WTZA
| City of license | Atlanta, Georgia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Atlanta metropolitan area |
| Branding | Old School 1010 |
| Frequency | 1010 kHz (analog) |
| First air date | 1947 |
| Format | Urban Oldies |
| Power | 50,000 watts daytime 45,000 watts critical hours 78 watts nighttime 26 watts PSRA 24–26 watts PSSA |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 72134 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°41′55″N 84°17′22″W / 33.698605°N 84.289421°W |
| Former callsigns | WEAS (1947-1963) WGUN (1963-2013) |
| Affiliations | Radio One |
| Owner | WGUN, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WGUN, WLYX |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | oldschool1010.com |
WTZA is an Atlanta area AM broadcasting station (licensed to Atlanta, Georgia) that broadcasts urban oldies music as "Old School 1010" [1] It broadcasts at a frequency of 1010 kHz with 50,000 watts of power during the daytime, covering Georgia and surrounding states, 45,000 watts during critical hours and 78 watts during nighttime hours, using a non-directional antenna. WTZA is classified as a Class-D AM broadcast station according to the Federal Communications Commission.
History[edit]
The station originally signed on in 1947 with the call sign WEAS and licensed to Decatur, Georgia.[2] The station was founded by Eurith Dickenson ("Dee") Rivers, Jr., son of former Georgia governor E.D. "Ed" Rivers.[2] The WEAS call-sign stood for Emory University & Agnes Scott College, both of which are located in Decatur.[2] WEAS' format grew into a combination of hillbilly (or country and western) music, southern gospel music and preaching.[2] In 1963, the station changed its call sign to WGUN[3] and a country music format with the station adopting "the big GUN" slogan.[2] WGUN had a News/Talk radio format in the early 1990s[3] before moving to a Christian music/ brokered-time format. The WEAS call signs were later assigned to a co-owned AM station in Savannah, Georgia at 900 kHz.
On January 25, 2013, the station changed its call sign to WTZA. On January 31, 2013, after a brief simulcast with "Streetz 94.5" W233BF, WGUN changed their format to urban oldies, branded as "Old School 1010".[4]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WTZA
- Radio-Locator Information on WTZA
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WTZA
