WGOV-FM

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WGOV-FM
Broadcast area Valdosta area
Frequency 96.7 MHz
BrandingPower 96.7
Programming
Format Mainstream Urban
Affiliations ABC Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Magic 95 Entertainment
  • (W.G.O.V., Inc.)
History
First air date
June 1985 (as WZLS)
Former call signs
WZLS (1985–1991)
WVCM (1991–1992)
WYZK (1992–2005)
WGOV-FM (2005–2006)
WLYX (2006–2011)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 9684
Class C2
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters
Transmitter coordinates
 30°48′13.00″N83°21′20.00″W / 30.8036111°N 83.3555556°W / 30.8036111; -83.3555556
Links
Public license information
Website 96sevenfm.com

WGOV-FM (96.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Mainstream Urban format. Licensed to Valdosta, Georgia, United States, the station is currently owned by Magic 95 Entertainment. [2]

Contents

History

The station went on the air as WZLS in 1985 and was changed to WVCM ("Valdosta Country Music") on 1991-05-15. On 1992-02-01, the station changed its call sign to WYZK, on 2005-05-26 to WGOV-FM (to honor Eurith D. Rivers, former Georgia governor and father of "Dee" Rivers, the station owner) (the sister AM station had been WGOV-AM from its origin), on 2006-07-05 to WLYX, and on 2011-08-09 back to the current WGOV-FM. [3]

Tragedy

Shortly after midnight on Saturday morning, January 21, 2012, WGOV-FM disc jockey Stephon Edgerton, known on-air as "Juan Gatti", was shot three times outside the studio (once in the head, twice in the torso) by an assailant, a white man wearing a ski mask. Edgerton called 911 on his cell phone to give the description of the assailant, but soon died of his injuries at the South Georgia Medical Center. His murderer, yet to be identified, is still at large. At the time of his murder, Edgerton had been employed at WGOV-FM for six years, and is survived by his wife and three children. [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WGOV-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WGOV-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WGOV-FM Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ WVGA radio: "Local Radio Personality Killed", January 21, 2012.
  5. ↑ WALB: "Valdosta DJ dies after shooting", January 21, 2012.
  6. ↑ WTXL: "UPDATE: Man murdered outside Valdosta radio station", January 21, 2012.


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