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WCON-FM
WCON-FM (99.3 Hertz, MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Cornelia, Georgia, United States, the station is currently owned by Habersham Broadcasting Co. WCON-FM also broadcasts Atlanta Braves baseball games. Its tower is located in White County, Georgia, White County, and its studios are located at 540 North Main Street in Cornelia, Georgia, Cornelia. History WCON-FM went on the air in 1965 as a Class A station and was upgraded to a C2 class radio station with 50,000 watts of power in 1989. On December 5, 2015, WCON increased its power to 100,000 watts, covering all of Northeast Georgia and portions of the Carolinas. In May 2019, the station flipped from a blend of country and southern gospel music to classic country as ''My Country 99.3''. References External links * * Radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state), CON-FM Radio stations established in 1965 Classic country radio stations in the United States {{GeorgiaUS-radio-statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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WCON-FM (99.3 Hertz, MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Cornelia, Georgia, United States, the station is currently owned by Habersham Broadcasting Co. WCON-FM also broadcasts Atlanta Braves baseball games. Its tower is located in White County, Georgia, White County, and its studios are located at 540 North Main Street in Cornelia, Georgia, Cornelia. History WCON-FM went on the air in 1965 as a Class A station and was upgraded to a C2 class radio station with 50,000 watts of power in 1989. On December 5, 2015, WCON increased its power to 100,000 watts, covering all of Northeast Georgia and portions of the Carolinas. In May 2019, the station flipped from a blend of country and southern gospel music to classic country as ''My Country 99.3''. References External links * * Radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state), CON-FM Radio stations established in 1965 Classic country radio stations in the United States {{GeorgiaUS-radio-statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WVFJ-FM
WVFJ-FM (93.3 Hertz, MHz, "The JOY FM") is a Christian radio, Christian radio station that serves western central Georgia, including portions of Metro Atlanta and the Columbus-Auburn-Opelika combined statistical area, Columbus-Auburn-Opelika area. Its city of license is Greenville, Georgia. The WVFJ studio is located in Tyrone, Georgia. It broadcasts a Contemporary Christian format. History The station was originally known as WFDR-FM, the sister station to WFDR (AM), WFDR AM 1370, which still shares Manchester as its city of license. The stations' broadcast callsign is a reference to former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had his Little White House vacation home in nearby Warm Springs, Georgia. The callsign was issued on the first day of December 1978. On the last day of October 1981 it became WQCK, and two years later adopted its current callsign on July 7. On February 13, 1981, Atlanta businessman Bill Watkins and his wife Joyce founded Provident Broadcasting Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCON (AM)
WCON (1450 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a soft adult contemporary format. Licensed to Cornelia, Georgia Cornelia is a city in Habersham County, Georgia, Habersham County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. The population was 4,160 at the 2010 census, up from 3,674 at the 2000 census. It is home to one of the Cornelia, Georgia#The Big Red A ..., United States, the station is currently owned by Habersham Broadcasting Company. References External links * * * CON (AM) Radio stations established in 1953 Soft adult contemporary radio stations in the United States 1953 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) {{GeorgiaUS-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwinnett Stripers
The Gwinnett Stripers are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League (IL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. They play their home games at Coolray Field in unincorporated Gwinnett County, Georgia (with a Lawrenceville address) in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. They are named for striped bass in reference to the popularity of fishing in the region. The team was established in 2009 after the International League's Richmond Braves relocated from Richmond, Virginia. Named the Gwinnett Braves after their major league affiliate, they adopted their current moniker in 2018. The Stripers moved from the IL to the Triple-A East in conjunction with MLB's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, but this league was renamed the International League in 2022. History In January 2008, the Atlanta Braves announced plans to relocate its Triple-A Minor League Baseball affiliate from Richmond, Virginia, to Gwinnett County in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. The move cam ... [...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] |
Cornelia, Georgia
Cornelia is a city in Habersham County, Georgia, Habersham County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. The population was 4,160 at the 2010 census, up from 3,674 at the 2000 census. It is home to one of the Cornelia, Georgia#The Big Red Apple, world's largest apple sculptures, which is displayed on top of an obelisk-shaped monument. Cornelia was the retirement home of baseball legend Ty Cobb who was born nearby, and was a base of operation for production of the 1956 Disney film ''The Great Locomotive Chase'' that was filmed along the Tallulah Falls Railway that ran from Cornelia northward along the rim of Tallulah Gorge to Franklin, North Carolina. Geography Cornelia is located in southern Habersham County at (34.513716, -83.530942). It is bordered to the east by Mount Airy, Georgia, Mount Airy and to the southwest by Baldwin, Georgia, Baldwin. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 1.06%, are water. Climate History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Gospel
Southern gospel music is a genre of Christian music. Its name comes from its origins in the southeastern United States. Its lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as well as (in terms of the varying music styles) to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music. Sometimes known as " quartet music" for its traditional "four men and a piano" set up, southern gospel has evolved over the years into a popular form of music across the United States and overseas, especially among baby boomers and those living in the Southern United States. Like other forms of music, the creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of southern gospel varies according to the cultural and social context. It is composed and performed for many purposes, ranging from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, or as an entertainment product for the marketplace. Origins The date of southern gos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White County, Georgia
White County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,003. The county seat is Cleveland. The county was created on December 22, 1857, formerly a part of Habersham County and most likely was named for Newton County Representative David T. White, who helped a Habersham representative successfully attain passage of an act creating the new county. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.6%) is water. The county is mostly located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Northern parts of the county have the highest elevations, being in the mountains themselves. The highest point in White County is Tray Mountain, shared with Towns County to the north. Tray Mountain is the 6th-highest mountain in Georgia. Another very prominent White County peak is Yonah Mountain, also known as Mount Yonah. This peak, located between Helen and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was formed by the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries of North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budget of US $388 million. It has 1,482 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classic Country
Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades. Repertoire The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on innovators and artists from country music's Golden Age, including Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, George Jones, Kitty Wells, Charley Pride, Tammy Wynette, and Johnny Cash. Including some pre-1980s music, latter-day Golden Age stars and innovators Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Paycheck, Kenny Rogers, Emmylou Harris, and Merle Haggard, along with English and Spanglish language songs from 1960s to 2000s Tejano and New Mexico music artists like Freddy Fender, Johnny Rodriguez, Little Joe, Freddie Brown, and Al Hurricane. It can also include recurrent 1980s to 2000s hits from neotraditional country and honky-tonk artists such as George Strait, Reba McEntire, Toby Keith, Alan Jackson, and Randy Travis. History The format resulted largely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio station, while in satellite radio the radio waves are broadcast by a satellite in Earth orbit. To receive the content the listener must have a broadcast radio receiver (''radio''). Stations are often affiliated with a radio network which provides content in a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both. Radio stations broadcast with several different types of modulation: AM radio stations transmit in AM ( amplitude modulation), FM radio stations transmit in FM (frequency modulation), which are older analog audio standards, while newer digital radio stations transmit in several digital audio standards: DAB (digital audio broadcasting), HD radio, DRM ( Digital Radio Mondiale). Television broadcasting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia News Network
The Georgia News Network or GNN is a news agency that provides newscasts, sportscasts, and talk programming for approximately 150 radio stations across the state of Georgia. GNN is owned by iHeartMedia. News output The Georgia News Network provides newscasts, sportscasts and weather forecasts 7 days a week to affiliate stations across the state of Georgia. This includes 2-minute and 1-minute hourly newscasts each day. The network also broadcasts major breaking news events and provides special reports during elections. Affiliate stations receive content either via satellite feed, FTP download or the GNN OnDemand website. This site provides links to audio downloads, such as newscasts, commercials and PSA announcements and historic radio broadcasts. Georgia Focus is a 28-minute, self-contained public affairs broadcast. John Clark hosts the show, which features a new topic every week. Issues covered range from health care to public safety, from non-profits to authors and state gover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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