WGEX

WGEX

City	Bainbridge, Georgia
Broadcast area	Albany, Georgia Tallahassee, Florida Dothan, Alabama
Branding	Power 97.3
Slogan	Albany's #1 Hit Music Station
Frequency	97.3 MHz
First air date	May 15, 1968 (as WMGR-FM) ^[1]
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	304 meters (997 feet)
Class	C0
Facility ID	52402
Transmitter coordinates	31°09′12″N 84°32′38″W / 31.15333°N 84.54389°W / 31.15333; -84.54389
Callsign meaning	W GEneration X (former format)
Former callsigns	WMGR-FM (1968)^[2] WJAD (1971-1994) WMGR-FM (1994-2001) WFXF (2001-2003) WLCL (3/28-4/07/2003) WMXV (4/07-21/2003) WKGL (4/21-28/2003) WRAK (4/28/2003-2/15/10)
Owner	iHeartMedia (CC Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WJYZ, WJIZ, WMRZ, WOBB
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	power973.iheart.com

WGEX (97.3 FM, "Power 97.3") is a Top 40 (CHR) formatted radio station licensed to Bainbridge, Georgia and serving the Albany, Georgia, Tallahassee, Florida and Dothan, Alabama markets. The station is owned by iHeartMedia.

History

Former logo for WGEX.

Since it signed onto the air in 1968, WGEX has broadcast under numerous callsigns, including WMGR, WJAD, WFXF, WLCL, WMXV, WKGL, and WRAK.^[2]

On December 26, 2011 at 12 a.m., WGEX changed their branding to 97.3 Hit Music Now.^[3]

On February 18, 2013, WGEX began airing Elvis Duran and the Morning Show from 6 - 10 a.m.^[4]

On June 15, 2016, WGEX dropped the Hit Music Now branding and switched to Power 97.3.^[5]

↑ "FCC History Cards". FCC. Archived from the original on May 4, 2018.
1 2 "FCC History Cards". FCC. Archived from the original on May 4, 2018.
↑ "Hit Music Now Coming To Albany, GA?". Radio Insight. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
↑ "Elvis Duran Adds Ten Affiliates From Bobby Bones". Radio Insight. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
↑ "WGEX Rebrands As Power 97.3". Radio Insight. Retrieved July 16, 2018.

Radio stations in the Tallahassee, Florida market
By AM frequency	730 790 840 930 1070 1240 1270 1330 1400 1410 1450 1580
By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 90.1 90.5 91.1 91.5 91.9 93.3 94.1 94.9 96.1 97.3 97.9 98.9 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.3 103.1 104.1 104.9 105.7 106.1 107.1 107.9
By callsign	WAKU WANM WAYT WBZE WCVC WFLA-FM WFRF (AM) WFRF-FM WFRU WFSD-LP WFSQ WFSU-FM WGEX WGLF WGMY WGRA WHBT WHBX WHTF WKVH WMGR WPAX WPRY WQTL WSTT WTAL WTCL WTLY WTNT-FM WTSM WUJC WVFS WVFT WWLD WWOF WXSR WXTY
Defunct	WJZT 97.9 FM WSBX 1020 AM WWSD 1230 AM
Florida radio markets Daytona Beach Fort Myers–Naples–Marco Island Ft. Pierce–Stuart–Vero Beach Ft. Walton Beach Gainesville–Ocala Jacksonville Lakeland-Winter Haven Melbourne–Titusville–Cocoa Miami–Ft. Lauderdale Orlando Panama City Pensacola Sarasota–Bradenton Tallahassee Tampa–St.Petersburg–Clearwater West Palm Beach–Boca Raton Other Florida radio regions Florida Keys Lake City Sebring 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 Florida List of radio stations in Georgia

Radio stations in the Albany, Georgia market
By AM frequency	960 1250 1300 1590
By FM frequency	89.3 90.3 90.7 91.7 92.7 93.1 93.9 94.7 96.3 97.3 98.1 100.3 101.7 102.1 103.5 104.5 105.5 106.1 106.5 107.7
By callsign	WAEF WALG WASU WBJY WDEC WEGC WGEX WHKV WJAD WJIZ-FM WJYZ WKAK WMRZ WMTM WMTM-FM WNUQ WOBB WQVE WSRA WSRD-LP WUNV WWQA WZBN WZIQ
Defunct	WGPC 1450 AM
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 List of radio stations in Florida Tallahassee Radio

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of Georgia
By frequency	93.5 94.5 95.1 96.1 97.3 97.3 98.3 98.3 99.7 100.1 100.1 101.3 103.3 107.1 107.3
By callsign	WAEV WCGQ WGCO WGEX WGMY WHHD WIPK WMGB WPUP WQGA WQIL WVOH-FM WWPW WWWQ WXYY
By city	Albany Atlanta (WWPW) Atlanta (WWWQ) Augusta Bainbridge Calhoun Chauncey Columbus Macon Midway/Savannah Nicholls Rincon Savannah Thomasville Watkinsville 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 Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

Elvis Duran and the Morning Show
Affiliate stations	KAZX KCRZ KENR KISN KISO KKDM KMXF KNEX-FM KOSY KSFT KTBT KUUL KWTX KXIX KYYY KZBD KZCH WAKS WAZR WBNW WCHD WCGQ WERZ WGEX WGMY WHTZ WHYI WIOQ WKCI WKKF WKSL WKXJ WKZP WLAN WMAJ-FM WPKF WRVQ WRVB WSNO WVRT WVRZ WWHT WZBQ WZEE W293AH

iHeartMedia
Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)
Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams
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