WCUG (FM)

WCUG
City Lumpkin, Georgia
Broadcast area Columbus, Georgia metropolitan area
Branding The Cougar
Frequency 88.5 MHz
First air date April 15, 2008
Format Jazz, News, Sports and College
ERP 23,000 watts
HAAT 164 meters
Class C2
Callsign meaning Cougar
Former callsigns WTMQ (2002-2009)
WBOJ (2009-2015)
Owner 88.5 The Truth Inc.
Webcast soundcloud.com/wcugcougarradio
Website wcugradio.columbusstate.edu

WCUG (88.5 FM, "The Cougar") is a radio station licensed to the community of Lumpkin, Georgia and to serve Columbus, Georgia and its metro area. It once was a Contemporary Christian radio station.[1] It began broadcasting in April 2008 at frequency 103.7, but, as of December 2009, it is broadcasting at 88.5.[2]

WCUG was put on the air by former WCGQ PD/Air Talent Lee McCard who was the morning host until July 2009. Morning successor Heath Jackson was shot and killed at his home in September 2010, in a murder case which stunned Columbus. Police arrested a suspected burglar on murder charges. The current morning host is station manager Brian Hite.

On July 1, 2015, the station switched to its current presentation of Jazz, News, Sports and College and is being programmed by Columbus State University. (Taken from Alabama Broadcast Media Page)[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.stationratings.com/ratings.asp?market=235
  2. ↑ Columbus radio stations make a switch from WTVM.com, retrieved December 8, 2009
  3. ↑ More details about this change can be found here: https://radioinsight.com/headlines/93516/columbus-ga-stations-on-the-move/

Coordinates: 31°59′20″N 84°55′59″W / 31.989°N 84.933°W / 31.989; -84.933


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