WGAP (1400
AM, "Random Music Radio") is a
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 ...
broadcasting a
variety hits music format. Licensed to
Maryville, Tennessee
Maryville is a city in and the county seat of Blount County, Tennessee, and is a suburb of Knoxville. Its population was 31,907 at the 2020 census.
It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area and a short distance from popular tourist desti ...
, United States, the station serves the
Knoxville
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's ...
area.
The station is currently owned by Loud Media LLC, and features programming from
Dial Global
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The company takes its name from an earlier network also named Westwood One, a company founded in 1978. The company w ...
and
Motor Racing Network
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.
On April 15, 2022, it was announced that Blount Broadcasting Corporation has come to an agreement to sell WGAP, its sister station WKVL, and two translators to Loud Media. The sale was consummated on August 17, 2022.
On August 22, 2022, WGAP changed their format from classic country to variety hits, branded as "Random Music Radio", simulcasting WKVL 850 AM.
WGAP/WKVL Go Random
Radioinsight - August 22, 2022
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Maryville, Tennessee
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