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| Broadcast area | Valdosta area |
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| Frequency | 950kHz |
| Branding | Magic 950 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban Adult Contemporary |
| Affiliations | ABC Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | 1939 (as WGOV) |
Former call signs | WGOV (1939–2013) |
Call sign meaning | WhereGodUnitesNations |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 70511 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 3,500watts day 63watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°48′13.00″N83°21′20.00″W / 30.8036111°N 83.3555556°W /30.8036111; -83.3555556 |
| Translator(s) | 98.5 W253CE (Valdosta) |
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Public license information | |
WGUN (950AM) is aradio station broadcasting anUrban Adult Contemporary format. Licensed toValdosta, Georgia, United States, the station is currently owned by Magic 95 Entertainment.[2]
It is the oldest station in the city. Although the original WGOV call letters are sometimes said to have stood for "Good Old Valdosta", the station name actually derived from its founder,Eurith D. Rivers, who served as governor of Georgia from 1937 to 1941; "Dee" Rivers, the former station owner, is his son.
With the inauguration of theJack the Bellboy program in 1948 withdeejay Ben Porter, WGOV was one of the first stations in the country to broadcastrhythm and blues.[citation needed]
On January 25, 2013, the station changed its call sign to WGUN, which had been used by the co-owned station in Decatur (Atlanta) on 1010 kHz.
On February 1, 2014, WGUN changed their format from regional Mexican to urban adult contemporary.
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