WZMG (910 AM) is a

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affiliate. Licensed to Pepperell, Alabama, United States, the station serves the

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. The station is currently owned by

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, through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC. WZMG features some programming from

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History

In August 1998, Fuller Broadcasting Company, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Root Communications License Company, L.P., as part of a five-station deal. The deal was approved by the

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on October 5, 1998, and the transaction was consummated in December 1998. Gary Fuller, president and

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of Fuller Broadcasting Company from 1985 until he sold the company in December 1998, was elected mayor of

Opelika, Alabama Opelika (pronounced ) is a city in and the county seat of Lee County in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Opelika is ...

, in August 2004. In March 2003, Root Communications License Company, L.P., reached an agreement to sell this station to Qantum Communications subsidiary Qantum of Auburn License Company, LLC, as part of a 26 station deal valued at $82.2 million. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 30, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on July 2, 2003. On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would sell its 29 stations, including WZMG, to Clear Channel Communications (now

), in a transaction connected to Clear Channel's sale of WALK AM- FM in

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via Qantum. The transaction was consummated on September 9, 2014. On December 15, 2015, WZMG changed their format to gospel, branded as "Hallelujah 910".WZMG Flips to Gospel
/ref> On July 1, 2019, WZMG changed their format to sports, branded as "Fox Sports 910 AM - 1310 AM The Game".

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