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Broadcast area | Brunswick, Georgia |
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Frequency | 1100kHz |
Programming | |
Format | News/talk |
Affiliations | Fox News Radio,Salem Radio Network |
Ownership | |
Owner | Cox Broadcast Group, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | June 15, 1987; 37 years ago (1987-06-15) (as WGMM) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 14240 |
Class | D |
Power | 10,000watts day |
Transmitter coordinates | 31°2′50.00″N81°44′47.00″W / 31.0472222°N 81.7463889°W /31.0472222; -81.7463889 |
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WCGA (1100AM) is aradio station broadcasting anews/talk format. Licensed toWoodbine, Georgia, United States, the station servesBrunswick, Georgia, andFernandina Beach, Florida. The station is owned by Cox Broadcast Group, Inc. (unrelated to the largerCox Media Group orCox Enterprises) and features programming fromFox News Radio andSalem Radio Network.[2]
The station was assigned thecall sign WGBE on June 10, 1986. On March 30, 1987, it changed its call sign to WGMM;[3] it signed on June 15[4] withreligious programming andsouthern gospel.[5] Original owner Miller Broadcasting, controlled by Joanne S. Mller, sold WGMM to J. Wesley Cox's Cox Broadcast Group for $25,000 in 1988;[6] on November 30, it became WCGA.[3] In 1997, WCGA, following a period in which it wassilent, returned to the air with a talk format.[7] On March 17, 2005, the station's license was cancelled because its license had expired without renewal on April 1, 2004; after subsequently filing for renewal, in May 2007 theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) restored the WCGA license and fined Cox Broadcast Group $7,000.[8]
On January 15, 2020, the FCC revoked WCGA's license for failure to pay delinquent regulatory fees owed to the Commission.[9] On February 11, 2020, the FCC rescinded the revocation, as it had not considered Cox Broadcast Group's response to the order.[10][11]
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