) WMWR (2003-2006) WVVM (2006-2009) WFSM (2009-2010)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C.)
Sister stations	WIBB-FM, WIHB, WIHB-FM, WQBZ, WRBV, WZCH
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	foxsports1670.com

WPLA (1670 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Sports format. Licensed to Dry Branch, Georgia, USA, the station serves the Macon area during the day and the southeast United States at night. The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..^[1]

Fox Sports 1670 is the home of the Bill Shanks Show from 3-6 pm every weekday. Shanks is joined by producer Russ Brown, update anchor Charles Olson, and occasionally Skip Seda. The program focuses on state sports, with the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Falcons, Georgia Bulldogs, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and Atlanta Hawks the main focus.

WPLA also is the flagship station for Mercer University Bears Basketball.

History

The station was assigned the call letters WAXP on March 6, 1998. On July 1, 1998, the station changed its call sign to WNML, then on March 1, 1999 to WRNC. WRNC changed on November 17, 2003 to WMWR, again on February 21, 2006 to WVVM, then on March 2, 2009 to WFSM, and on October 14, 2010 to the current WPLA.^[2]

References

↑ "WPLA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WPLA Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Radio stations in the Macon, Georgia market

By AM frequency	900 940 980 1150 1240 1280 1350 1400 1500 1670

By FM frequency	88.9 89.7 90.5 91.3 92.3 93.7 95.1 96.5 97.9 99.1 99.9 100.1 100.9 101.7 102.1 102.5 103.9 105.5 106.3 107.1 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4 162.475

By callsign	KXI77 WAYS WBKG WBML WDDO WDEN-FM WFXM WIBB-FM WIHB WIHB-FM WJTG WLZN WMAC WMGB WMUM-FM WNEX WNEX-FM WNNG-FM WPEZ WPGA WPLA WPWB WQBZ WQMJ WQXZ WRBV WROK-FM WRWR WWWD WXK71 WXKO WYPZ WZCH

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

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

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