WKGC (AM)

Last updated
DWKGC
Broadcast area Panama City, Florida
Frequency 1480 kHz (HD Radio  via WKGC-FM-HD3)
Programming
Format Defunct
Affiliations American Public Media
Ownership
Owner
  • Ron Hale
  • (Ommni Broadcasting LLC)
WKGC-FM
History
First air date
1957
Former call signs
WTHR (1957-1962)
WGNE (1965-1981)
Technical information
Facility ID 25564
Class D
Power 5,000 watts day
34 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
30°13′05″N85°51′16″W / 30.21806°N 85.85444°W / 30.21806; -85.85444

WKGC (1480 AM) was a radio station licensed to Southport, Florida, United States. The station served the Panama City, Florida area. The station was last owned by Ron Hale, through licensee Ommni Broadcasting LLC. [1]

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History

WKGC began broadcasting in 1957 as WTHR, a popular music and weather station, and operated until 1962, when it went dark. This lasted for three years, until Don McCoy (later founder of Magic Broadcasting) helped launch WGNE (branded as Genie Radio) once again as a popular music station, starting on 25 June 1965. Due to newfound success, in 1971, WGNE-FM went on the air, which proved more successful for the station than the AM signal previously had. Both stations were soon sold to Janus Broadcasting in the 1970s, but still aired the same pop music format. In 1981, Janus Broadcasting donated the radio station to Gulf Coast State College to supplement WKGC-FM, and its callsigns were changed accordingly. This sale led to the WKGC cluster being the first college radio station available in both AM and FM.

Due to the extensive damage of Hurricane Michael, the station had been silent since October 10, 2018.

In March 2019, Ommni Broadcasting (based out of Destin, Florida) filed a $5,000 deal to buy the station. Ommni currently owns WTKP, another station in the Panama City market. [2] The purchase was consummated on September 27, 2019. The station's license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission on April 1, 2021, due to WKGC having been silent for more than a year.

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References

  1. "WKGC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "Deal Digest: A Group Deal In Kentucky". InsideRadio.