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History

Like many other college radio stations, WGHR originally began as a carrier current low-power AM station in 1969, transmitting on 1280kHz from a wire loop antenna run atop the circle of buildings at the center of campus. Although not an officially-assigned callsign, it took the name WSTB, an acronym for Southern Tech Broadcasting. Nicknamed "Stubby", its studio was in a dormitory. College radio (also known as university radio or campus radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college or university. ... Carrier current is a method of low-power broadcasting that uses the electrical system of a building to distribute an AM radio signal. ... Low-power broadcasting is the concept of broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... A wire is a single, usually cylindrical, elongated strand of drawn metal. ... A yagi antenna Most simply, an antenna is an electronic component designed to transmit or receive radio waves. ... Campus is Latin for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ... In radio (including television), a callsign or call sign (also call letters) is a unique designation for amateur, broadcast, and sometimes military radio use, as well as for broadcast television. ... Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. ... A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Nick is short for Nicholas). ... A studio is an artists workroom. ... A typical American college dorm room A dormitory or dorm is a place to sleep. ...

In the mid-1970s, the station applied for a low-power FM station. First trying 91.7, it was initially rejected for being too close to 91.9 (WCLK) and 91.1 (WREK). It then selected 102.5, and was eventually given a construction permit in 1979 for that frequency. Since there was already a WSTB FM in Streetsboro, Ohio, the students selected WGHR to mean "Green Hornet Radio", after the school's mascot. The nickname, likewise, became "Wooger" (later mocked by the station's own promos). After an extra year's delay due to a recalled Harris Broadcast transmitter, it finally began FM broadcasting in 1981, serving most of Cobb County in the northwest metro Atlanta area. Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution... Low-power broadcasting is the concept of broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area. ... WCLK-FM Jazz 92 (exact location: 91. ... WREK FM (Wreck, from the Rambling Wreck) is Georgia Techs radio station, located at 91. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Sine waves of various frequencies; the lower waves have higher frequencies than those above. ... WSTB (88. ... Streetsboro is a city located in Portage County, Ohio. ... Mascots at the Mascot Olympics in Orlando, FL. A mascot is something, typically an animal or human character used to represent a group with a common identity, such as a school, professional sports team, or corporation. ... The term recall has a number of meanings: Product recall A recall election Recall to employment after a layoff Recall from memory. ... In communications and information processing, a transmitter (sometimes abbreviated XMTR) is an object (source) which sends information to an observer (receiver). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cobb County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ... According to the 2000 census, the 28-county Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area has a population of 4,247,981 making it the eleventh largest metropolitan area in the United States. ...

At that time, it shared an office in the student center with The STING, the student newspaper. In 1993, the expansion and renovation of the building was completed, and it moved from the old office to its own studio. While the size of the building doubled, the size of the new station was actually cut in half, which was seen by many as a sign of how the station was viewed by the administration. However, it did include a its own restroom (a definite necessity), and a large window into the atrium, right at the main entrance where students and visitors could see into the broadcast studio. This is still the station's current facility. An office is a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organisation with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one... A student newspaper is a newspaper run by university or high or middle school students that covers local and in particular school/university news. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Renovation is the process of restoring or improving a structure. ... Flush toilet A toilet is a plumbing fixture devised for the disposal of bodily wastes, including urine, feces, menses and vomit. ... Highly decorative Window in a Japanese Onsen in Hakone A window is an opening in an otherwise solid, opaque surface through which light can pass. ... In Anatomy, atrium refers to a structure of the heart. ...

Programming

Not much is known about what the station sounded like back in the AM days. When it went to FM, the first song played was Barry Manilow's "Looks Like We Made It", and it continued playing top 40. It gradually went to a "college rock" format during the 1980s, and diversified during the early 1990s, which it has continued since. Barry Manilow in 2004 doing that same move MJ did during his Copacabana song Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn, New York on June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... In the USA, college rock was a term used to describe 1980s alternative rock bands which combined the experimentation of post punk and new wave with a more melodic pop style. ... -1... (Redirected from 1990s in music) 1990 in music International trends Barbadian artists like Gabby, Spice and Square One bring a new sound to Trinidadian soca Mari Boines Gula Gula, and its titular hit single, bring Sami joik-based folk to popular attention Paradise Lost emerges at the forefront of...

Early on, empty time slots were filled by going off the air, because the FCC at the time required a licensed human attendant at all times. When this requirement was later dropped, the station purchased a multi-cassette tape player, like might be used in a department store. It had four replaceable decks which alternated playing one after the other, and had no controls except for eject buttons. Because it already received so much wear and tear, the station still went off the air during the prolonged breaks between academic quarters. A license or licence is a document or agreement giving permission to do something. ... For the meaning of cassette in genetics, see cassette (genetics). ... A department store organizes its goods by departments, such as womens clothes, home furnishings, electronics, and the like. ...

This changed when the 1996 Summer Olympics came to town. After a DJ went to Canada and heard the CBC running World Radio Network overnight instead of going off-air, the amateur radio club helped revive the satellite dish atop the building. The station then started broadcasting international news from WRN at night, on weekends, and during breaks. A simple broadcast automation system SPSU students put together now runs the station 24/7 when nobody is there. The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... CBC redirects here, as this is the most common use of the abbreviation. ... Amateur radio, commonly called ham radio, is a hobby enjoyed by many people throughout the world (as of 2004 about 3 million worldwide, 60,000 in UK, 70,000 in Germany, 5,000 in Norway, 57,000 in Canada, and 700,000 in the USA). ... Special dish for up to 16 satellite positions (KU-band) Satellite dish antenna for C-Band A satellite dish is a type of parabolic reflector antenna designed with the specific purpose of transmitting signals to and/or receiving from satellites. ... International broadcasting is broadcasting deliberately aimed at a foreign, rather than a domestic, audience. ... In broadcast engineering, broadcast automation is the use of technology to automate broadcasting operations. ...

License

WGHR's 17-watt ERP class D (low-power) FM signal was later forced from the air by a sequence of events related to FCC rulings, and the evolution of the commercial band in metro Atlanta. In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or ERP is determined by subtracting system losses from system gains. ... This is the list of broadcast station classes. ...

When WGHR first applied, FM class D stations were considered equal to other full-power stations. This changed in 1980, when the National Association of Broadcasters (representing only large commercial stations), the then-new National Public Radio, and even the Corporation for Public Broadcasting convinced the FCC to demote class D stations to a second-class status, and to stop issuing new class D licenses altogether. The exception of course was for NPR and NAB-member stations, who could continue building new broadcast translators (also class D) however they liked. While the discrimination against technically-identical stations just for originating their own programming seems apalling and unconstitutional to many, these small stations have never had the resources to challenge this in court. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is the industry group representing the commercial radio stations and television stations of the United States. ... NPR logo NPR redirects here. ... The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a private non-profit corporation which is chartered and funded by the United States Federal Government to promote public broadcasting. ... In broadcasting, a translator is an FM radio station or a TV station which acts as a full-duplex repeater. ... To discriminate is to make a distinction. ... Constitutionality is the status of a law, procedure, or act being in accordance with the laws or guidelines contained in a constitution. ... This article is about courts of law. ...

Because of the ruling, WGHR (among many) was left completely vulnerable to any full-power station that wanted its spot on the dial. FCC docket 80-90, introduced in 1980, allowed full-power stations to move-in or fill-in closer together, forcing many class Ds off the air with no other place to go.

In the Atlanta area, two new docket 80-90 allotments were proposed in the early 1980s, one north of Atlanta on 107.5, and one west-northwest on 102.5: WGHR's exact frequency. Five proposals were submitted to the FCC for the latter: one for Forest Park, one for Douglasville, one for Lithia Springs, one for Mableton, and finally WGHR's for Marietta, reserved as noncommercial-educational (NCE). At the time, the FCC had no rules to level the playing field for NCE stations, so WGHR lost out. The remaining proposals floated around until 1988, when Mableton was selected, and the new allotment was opened for applications. Those applicants battled it out in court for years, until one was finally selected in the mid-1990s. An allotment may be used in at least three ways: allotment (financial) allotment (gardening) allotment (radio) See also: apportionment This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Forest Park is a city located in Clayton County, Georgia. ... Douglasville is a city located in Douglas County, Georgia. ... Lithia Springs is formerly incorporated town located in northeastern Douglas County, Georgia. ... Mableton is a census-designated place and an unincorporated town located in Cobb County, Georgia. ... NCE Corporation: Manufacturer of Digital Command Control Systems for Model Railroads. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ...

The allotment of a new class A station at 102.5 MHz in Mableton prompted WGHR to move from that frequency to 100.7 MHz in 1998. When WWWQ began broadcasting on 100.5 MHz in Atlanta, WGHR moved back to 102.5 temporarily to avoid receiving and causing interference, and an application was filed with the FCC to move to 101.1 MHz. Shortly afterward however, the full-power station WJZZ-FM (now WAMJ) began broadcasting, and WGHR was again forced to move. Because they were still licensed for 100.7 MHz, WGHR resumed broadcasting there. The owners of WWWQ (Susquehanna Radio Corporation) strongly objected to this, and consequently, WGHR ceased over-the-air broadcasts in order to avoid trouble with the FCC. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... WWWQ FM (Q100, 100. ... Smooth Jazz 107. ... WAMJ FM (Magic 102. ...

In January 2004, after being unable to broadcast for 12 consecutive months, the FM license for WGHR was automatically cancelled by the FCC as required by Congress, and the application to move to 101.1 was dismissed as moot. [1] (http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions/ac040305.txt) It continues to webcast, and hopes that the LPFM rules will later be relaxed, allowing it to return to the airwaves. 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → January 31, 2004 The United States defence budget is set to exceed US$400 billion next year—an almost 7% increase—according to budget proposals inadvertently posted on the Pentagons website. ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ... In law, a matter is moot if further legal proceedings with regard to it can have no effect, or events have placed it beyond the reach of the law. ... A webcast is similar in intent to a broadcast television program but designed for internet transmission. ...

Trivia

• Some notable DJs: Kevin "Maddog" Sharpe of the metal band Brutal Truth.

Brutal Truth were a New York City based grindcore band that formed in 1990 and disbanded in 1999. ...

External link

• WGHR homepage (http://wghr.spsu.edu)