WMOG

For the Brunswick, Georgia radio station that held the call sign WMOG at 1490 AM from 1940 to 2014, see WBGA.

WMOG
City	St. Simons Island, Georgia
Broadcast area	Brunswick area
Branding	Big 92.7
Frequency	92.7 MHz
First air date	1989-12-04 (as WPFI)
Format	Classic Hits
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	36929
Transmitter coordinates	31°9′42.00″N 81°28′28.00″W / 31.1616667°N 81.4744444°W / 31.1616667; -81.4744444
Former callsigns	WPFI (1989-1991) WMOG-FM (1991-1995) WVVV (1995-1996) WHFX (1996-2005) WBGA (2005-2014)
Owner	Golden Isles Broadcasting, LLC
Sister stations	WRJY, WXMK

WMOG (92.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA, the station serves the Brunswick area. The station is currently owned by Brunswick Station Trust LLC, an iHeartMedia, Inc. divestiture trust.^[1]

History

The station went on the air as WPFI on 1989-12-04. On 1991-02-04, the station changed its call sign to WMOG-FM, on 1995-12-08 to WVVV, on 1996-04-05 to WHFX, on 2005-04-04 to WBGA, and on 2014-09-08 to the current WMOG.^[2]

On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would sell its 29 stations, including WBGA, to Clear Channel Communications for WALK AM-FM in Patchogue, New York as part of the sale of the WALK stations to Connoisseur Media.^[3] Clear Channel, in turn, committed to putting WBGA into a divestiture trust (Brunswick Station Trust LLC) to satisfy concentration limits. The transaction was consummated on September 9, 2014.

On September 8, 2014, WBGA changed their format to classic hits, branded as "Big 92.7", under new call letters, WMOG.^[4]

On February 19, 2016, iHeartMedia sold WMOG to local competitor, Golden Isles Broadcasting, LLC, for $225,000.^[5]

References

↑ "WMOG Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WMOG Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ Venta, Lance (May 15, 2014). "Qantum Sells To Clear Channel; Connoisseur Expands In Long Island". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
↑ Brunswick, GA Stations Swap Locations
↑ iHeart Closes Deal to Sell GA Station.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WMOG

Radio-Locator information on WMOG

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WMOG

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

Classic Hits radio stations in Georgia

By frequency	920 930 1230 1410 1500 1590 92.7 94.3 97.1 97.7 98.1 98.9 102.3 102.7 103.7 103.9 104.7 106.9 107.1 107.9

By callsign	WAYX WBMZ WGSW WHJD WLEL WMGP WMGR WMOG WQXZ WRWN WSEM WSGT WSIZ-FM WSRV WTHG WTTY WWGA WXRS WYIS WYSC

By city	Americus Bainbridge Donalsonville Ellaville Gainesville Hawkinsville Hazlehurst Hinesville Hogansville Jacksonville McRae McRae Metter Patterson St. Simon's Island Savannah (Port Royal, South Carolina) Swainsboro Tallapoosa Ty Ty Waycross

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

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