WBOJ

For the Lumpkin, Georgia radio station that held the call sign WBOJ at 88.5 FM from 2009 to 2015, see WCUG (FM).

WBOJ
City	Columbus, Georgia
Broadcast area	Columbus GA area
Branding	102.5 Kissin' Country Legends
Slogan	Country Done Right
Frequency	1270 kHz
Translator(s)	102.5 W273CW (Columbus)
First air date	October 4, 1947 (as WGBA at 620)
Format	Classic Country
Power	5,000 watts day 188 watts night
Class	D
Facility ID	36685
Transmitter coordinates	32°26′16.00″N 85°1′10.00″W / 32.4377778°N 85.0194444°W / 32.4377778; -85.0194444
Former callsigns	WGBA (1947–1970) WHYD (1970–1994) WTMQ (1994–1997) WMLF (1997–2004) WSHE (2004–2015) WZCG (2015)
Former frequencies	620 kHz (1947-1950) 1460 kHz (1950-1954)
Owner	PMB Broadcasting
Sister stations	WKCN
Webcast	Listen Live

WBOJ (1270 AM) is a radio station licensed to Columbus, Georgia, serving the Columbus area. The station is currently owned by PMB Broadcasting.^[1]

History

The station started broadcasting October 4, 1947, on 620 kHz at 1 kW daytime only with the call letters WGBA. In the beginning, it simulcast programming of WGBA-FM, which began broadcasting in December 1946.^[2]

It was the third station in Columbus. By 1950, the station had moved up the dial to 1460 kHz, with 1 kW full-time, displacing station WSAC. The license for 620 was turned back to the FCC. That frequency eventually wound up being used in La Grange, Georgia. By 1954, WGBA was on 1270 kc. with 1 kW daytime only. The 1460 frequency was reassigned to Phenix City, Alabama with the call letters WPNX. About 1970, the call letters were changed to WHYD, with a full-time country format.

The station was assigned the call letters WTMQ on March 28, 1994. In March 1997, WTMQ was purchased by M&M Partners Inc. and flipped from Spanish-language programming to a Gospel music format.^[3]^[4] On June 20, 1997, the station changed its call sign to WMLF.

In May 2003, the station changed formats from sports talk "The Sports Monster" to Southern Gospel music.^[5] On February 27, 2004. the call letters were changed to WSHE.^[6]

On January 15, 2014, WSHE went silent and then returned to the air on July 25, 2014 with a sports format with programming from Fox Sports Radio. The call letters were changed to WZCG on March 2, 2015, and then to WBOJ on July 1, 2015.^[6]

On April 26, 2016 WBOJ flipped to classic country as "Kissin' Country Legends", branded as an offshoot of WKCN, and utilizing a simulcast on 102.5 W273CW.^[7]

Previous logo

References

↑ "WBOJ Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "New Georgia AM Outlet Opens With FM Pickup" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 13, 1947. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
↑ "Spanish radio station will sign off soon". Ledger-Enquirer. March 29, 1997. p. B5.
↑ "Georgia Radio Purchase Establishes Dominant Player". Ledger-Enquirer. July 2, 1997.
↑ "Fostering a call for Gospel, group awards radio's Jim Foster for bringing Gospel to local airwaves". Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. November 12, 2003. p. C1.
1 2 "WBOJ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ More Kissin' For Columbus, GA

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WBOJ

Radio-Locator Information on WBOJ

Radio stations in the Columbus, Georgia market

By AM frequency	540 910 1230 1270 1340 1420 1460 1520 1580

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.7 89.5 90.5 91.1 91.7 92.7 93.3 93.9 95.3 95.7 95.9 96.1 96.7 97.1 97.3 97.7 98.3 99.3 99.9 100.1 100.7 101.3 102.9 103.7 104.9 106.1 106.9 107.3

by call sign	WAGH WAUD WAUF WBFA WBOJ WBUE WCGQ WCUG WELL-FM WEGL WDAK WEAM-FM WFRC WFXE WGSY WHAL WIOL WIOL-FM WJSP-FM WKCN WKKR WKZJ WLTC WMXA WOKS WQNR WQSI WRCG WRLD WSTH-FM WTGZ WTJB WTLM WURY-LP WVFJ-FM WVRK WYFK WZMG

Defunct	WACM-LP (94.3 FM)

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Country radio stations in the state of Georgia

Stations	WAAC – Valdosta WAJQ-FM – Alma WBAF – Barnesville WBOJ - Columbus WBTR-FM – Carrollton WBYZ – Baxley WCEH – Hawkinsville WCJM-FM – West Point WCOH – Newnan WCON – Cornelia WCON-FM – Cornelia WDEN – Macon WEKS – Zebulon WFDR - Manchester WFFM – Ashburn WGCO – Midway/Savannah WHIE – Griffin WHKN – Millen WIFO – Jesup WIHB – Macon WIHB-FM – Gray WISK-FM – Americus WJCL-FM – Savannah WJTH – Calhoun WKAA – Willacoochee WKAK – Albany WKBX – Kingsland WKCN – Lumpkin WKHX – Marietta WKKP – McDonough WKLY – Hartwell WKNG – Tallapoosa WKUB – Blackshear WKZR – Milledgeville WKZZ – Tifton WLHR – Lavonia WLJA – Ellijay WLUB – Augusta WLYU – Lyons WMCG – Milan WMNZ – Montezuma WMOQ – Bostwick WNGC – Toccoa WOBB – Tifton WOKA-FM – Douglas WPEH – Louisville WPPL – Blue Ridge WQCH – Lafayette WQZY – Dublin WRJY – Brunswick WSGA – Hinesville WSGC – Elberton WSNT – Sandersville WSNT-FM – Sandersville WSRM – Coosa WTHO – Thomson WTIF-FM – Omega WTSH – Aragon WTUF – Boston WUBL – Atlanta WUCG-LP – Blairsville WUFF – Eastman WUFF-FM – Eastman WULK – Crawfordville WXKO – Fort Valley WXLI – Dublin WXRS-FM – Swainsboro WYNR – Waycross WYUM – Mount Vernon WYYZ – Jasper WZAT – Tybee Island/Savannah WZCH – Warner Robins WZQZ – Trion

Defunct	WBBK – Blakely WCUG – Cuthbert

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