WGAP

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WGAP
Simulcasts WATO Oliver Springs
Broadcast area Knoxville metropolitan area
Frequency 1400 kHz
BrandingAtomic 106
Programming
Format Alternative rock
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
OwnerLoud Media LLC
WATO, WTLT, WKVL, WKCE, WVLZ
History
First air date
August 13, 1947;78 years ago (1947-08-13)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 72087
Class C
Power 1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
 35°45′41″N83°58′57″W / 35.76139°N 83.98250°W / 35.76139; -83.98250
Translator 105.9 W290DJ (Maryville)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.atomic106.com

WGAP (1400 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Maryville, Tennessee, and serving the Knoxville metropolitan area. It broadcasts an alternative rock format. [2] WGAP is owned by Loud Media LLC, with studios in the Sunsphere tower on Clinch Avenue in Knoxville. [3]

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WGAP is powered at 1,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. Programming is also heard on FM translator W290DJ at 105.9 MHz in Maryville.

History

The station signed on the air on August 13, 1947;78 years ago. [4] It has always used the call sign WGAP. It was owned by Blount Broadcasting with studios and offices in the Gateway National Bank. The power was only 250 watts.

On April 15, 2022, the Blount Broadcasting Corporation announced that it had come to an agreement to sell WGAP, its sister station WKVL (850 AM), and two translators to Loud Media. [5] The sale was consummated on August 17, 2022. On August 22, 2022, WGAP changed its format from classic country to variety hits, branded as "Random Music Radio", simulcasting WKVL. [6]

On September 20, 2023, WGAP switched from variety hits to classic hits. It uses the dial position of its FM translator, calling itself "Fun 105.9". [7]

On October 9, 2025, WGAP switched from classic hits to alternative rock, simulcasting sister station WATO. The two stations brand as "Atomic 106".

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WGAP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
  3. ↑ "WGAP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 278. Retrieved Dec. 3, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Loud Media Expands In Knoxville". Radio Insight. April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  6. ↑ WGAP/WKVL Go Random Radioinsight - August 22, 2022
  7. ↑ Loud Media Begins Knoxville Revamp With Fun 105.9 Launch Radioinsight - August 22, 2022


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