WWPG

For the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, radio station (1280 AM) which used the call sign WWPG from 1993 until 2010, see WMXB.

WWPG
City	Eutaw, Alabama
Broadcast area	Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Branding	Q104
Frequency	104.3 MHz
Translator(s)	96.9 W245BR (Tuscaloosa)
First air date	1992 (as WIDO)
Format	Urban Adult Contemporary
ERP	3,500 watts
HAAT	134 meters (440 feet)
Class	A
Facility ID	31145
Transmitter coordinates	32°55′19.00″N 87°49′8.00″W / 32.9219444°N 87.8188889°W / 32.9219444; -87.8188889
Former callsigns	WIDO (1988-1993) WQLW (1993-1997) WWQZ (1/97-3/97) WQZZ (1997-2010)^[1]
Owner	Jim Lawson Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	WMXB

WWPG (104.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Eutaw, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Jim Lawson Communications, Inc. First licensed to broadcast in 1992, WWPG-FM currently airs an urban adult contemporary music format.^[2]

History

The Federal Communications Commission granted the original construction permit for this radio station on August 18, 1988.^[3] This new station was assigned call letters WIDO on September 27, 1988.^[1] The station's license to cover was granted on May 5, 1992.^[4]

In August 1992, Grantell Broadcasting Company reached an agreement to sell then-WIDO to Jim Lawson Communications, Inc.^[5] The FCC approved the deal on October 23, 1992, and the transaction was consummated on April 2, 1993.^[5] The new owners had the station's callsign changed to WQLQ on May 18, 1983.^[1] This callsign lasted until another change, this time to WWQZ, on January 13, 1997, which was followed rapidly by another change on March 1, 1997, to WQZZ.^[1] The callsign again changed, this time to the current WWPG, on May 18, 2010.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "Application Search Details (BPH-19880210MK)". FCC Media Bureau. 1988-08-18.
↑ "Application Search Details (BLH-19900806KD)". FCC Media Bureau. 1992-05-05.
1 2 "Application Search Details (BALH-19920812HA)". FCC Media Bureau. 1992-10-23.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WWPG

Radio-Locator information on WWPG

Radio stations serving the Tuscaloosa, Alabama area

By FM frequency	88.5 88.9 90.7 91.5 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.1 94.5 95.3 96.5 96.9 97.5 98.1 98.7 99.1 99.5 100.1 100.5 100.9 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.9 106.3 106.9 107.3 107.7 107.9

By AM frequency	690 790 1110 1150 1230 1280 1340 1420

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400

by call sign	W221DB W245BR W248BO W261BT W265CG W271AM W292DU W297BJ W300AE KIH60 WACT WALJ WBEI WBHK WBIB WBPT WDXB WFFN WGIB WJOX WJOX-FM WJQX WJRD WKUA WLXQ WMFT WMHZ WMJJ WMXB WNPT-FM WQEN WRTR WTBC WTSK WTUG-FM WTUS-LP WTXT WUAL WUHT WVUA-FM WWPG WZBQ WZRR WZZK-FM

Defunct	WUAC-LP (103.3 FM)

Alabama radio markets Birmingham Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Other Alabama radio regions Anniston Auburn Columbus, Georgia Gadsden Meridian, Mississippi See also List of radio stations in Alabama Columbus-Starkville-West Point Radio

Urban Contemporary radio stations in the state of Alabama

Stations	WAGF-FM - Dothan WAGH - Smiths WBHJ - Midfield WBHK - Warrior WBLX-FM - Mobile WDLT-FM - Saraland WEUP-FM - Moulton WFXO - Ashland WHRP - Gurley WJJN - Columbia WKXK - Pine Hill WKXN - Fort Deposit WKZJ - Eufaula WMGJ - Gadsden WMXB - Tuscaloosa WTUG-FM - Northport WUHT - Birmingham WWMG - Millbrook WWPG - Eutaw WXAL - Demopolis WZZA - Tuscumbia

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

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