WZOT

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WZOT
Broadcast area Northwest Georgia
Frequency 1220AM/101.9FMkHz
Branding Singing News Radio
Programming
Format Southern Gospel and Christian talk and teaching
Ownership
Owner
  • Mark Lumpkin and Mark Garrett
  • (Heirborn Broadcasting, LLC)
History
First air date
August 28, 1959
Former call signs
WPLK (1959-1980s)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 7041
Class D
Power 500 watts day
103 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 34°0′14.00″N85°3′22.00″W / 34.0038889°N 85.0561111°W / 34.0038889; -85.0561111
Translator(s) W270CE (101.9 MHz, Rome)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website WZOTradio.com

WZOT (1220AM /101.9FM kHz) is a commercial Christian radio station broadcasting a Southern Gospel format, including Christian talk and teaching shows. Licensed to Rockmart, Georgia, United States, the station is owned by Mark Lumpkin and Mark Garrett, through licensee Heirborn Broadcasting, LLC. It uses the slogan “Hometown radio”. Singing News Radio is broadcast during the overnight hours.

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The station is located at 602 West Elm Street in Historic Downtown Rockmart.

WZOT is also heard on 240 watt FM translator W270CE at 101.9 MHz in Rome. WZOT is one of two radio stations in Polk County and one of very few solely Southern Gospel formatted radio stations in the United States. WPLK/WZOT was home to the legendary broadcaster Ned Ingle.

History

On August 28, 1959, the station first signed on as WPLK. [2] Originally it was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. In 1972, it added an FM station, 107.1 WZOT. In the 1980s, when the FM station was sold and switched its call sign to WTSH-FM, the AM station switched its call letters to WZOT.

WZOT briefly transferred to a solid country format before closing in 2014. It was used a satellite station broadcasting country programming from Rome’s 93.5. Prior to this it had also broadcast Hispanic programming.

In 2016 Heirborn Ministries leased the building, returning it to a solely Southern Gospel format. The station added another FM transmitter, 101.9 FM. The station can also be heard virtually on the TuneIn App, with listeners as far away as Sweden.

The station is operated currently by broadcaster Brian McDowell.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WZOT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1974 page B-55


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