WGOL
Radio station in Russellville, Alabama
34°30′50″N 87°42′55″W / 34.51389°N 87.71528°W / 34.51389; -87.71528WGOL (920 AM, "Real Country 920") is a radio station licensed to serve Russellville, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Pilati Investments Corporation.
Programming
WGOL broadcasts a Classic Country music format in C-QUAM AM Stereo.[3]
In addition to its usual music programming, WGOL carries significant sports programming as a member of the Alabama Crimson Tide Sports Network. This includes Alabama Crimson Tide football,[4] men's basketball,[5] women's basketball,[6] baseball,[7] and the Hey Coach call-in show with Crimson Tide head coaches.[8]
History
This station first signed on in 1949 as WWWR.[1][2]
WWWR made national headlines in early 1950 when a three-foot rattlesnake forced the radio station off the air for "more than an hour."[9] Engineers discovered the snake had "crawled into the tuning unit, shorting the circuit."[9]
In March 1986, SIS Sound of Russellville, Inc. reached an agreement to purchase WWWR from Franklin Broadcasting, Inc.[10] The deal was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on June 4, 1986, and the transaction was consummated on October 28, 1986.[10] The station's new owners had the FCC assign new call letters WJRD on August 17, 1987.[2]
On November 15, 1997, William A. Grant Jr., the owner of WJRD license holder SIS Sound of Russellville, Inc., died.[11] In March 1998, control of the company passed involuntarily to William A. Grant III and Walter B. Grant.[12] The Federal Communications Commission approved this transfer on May 21, 1998, and it was formally consummated on the same day.[12] The station was immediately put up for sale.
In June 1998, McCurry Broadcasting Company, Inc. reached an agreement to purchase WJRD from SIS Sound of Russellville, Inc.[13] The deal was approved by the FCC on July 29, 1998, and the transaction was consummated on August 12, 1998.[13] The new owners applied for and received new call letters WGOL from the FCC on August 17, 1998.[2]
In December 1999, Wanda Patricia Underwood reached an agreement to purchase WGOL from McCurry Broadcasting Company, Inc.[14] The deal was approved by the FCC on January 20, 2000, and the transaction was consummated on January 24, 2000.[14]
In April 2005, Pilati Investments Corporation (Karl H. Pilati, president) reached an agreement to purchase WGOL from Wanda Patricia Underwood.[15] The station sold for a reported $171,500.[16] The FCC approved the deal on August 25, 2005, and the transaction was consummated on August 31, 2005.[15]
References
- ^ a b "About WGOL". WGOL.
- ^ a b c d "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ "Football Radio Network". RollTide.com - The official website of the University of Alabama Athletics. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ^ "Men's Basketball Radio Network". RollTide.com. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ^ "Women's Basketball Radio Network". RollTide.com. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ^ "Baseball Radio Network". RollTide.com. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ^ "Hey Coach". RollTide.com. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
- ^ a b "Beasts vs. Man". The New York Times Magazine. March 5, 1950. p. 172.
- ^ a b "Application Search Details (BAL-19860304EH)". FCC Media Bureau. 1986-10-28.
- ^ "Search Results". Social Security Death Index. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ^ a b "Application Search Details (BTC-19980306GO)". FCC Media Bureau. 1998-05-21.
- ^ a b "Application Search Details (BAL-19980615EF)". FCC Media Bureau. 1998-08-12.
- ^ a b "Application Search Details (BAL-19991025AEV)". FCC Media Bureau. 2000-01-24.
- ^ a b "Application Search Details (BAL-20050405AAG)". FCC Media Bureau. 2005-08-31.
- ^ "Deals - 4/18/2005". Broadcasting & Cable. 2005-04-18.
External links
- WGOL official website
- WGOL in the FCC AM station database
- WGOL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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Country radio stations in the state of Alabama
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- WAMI-FM – Opp
- WBAM-FM – Montgomery
- Grove Hill
- WBZR-FM – Atmore
- WCKA – Jacksonville
- WCKF – Ashland
- WDJR – Hartford
- WDRM – Decatur
- WDXB – Pelham/Birmingham
- WDXX – Selma
- WECB – Headland
- WEIS – Centre
- WELR-FM – Roanoke
- WFFN – Coaling/Tuscaloosa
- WFHK – Pell City
- WFMH-FM – Hackleburg
- WFXO – Alexander City
- WGOL – Russellville
- WHMA-FM – Alexandria
- WINL – Linden
- WIXI – Jasper
- WJBE-FM – Five Points
- WJDB-FM – Thomasville
- WKEA-FM – Scottsboro
- WKGA – Goodwater
- WKKR – Auburn
- WKNU – Brewton
- WKSJ-FM – Mobile
- WKUL – Cullman
- WKXX - Attalla
- WLAY-FM – Littleville
- WLWI-FM – Montgomery
- WOAB - Ozark
- WOPP – Opp
- WPIL – Heflin
- WPPG – Repton
- WQAH-FM – Addison
- WQSB – Albertville
- WQZX – Greenville
- WRAB – Arab
- WRMG – Red Bay
- WRYC - Frisco City
- WSMX-FM – Goshen
- WSTH-FM – Alexander City
- WTDR – Gadsden
- WTDR-FM – Talladega
- WTVY-FM – Dothan
- WTWX-FM – Guntersville
- WTXT – Fayette/Tuscaloosa
- WVSA – Vernon
- WWFF – New Market/Huntsville
- WWIC – Scottsboro
- WXFL – Florence
- WYEA - Sylacauga
- WZOB – Fort Payne
- WZZK-FM – Birmingham
- See also
- adult contemporary
- classic hits
- college
- country
- news/talk
- NPR
- oldies
- religious
- rock
- sports
- top 40
- urban
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