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Broadcast area | Auburn- Opelika, Alabama |
Frequency | 910
kHz WPCH 1310 kHz |
Branding | Fox Sports 910 AM - 1310 AM The Game |
Programming | |
Format | Sports |
Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WCJM-FM, WKKR, WMXA, WPCH, WTLM | |
History | |
First air date | October 1, 1979[1] |
Former call signs | WTXN (1979-1991) WDAK (1991-1994) WTLM (1994-1997) |
Call sign meaning | W Z MaGic (former branding) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 24255 |
Class | D |
Power | 650
watts day 56 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°39′26″N 85°25′27″W / 32.65722°N 85.42417°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website |
foxsportsthegame |
WZMG (910 AM) is a radio station broadcasting sports and a Fox Sports Radio affiliate. [2] Licensed to Pepperell, Alabama, [3] United States, the station serves the Auburn Metropolitan Area. The station is currently owned by San Antonio–based iHeartMedia, through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC. WZMG features some programming from Westwood One. [4]
In August 1998, Fuller Broadcasting Company, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Root Communications License Company, L.P., as part of a five-station deal. [5] The deal was approved by the FCC on October 5, 1998, and the transaction was consummated in December 1998. [6] Gary Fuller, president and CEO of Fuller Broadcasting Company from 1985 until he sold the company in December 1998, was elected mayor of Opelika, Alabama, in August 2004. [7]
In March 2003, Root Communications License Company, L.P., reached an agreement to sell this station to Qantum Communications subsidiary Qantum of Auburn License Company, LLC, as part of a 26 station deal valued at $82.2 million. [8] The deal was approved by the FCC on April 30, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on July 2, 2003. [9]
On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would sell its 29 stations, including WZMG, to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), in a transaction connected to Clear Channel's sale of WALK AM- FM in Patchogue, New York to Connoisseur Media via Qantum. [10] The transaction was consummated on September 9, 2014.
On December 15, 2015, WZMG changed their format to gospel, branded as "Hallelujah 910". [11]
On July 1, 2019, WZMG changed their format to sports, branded as "Fox Sports 910 AM - 1310 AM The Game".