WSSG

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WSSG
City Goldsboro, North Carolina
Branding92.7 Jamz
Slogan Goldsboro's Home For Hip Hop and R&B
Frequency 1300 kHz
Translator(s) 92.7 W224DD (Goldsboro)
First air date1955
Format Urban contemporary
Power 1,000 watts day
49 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 14390
Transmitter coordinates 35°24′08″N78°01′20″W / 35.40222°N 78.02222°W / 35.40222; -78.02222
Callsign meaning WSoul Soothing Gospel (former format)
OwnerDonald Curtis
(Eastern Airwaves, LLC)

WSSG (1300 AM) is a radio station licensed to Goldsboro, North Carolina. The station is currently owned by Donald Curtis' Eastern Airwaves, LLC.

AM broadcasting radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation

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Goldsboro, North Carolina Place in North Carolina, United States

Goldsboro is a city in Wayne County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 36,437 at the 2010 Census. It is the principal city of and is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The nearby town of Waynesboro was founded in 1787, and Goldsboro was incorporated in 1847. It is the county seat of Wayne County. The city is situated in North Carolina's Coastal Plain and is bordered on the south by the Neuse River and the west by the Little River, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Greenville, 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Raleigh, the state capital, and 75 miles (121 km) north of Wilmington in Southeastern North Carolina. Goldsboro is best known as home to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.

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Before its Jack FM format, WSSG was simulcasting country-formatted WZKT. [1]

WZKT

WZKT is a radio station licensed to serve Walnut Creek, North Carolina, United States. The station, founded in 1976, is owned by New Age Communications, Inc.

On August 7, 2017, WSSG changed their format from adult hits (as "Jack FM") to urban contemporary, branded as "92.7 Jamz". [2]

Translators

WSSG operates an FM translator at 92.7 FM.

Call sign Frequency
(MHz)
City of license ERP
W
Class FCC info
W224DD92.7 Goldsboro, North Carolina 250D FCC

WSSG 92.7Jackfm logo.jpg

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References

  1. Venta, Lance (August 26, 2015). "Jack-FM Launches In Goldsboro, NC". radioinsight. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  2. Curtis Media Launches 92.7 Jamz Goldsboro NC Radioinsight - August 7, 2017