WAAC (FM)

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WAAC
WAAC logo.png
Frequency 92.9 MHz
Branding92.9 Country
Programming
Format Country
Affiliations ABC Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Rivers Radio Group
  • (W.G.O.V., Inc.)
History
First air date
November 1966 (1966-11)
Former call signs
WGOV-FM (1966–1984)
Technical information
Facility ID 72122
Class C1
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 153.0 meters
Transmitter coordinates
 30°48′13.00″N83°21′20.00″W / 30.8036111°N 83.3555556°W / 30.8036111; -83.3555556
Links
Website WAAC Online

WAAC (92.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country format. Licensed to Valdosta, Georgia, United States, the station is currently owned by the Rivers Radio Group. [1] It is the Heritage FM station, having been on the air since 1966.

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History

The station went on the air as WGOV-FM in November 1966. [2] On February 20, 1984, the station changed its call-sign to the current WAAC. [3]

The "GOV" referred to the fact that it was owned by "Dee" Rivers, son of former Georgia governor E.D. Rivers.

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References

  1. ↑ "WAAC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "WGOV-FM" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1968. p. B-47 (195). Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ "WAAC Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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