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WAGG (610 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama. It is owned by SummitMedia and broadcasts an urban gospel radio format that targets Birmingham's African-American community. The studios and offices are in the Cahaba neighborhood in Southeast Birmingham, along with six other stations owned by SummitMedia.
The station was assigned the WAGG call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on January 15, 1999. It broadcasts at 5,000 watts by day, reducing power to 610 watts at night to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 610. It uses a non-directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is off Avenue W, near Birmingham International Raceway.
Birmingham's third oldest radio station signed on the air on February 3, 1926. Its call sign was WKBC, originally broadcasting at 1310 kilocycles. The owner of the station was the Broylee Furniture Company. Because the company sold radios, it wanted to put a radio station on the air for its customers to listen to. The station was only powered at 250 watts by day and 100 watts at night. The studios were in the Hotel Tutwiler.
In 1932, the call sign was changed to WSGN. The station was later sold to The Birmingham News, a daily newspaper which would use its staff of reporters to provide news bulletins to WSGN's listeners.
Throughout the 1940s, WSGN was an affiliate of the NBC Blue Network, the forerunner of the current ABC Network. Late in 1955, WSGN became the first station in Birmingham to adopt a Top 40 format, playing hits for the youth generation.
By the 1980s, young listeners were switching to FM radio for current and recent hits, so WSGN made a change. In February 1984, the station became known as "Real Music 610", playing adult standards and big band music for an older crowd who were still tuning to the AM band. This continued until April 26, 1985, when the owners sold the station and it became the AM simulcast partner of country music station WZZK-FM 104.7. After 53 years, the call letters of WSGN were changed to WZZK. This simulcast continued until 1998, when 610 AM returned to adult standards with the new call sign WEZN.
WAGG had been an urban gospel station since 1982. Before then, the call letters were WENN.
In 1998, Cox Radio, which already owned WZZK-FM, WODL-FM (now WBPT) and WEZN, bought WAGG, WBHJ and WBHK. One year later, WEZN and WAGG swapped dial positions in order for WAGG to take advantage of the superior signal on 610 AM.
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WAGG (610 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama. It is owned by SummitMedia and broadcasts an urban gospel radio format that targets Birmingham's African-American community. The studios and offices are in the Cahaba neighborhood in Southeast Birmingham, along with six other stations owned by SummitMedia.
The station was assigned the WAGG call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on January 15, 1999. It broadcasts at 5,000 watts by day, reducing power to 610 watts at night to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 610. It uses a non-directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is off Avenue W, near Birmingham International Raceway.
Birmingham's third oldest radio station signed on the air on February 3, 1926. Its call sign was WKBC, originally broadcasting at 1310 kilocycles. The owner of the station was the Broylee Furniture Company. Because the company sold radios, it wanted to put a radio station on the air for its customers to listen to. The station was only powered at 250 watts by day and 100 watts at night. The studios were in the Hotel Tutwiler.
In 1932, the call sign was changed to WSGN. The station was later sold to The Birmingham News, a daily newspaper which would use its staff of reporters to provide news bulletins to WSGN's listeners.
Throughout the 1940s, WSGN was an affiliate of the NBC Blue Network, the forerunner of the current ABC Network. Late in 1955, WSGN became the first station in Birmingham to adopt a Top 40 format, playing hits for the youth generation.
By the 1980s, young listeners were switching to FM radio for current and recent hits, so WSGN made a change. In February 1984, the station became known as "Real Music 610", playing adult standards and big band music for an older crowd who were still tuning to the AM band. This continued until April 26, 1985, when the owners sold the station and it became the AM simulcast partner of country music station WZZK-FM 104.7. After 53 years, the call letters of WSGN were changed to WZZK. This simulcast continued until 1998, when 610 AM returned to adult standards with the new call sign WEZN.
WAGG had been an urban gospel station since 1982. Before then, the call letters were WENN.
In 1998, Cox Radio, which already owned WZZK-FM, WODL-FM (now WBPT) and WEZN, bought WAGG, WBHJ and WBHK. One year later, WEZN and WAGG swapped dial positions in order for WAGG to take advantage of the superior signal on 610 AM.