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680 The Fan Going After WSB

jabba17 said:
I think WGST, when it was owned by Georgia Tech, had the opportunity to move to a clear channel and become a class A, but declined to do so. And WGST was the second radio station in Atlanta, behind You Know Who.
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That's a common urban myth about a lot of stations, but there's nothing in the record to bear out any of those claims.

Here are the WGST history cards: https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=59394

Stations that applied for upgrades always had those requests (and denials, where warranted) noted in the history cards. But there's nothing for WGST other than the NARBA move from 890 to 920 and a very gradual increase in power over the years from 250 watts to 5 kW day/1 kW night.
 
Gregg. said:
My 1977 edition of Broadcasting Yearbook has WGOC in Kingsport but not on 640. It's on 1090 as a daytimer. It later moves to 1320 for fulltime service.

In addition to Los Angeles and Akron, 640 has two other stations in the U.S.: WOI Ames IA and WNAD Norman OK. Both are daytimers. WOI is one of the oldest stations on the dial but as a non-commercial college station, it likely didn't seek more power or nighttime operation.

It's amazing to look at this old Yearbook and see so many clear channel frequencies like 640, with very few stations, mostly daytimers. WOAI 1200 San Antonio has nobody else on that frequency in the U.S., not even daytimers. It's all by itself.
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I checked Wikipedia and it was WKIN, but I first became aware of WGOC when it was on 640. I wanted a classic country station and I could hear it during the day in western NC.
 
WCNN has some issues with their 680 array per this filed STA (9/8/2025):

" On August 27, 2025, one of the towers in the transmission array of WCNN(AM) collapsed, probably due to a guy wire failure. Consequently, WCNN(AM) currently is operating non-directional with transmission powers of 25 kW daytime and 5 kW nighttime. The collapsed tower, which is the array’s tower #2, ASR 1019750, is operated as part of both of the station’s daytime and nighttime patterns. The licensee is actively pursuing repairs to return the station to licensed operations but that undertaking will require more time than 30 days."

The daytime array uses two antennas, the nighttime uses eight to avoid mainly the North Carolina co-channel.

Not good for this to happen during football season. Go Tech! Go Jackets!
 
RF101 said:
WCNN has some issues with their 680 array per this filed STA (9/8/2025):

" On August 27, 2025, one of the towers in the transmission array of WCNN(AM) collapsed, probably due to a guy wire failure. Consequently, WCNN(AM) currently is operating non-directional with transmission powers of 25 kW daytime and 5 kW nighttime. The collapsed tower, which is the array’s tower #2, ASR 1019750, is operated as part of both of the station’s daytime and nighttime patterns. The licensee is actively pursuing repairs to return the station to licensed operations but that undertaking will require more time than 30 days."

The daytime array uses two antennas, the nighttime uses eight to avoid mainly the North Carolina co-channel.

Not good for this to happen during football season. Go Tech! Go Jackets!
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This might actually help me in Gwinnett. I'm right in that hard null towards Raleigh, and the FM doesn't reach me that well. I tried listening to the Tech-Wake Forest road game a couple years ago and barely got it on FM and had to switch to the stream. Close enough in to get the daytime signal even at half power, and I would bet that 5kW nondirectional is better than what Gwinnett usually gets at night. WCNN-AM Radio Station Coverage Map

There's also a null to the northwest to protect Memphis that hurts north Cobb.

What's the good word?
 


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