WGCM-FM

WGCM-FM

City	Gulfport, Mississippi
Broadcast area	Biloxi-Gulfport, Mississippi
Branding	Coast 102
Slogan	Greatest Hits of All Time
Frequency	102.3 MHz
First air date	November 14, 1969
Format	Classic Hits
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	120 meters
Class	C2
Facility ID	19070
Callsign meaning	Gulf Coast Mississippi
Owner	Coast Radio Group
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	coast102.com

WGCM-FM (102.3 FM, "Coast 102"), is a classic hits formatted radio station based in Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi. The station is owned by Coast Radio Group Inc.

Signal

WGCM-FM's 384-foot tower with a 50,000 watt signal can reach east to Pascagoula, Mississippi, west to Slidell, Louisiana, and north to Wiggins, Mississippi. The transmitter tower is located on the Pass Christian and Long Beach, Mississippi, city limits line.

History

WGCM-FM started September 14, 1969. WGCM-FM had a country format in the early-to-mid-1980s. After the country format, WGCM-FM became a rock station using the moniker "TK 102". In 1989, WGCM-FM became "Coast 102", playing 1950s-1970s' oldies, and eventually "Greatest Hits of All Time" (1960s-1980s pop), its current format.

External links

Coast 102 WGCM-FM official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WGCM

Radio-Locator information on WGCM

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WGCM

Radio stations in the Biloxi–Gulfport–Pascagoula, Mississippi market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.1 89.7 90.3 91.7 92.5 93.7 94.5 95.3 96.7 97.9 99.1 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.9 105.9 107.1 107.9

By AM frequency	870 1130 1190 1240 1390 1490 1640

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.550

By callsign	KEC61 KIH21 W209CF WAOY WBUV WCPR-FM WGBL WGCM WGCM-FM WJZD-FM WKNN-FM WMAH-FM WMEJ WMJY WOLM WOSM WOTB WPAS WQBB WQFX WQRZ-LP WQYZ WROA WTNI WWL WXBD WXYK WZKX WZNF

Nearby radio markets Lake Ponchartrain Laurel-Hattiesburg Mobile New Orleans See also List of radio stations in Mississippi

Oldies radio stations in the state of Mississippi

By frequency	1240 1400 1450 1470 1490 92.3 95.7 98.3 99.1 102.3 104.9 105.5

By callsign	WAFM WCJU WGCM WGCM-FM WJQS WKOZ-FM WNAU WOHT WROX WTUP WVBG-FM WYMX

By city	Amory Carthage Clarksdale Greenwood Grenada Gulfport Gulfport Jackson New Albany Prentiss Redwood Tupelo

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

Coordinates: 30°20′46″N 89°11′46″W / 30.346°N 89.196°W / 30.346; -89.196

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