WPGY

WPGY
City Ellijay, Georgia
Frequency 1580 kHz
Translator(s) W229CE 93.7 Cartersville
First air date 1978 (as WLJA)
Format Oldies
Power WPGY: 500 watts day
ERP W220CE: 250 watts
Class D
Facility ID 36891
Transmitter coordinates 34°42′14.00″N 84°28′35.00″W / 34.7038889°N 84.4763889°W / 34.7038889; -84.4763889
Former callsigns WLEJ (1978-1986)
WLJA (1986-1999)
Affiliations AP Radio
Owner Randy Gravley and Byron Dobbs
(Tri-State Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations WLJA-FM

WPGY (1580 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. It licensed to Ellijay, Georgia, United States, and is owned by Randy Gravley and Byron Dobbs, through licensee Tri-State Communications, Inc. It features programming from AP Radio.[1]

History

The station went on the air as WLJA on May 14, 1986. On December 1, 1999, the station changed its call sign to the current WPGY.[2]

References

  1. "WPGY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WPGY Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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