WCGX
WCGX is a classic hits and oldies formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Galax, Virginia, serving Carroll and Grayson counties and Independent City of Galax in Virginia.[1] WCGX is owned and operated by Twin County Broadcasting Corporation.[4]
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| City | Galax, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Carroll County, Virginia Grayson County, Virginia |
| Frequency | 1360 AM kHz |
| Branding | The Cat |
| Slogan | Rockin' the Blue Ridge |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic Hits Oldies[1] |
| Affiliations | Townhall.com Radio News Virginia News Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Twin County Broadcasting Corporation |
| History | |
| First air date | February 1, 1947[2] |
| Former call signs | WBOB (1947-1997) WWWJ (1997-2016)[3] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 68600 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 5,000 Watts daytime 31 Watts nighttime |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°39′48.0″N 80°54′52.0″W |
| Translator(s) | W243EH (96.5 MHz, Galax) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | WCGX Webstream |
| Website | WCGX Online |
History
WCGX launched on February 1, 1947, as WBOB. At noon on April 1, 2016, the station changed its format from Southern Gospel to Classic Hits and Oldies, branded as "The Cat".[5] The station also changed its callsign, from WWWJ to WCGX, on the same day.[3][5]
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gollark: I'll see if I can get it to be transparent, but I can get it to downscale at least.
gollark: Do you want me to just half the resolution or something? I can run it through ffmpeg and do that.
gollark: You can't really shrink that GIF further without losing quality in some way, if you want it to remain a GIF.
gollark: Well, if you convert it to a video then the video itself is smaller, because video codecs/formats are... actually optimized for videos; GIFs are not.
References
- "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-564. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- "WCGX Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- Venta, Lance (April 1, 2016). "Classic Rock The Cat Debuts In Galax VA". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
External links
- WCGX in the FCC's AM station database
- WCGX on Radio-Locator
- WCGX in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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