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Atlanta Braves broadcasts would be dropped by WGST at the end of the 2009 baseball season. On November 15, 2010, Atlanta radio personality Rob Johnson became the new morning host. On January 11, 2011, WGST said it would pick up The Savage Nation, a syndicated show from San Francisco hosted by Michael Savage. That was one day after it was cut by ...
From June 23, 2014 to September 24, 2018, it was operated by Cox Media Group via a local marketing agreement (LMA). The station's supposed main studio is located on John Davenport Drive in Rome, Georgia. On June 9, 2014, Women's World Broadcasting announced it would turn over operation of country music "South 107" to Cox
WVEE (103.3 FM) – branded as V-103 – is a commercial American radio station in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs an urban contemporary radio format. WVEE is one of the highest-rated stations in the Atlanta radio market according to Nielsen Audio, reaching number one on many reports. [2]
WERD in Atlanta was the first radio station owned and operated by African Americans. (WDIA in Memphis was on the air in 1948 doing black—or Negro as it was then called—programming, but the owners were not African American). Jesse B. Blayton Sr., an accountant, bank president, and Atlanta University professor, purchased WERD in 1949 for $50,000.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American radio personalities. It includes American radio personalities that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
WERD was the first Black-owned radio station, founded in 1949 by J.B. Blayton. It was 21 years ago when Ricci deForest would stumble upon a special place that changed his life forever.
WGST was the first station to play rock 'n roll in Atlanta in the 1950s. [9] Radio personality Paul Drew made his debut on WGST with a weekend show "The Big Record." [9] Ray Charles' song "I Got a Woman" was recorded at WGST in the early 1950s. [10] In 1956, WGST moved next to the Alexander Memorial Coliseum on the Georgia Tech
WALR-FM had been the longtime Atlanta affiliate for "The Tom Joyner Morning Show" and also carried the syndicated "Michael Baisden Show" in afternoons. The morning drive time show was replaced with Art Terrell and comedian Roy Wood Jr. on November 27, 2017. [18] Wood decided to concentrate on his TV appearances and was replaced by Cory "Zooman ...