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| slogan = "Variety and Entertainment" |
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| airdate = 1947 |
| airdate = 1947 |
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| frequency = 1010 [[Kilohertz|kHz]] ([[Amplitude modulation|analog]]) |
| frequency = 1010 [[Kilohertz|kHz]] ([[Amplitude modulation|analog]]) |
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| Broadcast area | Atlanta metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 1010 kHz (analog) |
| Programming | |
| Format | Standards / brokered time |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | WGUN, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1947 |
Former call signs | WEAS |
Call sign meaning | Where God Unites Nations |
| Technical information | |
| Class | D |
| Power | 50,000 Watts daytime, 78 Watts nightime, 26 Watts PSRA, 24 - 26 Watts PSSA |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°41′55″N 84°17′22″W / 33.698605°N 84.289421°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | WGUN Live Stream |
| Website | WGUN Website |
WGUN is an Atlanta area AM broadcasting station (licensed to Atlanta, Georgia) that broadcasts Standards and Variety music and brokered time programming. It broadcasts at a frequency of 1010 kHz with 50,000 Watts of power during the daytime and 78 Watts during nighttime hours using a non-directional antenna. WGUN is classified as a Class-D AM broadcast station according to the Federal Communications Commission.
History
The station originally signed on with the call sign WEAS in 1947 when the station was originally licensed to Decatur, Georgia[1]. The station's original founder and owner was Eurith Dickenson ("Dee") Rivers, Jr., the son of former Georgia governor E.D. "Ed" Rivers, Sr.[1] The WEAS call-sign stood from Emory University & Agnes Scott College, both located in Decatur, Georgia.[1] The program format found on WEAS grew into a combination hillbilly (country/western) and white gospel/preaching format[1]. In 1963, the station changed to its current call sign of WGUN[2] and a country music format with the station adopting "the big GUN" slogan[1]. The WEAS call signs were eventually moved to an AM station in Savannah, Georgia at 900 kHz. WGUN had a News/Talk radio format in the early 1990s[2] before going to the Christian/brokered time radio format.
Currently WGUN has switched from predominately Gospel to its "Hits that Fit" format. While still playing many of the brokered shows from before, the weekly music selection has moved to a more doo-wop sound playing many of the hits from the '40s well into the '60s. Many new shows have also come about, from "The Laugh and A Half" comedy hour to "The Iron Angels", a show sometimes featuring the station's GM.
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