WPOG

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WPOG
WWOS & WPOG station logo.png
Frequency 710 kHz
Programming
Format Christian talk and teaching, Southern Gospel
Affiliations Fundamental Broadcasting Network
SRN News
Ownership
OwnerGrace Baptist Church of Orangeburg
WWOS, WWOS-FM
History
Call sign meaning
Worshipping the Prince Of Glory
Technical information
Facility ID 54577
Class D
Power 1,000 watts day
Transmitter coordinates
33°37′4″N80°46′50″W / 33.61778°N 80.78056°W / 33.61778; -80.78056
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website wwosradio.net

WPOG (710 AM) is a radio station licensed to St. Matthews, South Carolina. It is owned and operated by Grace Baptist Church of Orangeburg. [1] WPOG broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching radio format, along with Southern gospel music. The station's transmitter is off Radio Road in St. Matthews. [2] The signal covers the region of South Carolina between Charleston and Columbia.

Contents

Because it shares the same frequency as clear-channel station WOR in New York City, WPOG is a daytimer, required to go off the air at night when radio waves travel farther. The station's programming is heard around the clock on co-owned WWOS-FM 91.9 in St. George, South Carolina. WPOG is also simulcast on AM 810 WWOS in Walterboro, South Carolina.

History

On August 15, 1975, the station first signed on as WQKI. [3] It was owned by the Central Carolina Broadcasting Corporation and aired a country music format.

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References

  1. "WPOG Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Radio-Locator.com/WPOG
  3. Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-190