WAGR-FM

Last updated
WAGR-FM
Frequency 102.5 MHz
Programming
Format Urban Oldies
Ownership
OwnerHolmes County Broadcasting Company, LLC
WXTN
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 21155
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
33°09′00″N90°07′45″W / 33.15000°N 90.12917°W / 33.15000; -90.12917
Links
Public license information
Website wagrfm1025.com

WAGR-FM (102.5 FM) is an American radio station broadcasting an urban oldies music format. Licensed to Lexington, Mississippi, United States, it serves the Lexington area. Former owner Brad Cothran died in a one-car accident on May 30, 2009, [2] [3] and the license was assigned to Holmes County Broadcasting Company, LLC effective June 29, 2012.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WAGR-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Radio station owner killed in car crash". WLBT. July 3, 2009. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  3. "Brad Cothran". The Clarion Ledger . June 2, 2009. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2011. Brad has been in the radio business for over thirty-four years. He started as an employee of WXTN as a teenager. He later became station manager. In 1989, Brad and his family opened WAGR, a new FM station in Lexington. Since 2000, he has been owner and operator for both stations.