WNGH-FM
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WNGH-FM
| logo = 150px
| city = Chatsworth, Georgia
| area =
| branding = GPB Radio
| airdate = November 13, 1976[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1979/C-All%20%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201979-12.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1979], Broadcasting, 1979. p. C-53. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
| frequency = 98.9 MHz
| format = Public radio
| power =
| erp = 420 watts
| haat = {{convert|541.8|m|ft|1|abbr=off|sp=us}}
| class = C3
| facility_id = 2309
| coordinates = {{coord|34|45|2.3|N|84|42|52.7|W|region:US-GA_type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning = North Georgia Highlands
| former_callsigns = WQMT (1976–2008)
| affiliations = American Public Media, National Public Radio, Public Radio Exchange
| owner = Georgia Public Broadcasting
| licensee = Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission
| sister_stations =
| licensing_authority = FCC
| webcast = [http://www.gpb.org/radio/listen-live Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.gpb.org/radio/ gpb.org/radio/]
}}
WNGH-FM (98.9 FM) is an NPR-member public radio station (via its radio network), licensed to Chatsworth, Georgia, United States. The station is currently owned by Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB), which the station simulcasts all radio programming from. It transmits from atop a mountain in the west-southwestern part of Fort Mountain State Park (not Fort Mountain itself), having moved in May 2008 to the tower of sister television station WNGH-TV.
History
The station began broadcasting as a commercial operation on November 13, 1976, and held the call sign WQMT.[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=82725 History Cards for WNGH-FM], fcc.gov. Retrieved September 29, 2019. It was owned by Cohutta Broadcasting Company.
On December 21, 2007, then-owners North Georgia Radio Group entered into an agreement to sell the station, still known as WQMT, to the Foundation For Public Broadcasting In Georgia, Inc., which shares the same street address as the GPB headquarters in Atlanta.{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=604206 |title=Asset Purchase Agreement |publisher=FCC |date=2008-01-02 |access-date=2008-04-16}} The sale was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on April 9, 2008.{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1226069 |title=Application Search Details |work=FCC CDBS Database |date=2008-04-09 |access-date=2008-04-16}} Pending the sale, GPB reserved the call sign WNGH-FM for the station, to be assigned upon consummation.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2008/db0324/DOC-280900A1.pdf |title=Media Bureau Call Sign Actions |work=FCC |date=2008-03-24 |access-date=2008-04-16}} GPB also chose to change the callsign of WCLP-TV to WNGH-TV. The station switched from its previous classic country format (branded as "Georgia 99") to GPB programming on January 2, 2008, and later moved to the WNGH-TV tower around May 2008.
Despite broadcasting at a relatively modest 420 watts, WNGH-FM provides city-grade coverage to much of far northern Georgia, including Dalton, and provides secondary coverage to much of the Chattanooga, Tennessee area, including much of Chattanooga itself. This is because its transmitter is located 1,778 feet above average terrain.
Effective June 30, 2016, the Foundation For Public Broadcasting in Georgia donated WNGH-FM to the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission, the state entity that supervises GPB, making GPB the direct licensee.
References
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External links
- {{FM station data|2309|WNGH-FM}}
- [http://www.grhof.com/CHATSWORTH.htm Archive photos of WQMT-FM on the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame page]
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