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WDWD
WDWD (590 AM; "Faith Talk 590") is a Christian radio station in Atlanta, Georgia. It is owned by the Salem Media Group and it airs a brokered Christian talk and teaching radio format. The studios are in Buckhead Center on Peachtree Road NW (U.S. Route 19).
WDWD's radio transmitter site is off Sanders Road in Austell, Georgia, near Noses Creek. The station uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array, aimed towards Atlanta and avoiding interference with WWLX in Loretto, Tennessee. In 2009, the station upgraded its daytime power from 5,000 to 12,000 watts, while the nighttime power remains at 4,500 watts. Also in 2009, the station started broadcasting in the AM HD Radio (hybrid digital) mode (which has been unavailable since 2013).
WDWD has a 24-hour schedule of Christian talk and teaching programs, some from local preachers but mostly from national religious leaders. They buy time on WDWD and may use their programs to seek donations to their ministries. Hosts include Jim Daly, James Dobson, David Jeremiah, Michael Youssef, Greg Laurie, Alistair Begg, Charles Stanley, Chuck Swindoll, Eric Metaxas and John MacArthur. News updates are provided by SRN News.
WDWD is one of three Christian talk and teaching stations owned by Salem in Metro Atlanta. WNIV 970 AM and WLTA 1400 AM have a separate schedule. They run some of the same shows as WDVD but at different times.
The station signed on the air on August 1, 1937. Its call sign was WAGA. It was once the sister station of WAGA-TV, now Atlanta's Fox TV station. WAGA was powered at 1,000 watts by day and 500 watts at night.
The Atlanta Journal newspaper, which owned Atlanta's top station, WSB, had difficulty choosing between the two NBC radio networks, the Red Network and the Blue Network. Thus, the Journal established WAGA to carry the Blue Network while WSB carried programming from the Red Network. WAGA's on-air slogan during the station's early days was "Atlanta's Wave of Welcome". The studios were located in the Western Union Building (current location of Telecom Tower, on the SW corner of Marietta Street and Forsyth Street) in downtown Atlanta. WAGA's transmitter was located at Sugar Creek, three miles from the center of Atlanta. The station moved from 1450 kilocycles to 1480 in 1941, following the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA). It then moved to the better dial position of 590 AM in 1942. The 1480 kHz frequency later returned to the air under a new license as WYZE, with no affiliation to WAGA.
Due to FCC rules limiting station ownership, the Journal sold WAGA to Fort Industry Broadcasting of Toledo, Ohio, in the 1940s. In 1948, WAGA acquired an FM sister station when WAGA-FM (now WVEE) began broadcasting. A year later, WAGA-TV signed on as Atlanta's second television station. Fort Industry changed its name to Storer Broadcasting in 1952.
In 1959, WAGA began playing Top 40 hits. The call sign changed to WPLO, which stood for Plough. The station was sold to the broadcasting arm of Plough, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. (FCC rules at the time made call sign change compulsory if a sister television or radio station was sold.)
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WDWD
WDWD (590 AM; "Faith Talk 590") is a Christian radio station in Atlanta, Georgia. It is owned by the Salem Media Group and it airs a brokered Christian talk and teaching radio format. The studios are in Buckhead Center on Peachtree Road NW (U.S. Route 19).
WDWD's radio transmitter site is off Sanders Road in Austell, Georgia, near Noses Creek. The station uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array, aimed towards Atlanta and avoiding interference with WWLX in Loretto, Tennessee. In 2009, the station upgraded its daytime power from 5,000 to 12,000 watts, while the nighttime power remains at 4,500 watts. Also in 2009, the station started broadcasting in the AM HD Radio (hybrid digital) mode (which has been unavailable since 2013).
WDWD has a 24-hour schedule of Christian talk and teaching programs, some from local preachers but mostly from national religious leaders. They buy time on WDWD and may use their programs to seek donations to their ministries. Hosts include Jim Daly, James Dobson, David Jeremiah, Michael Youssef, Greg Laurie, Alistair Begg, Charles Stanley, Chuck Swindoll, Eric Metaxas and John MacArthur. News updates are provided by SRN News.
WDWD is one of three Christian talk and teaching stations owned by Salem in Metro Atlanta. WNIV 970 AM and WLTA 1400 AM have a separate schedule. They run some of the same shows as WDVD but at different times.
The station signed on the air on August 1, 1937. Its call sign was WAGA. It was once the sister station of WAGA-TV, now Atlanta's Fox TV station. WAGA was powered at 1,000 watts by day and 500 watts at night.
The Atlanta Journal newspaper, which owned Atlanta's top station, WSB, had difficulty choosing between the two NBC radio networks, the Red Network and the Blue Network. Thus, the Journal established WAGA to carry the Blue Network while WSB carried programming from the Red Network. WAGA's on-air slogan during the station's early days was "Atlanta's Wave of Welcome". The studios were located in the Western Union Building (current location of Telecom Tower, on the SW corner of Marietta Street and Forsyth Street) in downtown Atlanta. WAGA's transmitter was located at Sugar Creek, three miles from the center of Atlanta. The station moved from 1450 kilocycles to 1480 in 1941, following the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA). It then moved to the better dial position of 590 AM in 1942. The 1480 kHz frequency later returned to the air under a new license as WYZE, with no affiliation to WAGA.
Due to FCC rules limiting station ownership, the Journal sold WAGA to Fort Industry Broadcasting of Toledo, Ohio, in the 1940s. In 1948, WAGA acquired an FM sister station when WAGA-FM (now WVEE) began broadcasting. A year later, WAGA-TV signed on as Atlanta's second television station. Fort Industry changed its name to Storer Broadcasting in 1952.
In 1959, WAGA began playing Top 40 hits. The call sign changed to WPLO, which stood for Plough. The station was sold to the broadcasting arm of Plough, Inc., a pharmaceutical company. (FCC rules at the time made call sign change compulsory if a sister television or radio station was sold.)