WAGG is a radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama, broadcasting at 610 AM. Its daytime power is 5,000 watts, and at nighttime, it broadcasts at 1,000 watts. Known on the air as “Heaven 610”, WAGG is a gospel music station that targets Birmingham’s African-American population. It is owned by Cox Radio, who also owns the following Birmingham stations: WBHJ-FM (95.7), WNCB-FM (97.3), WBHK-FM (98.7), WZZK-FM (104.7), WBPT-FM (106.9), and WPSB-AM (1320). In the United States (and potentially elswhere), each radio station or TV station is assigned a city of license by the Federal Communications Commission that they must serve. While this has become far less meaningful over the decades, stations are still required to post their public file somewhere within the... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam Official website: http://www. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam Official website: http://www. ... Look up Slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A slogan is a memorable phrase used in a political or commercial context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam Official website: http://www. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sine waves of various frequencies; the lower waves have higher frequencies than those above. ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... Black gospel is primarily a marketing term used to help potential buyers distinguish it from other forms of Christian music, such as contemporary Christian music or Christian rock and Southern gospel (a merger of barbershop quartet style harmony and country instrumentation, see also Southern Gospel Music Association), which have similar... In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or ERP is determined by subtracting system losses from system gains. ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power. ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power. ... This is the list of broadcast station classes. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid... Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded at Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam Official website: http://www. ... Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded at Dayton, Ohio, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. ... WBHJ, known locally over the air, 95. ... WBHK is an urban adult contemporary radio station owned by Cox Broadcasting that serves Birmingham. ...

History of AM 610

The station that now broadcasts at 610 AM in Birmingham is that city’s second oldest radio station. It signed on in 1926 as WKBC, broadcasting at 1310 AM. The original owner of the station was a local furniture company. In 1934, the station was sold to The Birmingham News, and the call letters were changed to WSGN. Those call letters stood for South’s Greatest Newspaper, an obvious tribute to The Chicago Tribune’s WGN, whose call letters stand for World’s Greatest Newspaper. The Birmingham News is a the daily newspaper for Birmingham, Alabama, and the largest newspaper in Alabama. ... Front page of the Tribune incorrectly reporting that Dewey won the 1948 presidential election The Chicago Tribune, formerly self-styled as the Worlds Greatest Newspaper, remains the leading newspaper of the Midwest of the United States. ... WGN is the callsign of two broadcast stations in Chicago, Illinois, both owned by the Tribune company. ...

Throughout the 1940’s WSGN was an affiliate of the NBC Blue Network, the forerunner of the ABC Network. In 1957, WSGN became the second station in Birmingham to become a Top 40 radio station. Initially, it was not as popular as competing station WYDE (850 AM). A new program director joined the station in 1963, and by the next year, WSGN was the dominant Top 40 station, if not the dominant radio station, in Birmingham. They would not relinquish this position for the next ten years. 2002 identity of the ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ...

Many legendary personalities worked at WSGN over the years. Perhaps the most famous alumnus of WSGN is Rick Dees, who was the morning host at the station from 1973-1974. Rick Dees(born March 14, 1950 in Jacksonville, Florida) is a radio disc jockey who currently lives in the San Fernando Valley area, near Los Angeles, California, USA. Dees is best known for his syndicated radio show Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 and for the novelty song Disco Duck. ...

The dominance of WSGN was challenged when in 1972 when longtime middle of the road station WBRC was sold. Its call letters were changed to WERC, and for the first time since 1965, WSGN had a Top 40 challenger in the market. For much of the mid-‘70’s, the battle between “The Big 610, WSGN” and “96-ERC” gave Birmingham listeners two outstanding choices for Top 40 music.

Until 1977, there were no Top 40 stations on the FM dial in Birmingham. That changed when WKXX (now WBPT) made its debut. The ratings of WSGN began to decline, and by 1981, the station had moved away from its longtime Top 40 format and began targeting adult listeners. “The Big 610” was now “Music 610, The Station That Grew Up with You”, and the format was adult contemporary with a heavy mix of oldies.

The debut of a second FM challenger, WMJJ, in late 1982 signaled the beginning of the end of contemporary music on WSGN. In 1984, the station became known as “Real Music 610”, playing adult standards and big band music. This continued until the next year, when the station was sold and became the AM simulcast partner of country station WZZK-FM (104.7). After over fifty years, the call letters of WSGN were changed to WZZK-AM. This simulcast continued until 1998, when 610 AM returned to big band and adult standards with the new call letters, WEZN. A big band is a large musical ensemble that plays jazz music. ...

WAGG History

Originally at 1320 AM, WAGG has been a black gospel station since 1982. Before then, the call letters were WENN-AM. Throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s, WENN was one Birmingham’s more popular stations that targeted African-American listeners, although it broadcast only during daylight hours with a relatively weak signal. The growing popularity of its FM station led station ownership to adapt the gospel format, which proved to be successful. By the end of the ‘80’s, WAGG was one of the highest rated AM stations in Birmingham. For the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. ... WENN, Hallelujuah 105. ...

In 1998, Cox Radio, who already owned WZZK-FM, WODL-FM (now WBPT) and WEZN, bought WAGG, WBHJ and WBHK. One year later, WEZN and WAGG swapped dial positions in order to take advantage of the superior signal on 610 AM. WBHJ, known locally over the air, 95. ... WBHK is an urban adult contemporary radio station owned by Cox Broadcasting that serves Birmingham. ...

External links

Official Website of WAGG