WMGR (930
AM) is a
Christian radio station
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broadcasting a
Contemporary Christian music format. Licensed to
Bainbridge, Georgia
Bainbridge is a city in Decatur County, Georgia, United States. The city is the county seat of Decatur County. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 14,468.
History
The first European settlement in what is today Bainbridge was a tra ...
, United States, the station serves the Tallahassee area. The station was owned by Kevin Dowdy, through licensee Flint Media Inc. prior to purchase by
Clear Channel Communications.
History
WMGR was established in the late 1940s by
Marvin Griffin
Samuel Marvin Griffin, Sr. (September 4, 1907 – June 13, 1982) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia.
A lifelong Democrat, Griffin was a native of Bainbridge, Georgia and publisher of the ''Bainbridge Post-Searchligh ...
, who later became the 72nd
Governor of Georgia. The
call sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally assign ...
was for Marvin Griffin Radio.
On January 1, 2017, WMGR changed their format from classic hits to contemporary Christian.
WMGR Flips to Christian AC
Radioinsight - January 5, 2017
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Radio stations established in 1943
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