WGCO

WGCO
City	Midway, Georgia
Broadcast area	Savannah, Georgia (rimshots to Brunswick, Georgia)
Branding	98.3 Hank FM
Slogan	Hank Plays Country Legends
Frequency	98.3 MHz
First air date	1989
Format	Classic Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	299 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	11674
Callsign meaning	Georgia Coast; former name of the station
Owner	Alpha Media (Alpha Media Licensee LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	983hankfm.com

WGCO is a radio station targeted towards Savannah and Brunswick, Georgia. It is owned by Alpha Media. It is Classic Country format from Envision Radio Networks "Hank FM" brand, as "98.3 Hank FM." Its studios are in Savannah, while the transmitter is near Townsend, Georgia.

History

The station signed on as a class A gospel station licensed to Jesup called WSOJ. In 1982, the station flipped (along with many others) to an audio simulcast of the new CNN Headline News. Shortly thereafter, the station went off the air. Gospel returned to the station in 1984, then country WAJS "The Great 98" a year later. Within a few months, the station became AC WZKS "Kiss FM". In 1989, the station's tower was moved to Glynn County, closer to Savannah and began broadcasting oldies as "Oldies 98.3", and later "98.3 Cool FM."

In 2005, the station jumped on the JACK FM bandwagon and adopted an adult hits format. On March 16, 2007, the station dropped the JACK FM format and returned to the Oldies format once again, as "Oldies 98.3" after a 'protest' was held by then-former morning host Chuck "Boom Boom" Cannon asking for the return of Oldies 98.3. On September 24, 2007, WGCO adjusted to a Classic Hits format, playing a variety of songs from roughly 1964-1985, with the core being the 1970s. This transition also included a name change to "BIG 98.3."

On August 29th, 2013 the station dropped the classic hits format for a loop of Hank Williams Jr.’s “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight”. Then, on Friday August 30th, WGCO relaunched its station as classic country as Envision Radio Networks "Hank FM" brand and rebranded as "98.3 Hank FM"

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External links

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Radio-Locator information on WGCO

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WGCO

Radio stations in the Savannah, Georgia market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.9 89.5 90.3 91.1 91.9 92.3 93.1 94.1 95.5 96.5 97.3 98.3 98.7 100.1 101.1 102.1 103.1 103.9 104.7 104.9 105.3 106.1 106.9 107.9

By AM frequency	630 900 990 1230 1290 1400

By callsign	WAEV WAGP WBMQ WEAS WFXH WGCO WGML WHCJ WIXV WJCL WJLG WJWJ WLFS WLHH WLVH WLXP WQBT WRHQ WRWN WSEG WSGA WSOK WSVH WTHG WTKS WTYB WUBB WVSC WXYY WYFS WYKZ WZAT

Georgia radio markets Albany Atlanta Augusta Brunswick Columbus Macon Savannah Valdosta Other Georgia radio regions Rome Thomasville/Bainbridge Waycross See also List of radio stations in Georgia Hilton Head Radio

Radio stations in the Brunswick, Georgia market

By AM frequency	790 1100 1190 1440 1490

By FM frequency	88.9 89.3 90.7 92.7 100.7 101.5 102.5 103.3 104.1 105.9 107.7

By callsign	WAYR-FM WBGA WCGA WGIG WHFX WMOG WMUV WQGA WRJY WSFN WSOL-FM WWIO WWIO-FM WXMK WYNR

Georgia radio markets Albany Atlanta Augusta Brunswick Columbus Macon Savannah Valdosta Other Georgia radio regions Rome Thomasville/Bainbridge Waycross See also List of radio stations in Georgia

Alpha Media

AM radio stations	KAAN KABI KATE KAUS KBNN KBRK KCOB KDKD KFOR KFQD KGLO KGNC KGRN KHAR KIIK KJAM KJFF KJJQ KJPW KKRT KMCD KMRN KNWH KNWQ KNWZ KNZR KOKA KREI KSAH KSAL KTSA KTUB KUFO KVGH KWIQ KWIX KWOK KXRO KXTG KZDC WANG WCHA WHAG WHBC WHHW WHIS WIBW WING WIRL WJNT WJOL WJQS WKEZ WKRS WLIP WMBD WNTX WOAD WOIC WRNN WRNS WSGW WTNI WXBD

FM radio stations	KAAN-FM KAUS-FM KAYO KBAY KBFF KBLS KBMG KBRJ KBRK-FM KBTE KBTT KCLB-FM KCLZ KCOB-FM KCPI KDBX KDES-FM KDGL KDKD-FM KDKS-FM KDLO-FM KDUT KDUX-FM KEAG KEEZ-FM KEZR KFBD-FM KFRX KGNC-FM KGNZ KHHL KHTN KIAI KIAQ KIBZ KINK KIRK KIXX KJAM-FM KJEL KJXK KKBB KKDV KKFD-FM KKIQ KKRV KKUS KKUU KKWK KLAK KLEY-FM KLKL KLLL-FM KLLY KMAD-FM KMKT KMMX KMXS KNZR-FM KONE KOOI KOYE KOZQ-FM KPSI-FM KRES KRTI KSAH-FM KSAJ-FM KSAL-FM KTAL-FM KTCM KTFM KTJJ KTPK KUBB KUIC KUPL KWHL KWIQ-FM KWIX-FM KWLN KXEA KXGL KXL-FM KXXK KYEZ KYKX W228CI W242BY W262BY W274BM WARQ WARV-FM WBBT-FM WCCQ WCEN-FM WCLI-FM WCPR-FM WDHT WDJX WDLD WEAT WERO WERV-FM WFLS-FM WFXH-FM WGBL WGCO WGER WGHL WGTZ WGZB-FM WHAJ WHBC-FM WHKX WHQX WHXT WIBW-FM WIIL WIKZ WIRK WJMI WKOY-FM WKXI-FM WKZQ-FM WLFV WMBX WMFX WMJM WMYB WNGY WPBG WQBB WQCM WQSL WQZL WRKS WRMF WRNN-FM WRNS-FM WROU-FM WRWN WRXQ WSCZ WSGW-FM WSSR WSWT WTLZ WUBB WVBX WWDM WWLB WWUZ WXCL WXLC WXMA WXQR-FM WXYK WXYY WYAV

Website: alphamediausa.com

Country radio stations in the state of Georgia

Stations	WAAC – Valdosta WAJQ-FM – Alma WBAF – Barnesville 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 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 WSCG – Augusta 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

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Georgia

Coordinates: 31°36′47″N 81°21′36″W / 31.613°N 81.360°W / 31.613; -81.360

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WGCO

History

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