WGZZ

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WGZZ
Broadcast area Auburn-Opelika, Alabama
Frequency 94.3 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingWings 94.3
Programming
Format Classic hits
Subchannels HD1: WGZZ analog
HD2: News/Talk "NewsTalk WANI"
HD3: Sports "ESPN Auburn"
HD4: Soft AC "96.3 W-Lee"
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Ownership
OwnerAuburn Network, Inc.
WANI
History
First air date
1989 (as WZLM at 97.3)
Former call signs
WZLM (1989–2004)
WKGA (2004–2007) [1]
Former frequencies
97.3 MHz (1989–2004)
100.3 MHz (2004–2010)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 15283
Class A
ERP 4,200 watts
HAAT 120 meters (390 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 32°44′11″N85°29′54″W / 32.73639°N 85.49833°W / 32.73639; -85.49833
Translator(s) 96.3 W242AX (Auburn, relays HD4)
98.7 W245AY (Auburn, relays HD2)
106.7 W294AR (Auburn, relays HD3)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
HD2: Listen live
HD3: Listen live
HD4: Listen live
Website wingsfm.com
HD2: newstalkwani.com
HD3: espnau.com
HD4: 963wlee.com

WGZZ (94.3 FM, "Wings 94.3") is a radio station licensed to serve Waverly, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Auburn Network, Inc. It airs a classic hits music format. [3]

Contents

The station was assigned the WGZZ call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 18, 2007. [1]

On April 19, 2010, WGZZ moved from 100.3 FM to 94.3 FM.

Translators

Broadcast translator for WGZZ-HD2
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W254AY98.7 FM Auburn, Alabama 138347250169  m (554  ft)D 32°40′3.5″N85°33′0.8″W / 32.667639°N 85.550222°W / 32.667639; -85.550222 (W254AY) LMS
Broadcast translator for WGZZ-HD3
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W294AR106.7 FM Auburn, Alabama 141199250169  m (554  ft)D 32°40′3.5″N85°33′0.8″W / 32.667639°N 85.550222°W / 32.667639; -85.550222 (W294AR) LMS
Broadcast translator for WGZZ-HD4
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W242AX96.3 FM Auburn, Alabama 146140250176  m (577  ft)D 32°40′3.5″N85°33′0.8″W / 32.667639°N 85.550222°W / 32.667639; -85.550222 (W242AX) LMS

Format and Programs

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Caricature of Rich and Jeremy

WGZZ ("Wings 94.3") airs classic rock from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Wings features a local morning radio show, "Rich and Jeremy in the Morning", which airs weekdays from 6:00 CST to 9:00 CST featuring Rich Perkins of Wings and Jeremy Henderson of The War Eagle Reader website. The show began in January 2016 and is primarily comedy. Rich and Jeremy include live guests and phone calls during the show. Clips of the show are available on Rich and Jeremy's SoundCloud page. After Rich and Jeremy, Al Mason hosts "Rewind at 9" on weekdays at 9:00 CST, a program that spotlights a specific classic year's music. John Garrett hosts "The 4 O'Clock Beatles Block" on weekdays at 4:00 CST featuring four classic Beatles songs. Weekdays at 5:00 CST, Wings airs a "Live at 5" feature for a couple of classic rock songs recorded from a live concert.

Wings 94.3 is also the official station of Auburn High School Football. Wings airs a coaches show on Mondays prior to a game with Bill Cameron and Auburn High head coach Adam Winegarden. On game day, Bill Cameron assumes play-by-play duties, he is joined on the broadcast by Chuck Furlow, Gabe Gross, and Scott Bagwell.

On July 18, 2023, it was announced WGZZ would become the official broadcast home of Auburn Tigers football and men's basketball, alongside the university's "Tiger Talk" talk radio program, as part of a deal with owner RadioAlabama (reacquiring rights to the team after previously holding them from 2013-2016). [4]

Sister Stations

WGZZ is a broadcast service of Auburn Network, Inc., which also owns three other radio stations, including Newstalk WANI (WANI-AM, W242AY), ESPN 106.7 (WGZZ-HD3, W294AR), and 96-3 W-LEE (WGZZ-HD2, W242AX)

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WGZZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ RadioAlabama Snags Auburn University Radio Rights

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