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WBTR-FM
WBTR-FM (92.1 FM, "B-92.1 Country") is a radio station licensed in the city of Carrollton, Georgia, located west-southwest of Atlanta. The station plays a country music format. WBTR-FM is "Your Radio Home Of The Dawgs, Braves & Nascar!" and "Today's Best Country And All Your Favorites". The licensee is WYAI, Inc. Current notable on-air personalities include "The World Renowned and Famous", Mitch Gray in the mornings, Michael Vincent (middays), and Brian Mooty (afternoons). The station is an affiliate of the Atlanta Braves radio network, Motor Racing Network, Performance Racing Network and Georgia Football Radio Network. History B-92 Country was established in Carrollton, Georgia, in 1964 with a signal strength of 3,000 watts. WBTR-FM is the only FM commercial station licensed to Carrollton, serving west Georgia and east Alabama, including Carroll, Haralson, Heard, Coweta, Douglas, Randolph Randolph may refer to: Places In the United States * Randolph, Alabama, an unincorpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKNG-FM
WKNG-FM (89.1 FM, "Rejoice 89.1") is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve Heflin, Alabama, United States. It broadcasts a Contemporary Christian format. The station is owned by Covenant Communications, Inc. Leslie E. Gradick and his son Steven L. Gradick own a combined 90% interest in Covenant Communications. Gradick Communications (the parent company) owns the licensees for WKNG (AM), WCKS-FM, WLBB, and WBTR-FM, while a separate company Alabama 810 LLC (Owned by Leslie E. Gradick) owns the licenses for WCKA and WCKF. History More than three years after filing their initial application, this station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on May 16, 2002. The new station was assigned the call letters WKNG-FM by the FCC on March 2, 2005. WKNG-FM received its license to cover from the FCC on August 24, 2005. Rejoice 89.1 started broadcasting a split format of Southern Gospel music during the day and Contempora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCKS
WCKS (102.7 FM, "Kiss 102.7") is a radio station licensed to the community of Fruithurst, Alabama, United States, and serving Carrollton, Georgia, as well as West Georgia and East Alabama. The station is owned by Gradick Communications and the broadcast licensee is WCKS, LLC. Programming The station plays a Contemporary Hit Radio music format. It has the slogan of "Your Music Station." History "Kiss 102.7" was established in Carrollton, Georgia, in July 1994. Known by the simple call sign WCKS, the station was forced to use WCKS-FM from 2004 through 2006 when AM radio station WNSI was acquired by the Gradick family and its call sign changed to WCKS. On November 29, 1996, the AM station became WCKA WCKA (810 AM, "Real Country") is a radio station licensed to serve Jacksonville, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Steven L. Gradick and licensed to Alabama 810 LLC. It airs a Country music format. Programming is simulcast on tran ... so on December 12, 2006, this FM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In Georgia (U
The following is a list of Federal Communications Commission, FCC-licensed radio stations in the United States Georgia (U.S. state), state of Georgia, which can be sorted by their Call signs in North America, call signs, frequency, frequencies, city of license, cities of license, licensees, and radio format, programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WACL (570 AM) * WAYS (1500 AM), WAYS * WBHB (AM), WBHB * WBKZ (880 AM, Athens, Georgia) * WBMQ * WBUE-LP * WCUG (Cuthbert, Georgia) * WGHC (FM), WGHC * WGM (radio station) * WGPC * WHLE-LP * WJLG * WJTP * WMGA (1130 AM) * WRFV * WSYL See also * Georgia (U.S. state)#Media, Georgia media ** List of newspapers in Georgia (U.S. state) ** List of television stations in Georgia (U.S. state) ** Media of List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), cities in Georgia: Athens, Georgia#Media, Athens, Media in Atlanta, Atlanta, Media in Augusta, Georgia, Augusta, Media in Columbus, Georgia, Columbus, Macon, Georgia#Media, Macon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKNG (AM)
WKNG (branded as King Country) is a daytime operation only AM radio and FM radio station that is located in Tallapoosa, Georgia. The station broadcasts a Classic Country format and focuses on local programming within the West Georgia and East Alabama area. WKNG airs national and world news updates from Fox News, state news from the Georgia News Network, and local news that comes from sister station WLBB. Local programs featured are Tradeline, a call-in show for people to buy, swap, sell, trade or give away items; Petline, for people who are selling, buying or looking for animals or to locate a lost animal or finding an animal and wanting to find its owner. Community calendar events are announced every hour along with weather updates. WKNG covers from Atlanta, Georgia to Birmingham, Alabama and Chattanooga, Tennessee to Columbus, Georgia Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee Riv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLBB
WLBB (1330 AM, "Newstalk 1330") is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Carrollton, Georgia, United States, it serves the Carrollton area. The station is currently owned by Gradick Communications and licensed to WYAI, Inc. WLBB features programming from Salem Radio Network. The station is an affiliate of the Atlanta Braves radio network, and the current flagship radio station for Clark Howard Clark Brian Howard (born June 20, 1955) is a popular consumer expert and podcast host of ''The Clark Howard Show''. Life and career Howard grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents, Bernard and Joy Garson Howard, were prominent members of Atl .... References External links LBB News and talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1977 {{GeorgiaUS-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrollton, Georgia
Carrollton, Georgia is a city in the northwest region of Georgia, about 45 miles (72 km) west of Atlanta near the Alabama state line. It is the county seat of Carroll County, which is included in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. Historically, Carrollton has been a commercial center for several mostly rural counties in both Georgia and Alabama. It is the home of the University of West Georgia and West Georgia Technical College. It is a rural area with a large farming community. The 2019 United States Census estimates placed the city's population at 27,259. History Carroll County, of which Carrollton is the county seat, was chartered in 1826, and was governed at the time by the Carroll Inferior Court, which consisted of five elected justices. In 1829, the justices voted to move the county seat from the site it occupied near the present community of Sandhill, to a new site about to the southwest.Bonner, James C. (1970). ''Georgia's Last Frontier: The Development of Carroll County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motor Racing Network
Motor Racing Network (MRN) is a U.S. radio network that syndicates broadcasts of auto racing events, particularly NASCAR. MRN was founded in 1970 by NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr. and broadcaster Ken Squier, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of NASCAR. Its first broadcast was the 1970 Daytona 500. MRN is one of the two main radio broadcasters of the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series, covering events held at tracks owned by NASCAR, along with Pocono Raceway. It also broadcasts the NASCAR All-Star Race, and the entire Truck Series season (although clearance of Xfinity and Truck Series events may vary by station). Almost all of the remaining Cup and Xfinity races are broadcast by the Speedway Motorsports-owned Performance Racing Network (PRN), besides the Brickyard 400 (which is broadcast by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network in association with PRN); many stations have affiliations with both MRN and PRN in order to air a full NASCAR schedule. All races are also carri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleburne County, Alabama
Cleburne County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,056. Its county seat is Heflin. Its name is in honor of Patrick R. Cleburne of Arkansas who rose to the rank of major general in the Confederate States Army. The eastern side of the county borders the state of Georgia. History Cleburne County was established on December 6, 1866, by an act of the state legislature. The county was made from territory in Benton (now Calhoun), Randolph, and Talladega counties. In 1867, Edwardsville was made the county seat. An election was held in 1905 to move the county seat to Heflin. The result of that election, which agreed to move the seat, was appealed to the Supreme Court, who decided on July 1, 1906, to uphold the election results. Heflin is still the county seat. Heflin was at one point thought of as a hub for nearby farmers to send their cotton. Shortly after the Civil War, a group of northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randolph County, Georgia
Randolph County is a County (United States), county located in the Southwest Georgia, southwestern portion of the US state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and is considered part of the Black Belt (geological formation), Black Belt, historically an area of plantations. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 6,425, roughly one-third of its peak population in 1910, when there were numerous agricultural workers. The county seat is Cuthbert, Georgia, Cuthbert. History Randolph County was created on December 20, 1828, and named after the Virginia planter and politician John Randolph of Roanoke, John Randolph. He was honored originally as the namesake of present-day Jasper County, Georgia, Jasper County but, because of his opposition to U.S. entry into the War of 1812, the Georgia General Assembly changed the county name on December 10, 1812. Eventually, John Randolph's reputation was restored. In 1828, the General Assembly organized the current Randolph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas County, Georgia
Douglas County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 144,237, having more than doubled since 1990. The county seat is Douglasville. Douglas County is included in the '' Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.'' It has attracted new residents as jobs have increased in the Atlanta area. History ;Name The county was created during Reconstruction after the American Civil War. The Georgia General Assembly named it after Stephen A. Douglas, an Illinois senator and the Democratic opponent of Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election of 1860. The existing historical marker says: Historical Marker: ;County seat The act creating Douglas County provided that in November 1870, voters of the new county would elect county officers, and vote to select the site of the county seat. In the election, some voters chose a site near the center of the county, but a larger number vote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coweta County, Georgia
Coweta County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of Metro Atlanta. As of the 2020 census, the population was 146,158. The county seat is Newnan. Coweta County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The land for Lee, Muscogee, Troup, Coweta and Carroll counties was ceded by the Creek people in the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs. The counties' boundaries were created by the Georgia General Assembly on June 9, 1826, but they were not named until December 14, 1826. Coweta County was named for the Koweta Indians (a sub-group of the Creek people), who had several towns in and around the present-day county. In the city of Newnan, on April 23, 1899, a notorious lynching occurred after an African-American man by the name of Sam Hose (born Tom Wilkes) was accused of killing his boss, Alfred Cranford. Hose was tortured and burned alive by a lynch mob of approximately 2,000 ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heard County, Georgia
Heard County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. At the 2020 census, the population was 11,412, down from 11,834 in 2010. The county seat is Franklin. The county was created on December 22, 1830. Heard County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Heard County was created by Act of the Legislature on December 22, 1830. It was named for Stephen Heard, elected President of the Council on February 18, 1781, thus, in the absence of Governor Howley, becoming Governor ''de facto''. Heard moved to Wilkes County from Hanover County, Virginia, and fought in the American Revolutionary War where he distinguished himself at Kettle Creek. The first Sheriff, Jonathan Mewsick, was commissioned in 1832. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.7%) is water. The vast majority of Heard County is located in the Middle Chattahoochee R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
