WAUG (750 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to New Hope, North Carolina,

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, the station serves the

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area. The station is owned by

St. Augustine's University Saint Augustine's University is a private historically black Christian college in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was founded by Episcopal clergy in 1867 for the education of freed slaves A freedman or freedwoman is a formerly enslaved pers ...

and features programming from

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and the Radio One-owned Syndication One. WAUG radio is a daytime-only operation, leaving the air at sunset to prevent interference to 50,000-watt WSB in

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, the Class A

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station on

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. The university also runs a low-powered TV station,

WAUG-LD WAUG-LD, virtual channel 8 and VHF digital terrestrial television, digital channel 4, is a Low-power broadcasting#Television, low-powered Independent television station city of license, licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. The stati ...

(channel 8). WAUG-LD is carried by

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on digital cable channel 168 in Raleigh.

History

WAUG "Power 750" began broadcasting in 1987 from the campus of Saint Augustine's University. In October 2006, the station switched primarily to a talk format aimed at the black community. Shows include the nationally syndicated News One Now with Roland Martin, Keepin' It Real with

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and Biz Talk with Josh Smith. The station also carries football games from the

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as well as St. Augustine's University Sports including the CIAA Basketball Tournament. The station is also the flagship for ''From The Press Box To The Press Row'', a sports talk show focused on Black college sports which is heard on syndicated stations through the mid-Atlantic region from Pennsylvania to Georgia. In October 2018 WAUG changed their format from talk to Mainstream urban, branded as "Hot 97.9" (simulcast on FM translator W250AZ 97.9 FM Raleigh).Hot 97.9 Brings More Hip Hop to Raleigh
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* * * AUG (AM) St. Augustine's University (North Carolina) Radio stations established in 1987 1987 establishments in North Carolina Mainstream urban radio stations in the United States AUG {{NorthCarolina-radio-station-stub