WAWS (FM)

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WAWS
Frequency 107.3 MHz
BrandingAir1
Programming
Format Contemporary worship
Affiliations Air1
Ownership
Owner Educational Media Foundation
History
First air date
September 12, 1972 (1972-09-12) [1]
Former call signs
WCLA-FM (1973–2004)
WMCD (2004–2018)
WZBX (2018)
WLGK (2018–2019)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 65607
Class C3
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters
Transmitter coordinates
 32°10′1.00″N81°54′7.00″W / 32.1669444°N 81.9019444°W / 32.1669444; -81.9019444
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Public license information

WAWS (107.3 FM) is a Christian radio station licensed to Claxton, Georgia, United States. The station is currently owned by Educational Media Foundation (EMF). [3] WAWS carries EMF's Air1 contemporary worship format.

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History

The station was assigned the WCLA-FM call letters on August 28, 1972; [4] the station signed on September 12. [1] On July 8, 2004, the station changed its call sign to WMCD. [5] The WMCD call had belonged to a Statesboro FM station in the 1960s until the early 2000s.

On August 9, 2018, WMCD swapped call signs with then sister station WZBX. Effective August 31, 2018, the sale of WZBX by Radio Statesboro, Inc. to Educational Media Foundation was consummated at a purchase price of $150,000. EMF changed the station's call sign to WLGK the same day.

The station changed its call sign to WAWS on December 20, 2019.

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References

  1. 1 2 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-157. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WAWS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "WAWS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "WAWS FCC history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ "WAWS Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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