WIFO-FM (105.5
FM) is Jesup's
FM heritage station
In commercial radio, a heritage station is an AM radio station that has broadcast a specific format for a sustained period of time, since its beginning; usually since the 1930s or 1940s, in some cases the 1920s. Also, the call letters will have r ...
, broadcasting a wide variety of programming, including mornings with Butch Hubbard, Local News with Bob Morgan, Local Sports; The only
FM Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. The Braves ...
affiliate for
Baxley,
Hinesville
Hinesville is a city in Liberty County, Georgia, United States, located on the Atlantic coastal plain. The population was 33,437 at the 2010 census and an estimated 33,273 in 2019. The city is the county seat of Liberty County. It is the princi ...
,
Jesup,
Waycross,
Brunswick, and
Camden County; Since 1971 the oldest continuous FM Braves Affiliate. WIFO also covers professional and college sports, as well as
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
and the
True Oldies Channel
Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel (also known more recently as ''The True Oldies Channel: Greatest Hits'') is a radio network begun in the spring of 2004. Originally distributed by ABC Radio Networks via satellite, the service plays a hybrid ol ...
weekends. Licensed to
Jesup, Georgia
Jesup is a city in Wayne County, Georgia, United States. The population was 9,809 at the 2020 census. The city is the county seat of Wayne County.
History
By February 1869, Willis Clary had begun building a two-story hotel near the junction o ...
, United States; The station is currently owned by Jesup Broadcasting Corp.
A fire December 7, 2005,
[http://wtoc.com/Global/story.asp?s=4216379 ] destroyed the original studios. New permanent facilities located at the original site went online June 24, 2006. Since then,
sister station
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Radio sister stations will often have different formats, and somet ...
WLOP
WLOP (1370 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Sports radio, sports format. Licensed to Jesup, Georgia, United States, the station is currently owned by Jesup Broadcasting Corp. and features programming from Fox Sports Radio.
R ...
has noticed a resurgence in listeners, due in part to
Fox Sports Radio
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, and the addition of relevant local sports programming 24/7, including WCHS Softball on WLOP.
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IFO
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Transportation
Ifo is conn ...
Oldies radio stations in the United States
Country radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 2005