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| Broadcast area | LaGrange -Newnan - WestCentral Georgia |
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| Frequency | 720kHz |
| Branding | 720 The Voice |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio Premiere Networks Salem Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WBIN,WBZW,WBZY,WRZX,WMGP,WRDG,WUBL,WWPW | |
| History | |
First air date | August 12, 1985; 40 years ago (1985-08-12) |
Former call signs | WMXY (1984–1999) WGSE (1999–2003) WVCC (2003–2020) |
Call sign meaning | "Georgia School of Technology", nowGeorgia Tech; founders of WGST (920 AM), nowWGKA |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 39620 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 7,970watts day |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°3′54.00″N84°57′23.00″W / 33.0650000°N 84.9563889°W /33.0650000; -84.9563889 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 720thevoice.iheart.com |
WGST (720kHz) is acommercialAMradio stationlicensed toHogansville, Georgia, and serving WestCentral Georgia, includingLaGrange andNewnan. It airs atalkradio format and is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc. Most programming on WGST issyndicated. It carriesPremiere Networks shows fromSean Hannity,Glenn Beck and "Clay Travis &Buck Sexton." From theSalem Radio Network it carriesHugh Hewitt andLarry Elder. On weekends, sports programming from theFox Sports Radio Network is heard. On weekdays, most hours begin withFox News Radio.
WGST transmits with power of 7,970watts, using anon-directional antenna, but because it sharesAM 720, the same frequency asClass Aclear-channel stationWGN inChicago, WGST is adaytimer, required to be off the air at night when AM radio waves travel farther.
The station was assigned the WMXYcall sign on September 18, 1984;[2] itsigned on August 12, 1985,[3] owned by Tharpe Communications and programming anurban contemporary format.[4] Tharpe sold the station to T. Wood and Associates for $5,000 in 1991; L.A. Wood was a principal of both companies.[5] Two years later, WMXY and its FM sister station,WEIZ, were sold to Magnolia Broadcasting for $200,000.[6] Magnolia sold the stations to First Georgia Broadcasting, owner ofWKZJ inGreenville, for $145,000 in 1995;[7] the following year, First Georgia sold WVCC and what had become WZLG to Janz Broadcasting for $510,000.[8]
Janz Broadcasting sold WMXY and WZLG to Radio LaGrange for $975,000 in 1997, with alocal marketing agreement commencing on December 1; Radio LaGrange's principals ownedWCOH inNewnan andWMKJ inPeachtree City.[9]Jacor Communications announced a $4.4 million purchase of all four stations in January 1999;[10] Jacor was itself acquired by Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) a few months later.[3][11] WMXY changed its call sign to WGSE on July 12, 1999,[2] accompanied by a switch to a news/talk format;[12] the previous call sign was moved toWKBN-FM inYoungstown, Ohio.[13] The call sign was changed to WVCC on December 22, 2003, and to WGST on July 13, 2020.[2]