WGMZ

WGMZ

City of license	Glencoe, Alabama
Broadcast area	Gadsden, Alabama
Branding	Classic Hits Z93.1
Frequency	93.1 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	1994
Format	Classic Hits
ERP	1,650 watts
HAAT	189 meters (620 feet)
Class	A
Facility ID	2465
Transmitter coordinates	33°57′16″N 85°51′40″W / 33.95444°N 85.86111°W / 33.95444; -85.86111
Former callsigns	WZJV (1992-1993)^[1]
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wgmz.com

WGMZ (93.1 FM, "Classic Hits Z93.1") is a radio station licensed to Glencoe, Alabama, USA. WGMZ serves the Gadsden, Alabama and Anniston, Alabama metropolitan areas. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and licensed to the Capstar TX Limited Partnership. It broadcasts a classic hits music format.^[2]

History

The station was assigned the WGMZ call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on June 15, 1993.^[1] Prior to that, the call letters were used in the Flint, Michigan market on several stations, notably on what is now WCRZ-FM from 1961 to 1984.

WGMZ dropped Top 40 for the Target Radio Satellite Networks adult alternative format "theLYTE".^[3]

In 2006, WGMZ (Z-93.1) hired morning popular talents Rick Sisk and Dennis Deason and shifted Wild Bill Seckbach from AM to PM drive. WGMZ's primary coverage area includes Etowah and Calhoun counties (Gadsden/Anniston, AL)

References

1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ Stark, Phyllis (July 16, 1994). "Vox Jox". Billboard 106 (29): 84.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WGMZ

Radio-Locator information on WGMZ

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WGMZ

Radio stations serving the Gadsden, Alabama market

by AM frequency	570 810 930 1050 1240 1280 1350

by FM frequency	89.9 91.1 91.5 93.1 102.9 105.1 105.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475

by call sign	KIH58 WAAX WAYU WBNM WCKA WGAD WGMZ WKLS WKXX WMGJ WPID WQSB WSGN WTBB WTDR

Alabama radio markets Birmingham Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Other Alabama radio regions Anniston Auburn Columbus, Georgia Gadsden Meridian, Mississippi See also List of radio stations in Alabama

Classic Hits radio stations in Alabama

By frequency	580 1250 1290 1490 1570 93.1 94.3 95.3 96.1 97.9 100.1 100.3 100.9 101.7 102.5 105.7 106.5

By callsign	WACQ WALX WCRL WCSN-FM WESP WFZX WGMZ WGZZ WMXN-FM WQJJ-LP WRBZ WQKS-FM WQRV WRLD WYEA WYDK WZNJ

By city	Anniston Demopolis Dothan Glencoe Eufaula Jasper Meridianville Montgomery Oneonta Orange Beach Orrville Stevenson Sylacauga Tuskegee Valley Waverly Wetumpka

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

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

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