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| Broadcast area | Chattanooga metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 1150kHz |
| Branding | NewsRadio 1150 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
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| WGOW-FM,WOGT,WSKZ | |
| History | |
First air date | 1936 (1936) (as WAPO) |
Former call signs | WAPO (1936–1969) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54526 |
| Class | B |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wgowam.com |
WGOW (1150kHz) is acommercialAMradio station inChattanooga, Tennessee. It is owned byCumulus Media, and broadcasts anews/talkformat. Cumulus also owns 102.3WGOW-FM, whichsimulcasts some shows shared with 1150 WGOW, but has its own schedule most of the day. Theradio studios and offices are on Pineville Drive in Chattanooga.
By day, WGOW transmits with 5,000wattsnon-directional, but at night, to avoid interfering with other stations on1150 AM, WGOW reduces power to 1,000 watts and uses adirectional antenna with a three-tower array. Thetransmitter is on Daugherty Lane in Chattanooga'sMoccasin Bend neighborhood, near theTennessee River.[2]
Weekdays begin with a local news and information show, "The Morning Press," hosted by Jim Reynolds, Kevin West and Brian Joyce. The rest of the schedule is made up ofnationally syndicatedconservative talk programs, mostly from co-ownedWestwood One:Chris Plante,Dan Bongino,Michael Knowles,Ben Shapiro,Mark Levin,John Batchelor. Heard overnight and early mornings areRed Eye Radio andAmerica in the Morning.
Weekends feature shows on money, health and technology. Weekend programs includeKim Komando,Jim Bohannon, Free Talk Live andTom Sullivan. WGOW is anaffiliate of theTennessee Titans Radio Network.[3] Most hours begin with world and national news fromABC Radio News.
The station firstsigned on in 1936 as WAPO at 1420kilocycles.[4] It was Chattanooga's second station, afterWDOD1280 AM (nowdark).
WAPO was owned by W. A. Patterson and had its studios on Foust Street at Rossville Boulevard. It was powered at only 1,000 watts and was adaytimer, required to go off the air at sunset. By the early 1940s the frequency was changed to 1150, giving WAPO full time authorization.
It was purchased byTed Turner in 1968. (Turner went on to found CNN, theCable News Network). The station changed itscall sign to WGOW and adopted aTop 40 format on January 1, 1969. By the early 1980s, the station had evolved into more of afull serviceadult contemporary format. It added more talk shows during the 1980s, and in the 1988, WGOW officially switched to the current talk radio format.
In 2005, the station made waves by moving popular midday syndicated hostRush Limbaugh tosister station 102.3WGOW-FM, resulting in a slight increase in ratings for the FM station, but a precipitous ratings drop for the AM. Limbaugh subsequently returned to the AM lineup in 2006.
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