WPUP
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Broadcast area | Athens, Georgia |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 100.1 MHz |
| Branding | Power 100.1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
| Ownership | |
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| WNGC, WGAU, WXKT, WGMG, WRFC | |
| History | |
First air date | Script error: No such module "Date time".[1]Template:R/superscript (as WLOV-FM) |
Former call signs | WLOV-FM (1970–1984) WGPL (1984–1986) WLOV-FM (1986–1998) WXKT (1998–2008) |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 51120 | |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | 88 meters |
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Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | powerathens |
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WPUP (100.1 FM, "Power 100.1") is a radio station broadcasting a top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to the Athens suburb of Watkinsville, it serves the Athens metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in Washington in 1970. It is currently owned by Cox Media Group.[3] Its studios are located in Bogart, and its transmitter is in Royston.
History
WPUP originally signed on June 1, 1970, as WLOV-FM in Washington, Georgia.[1] The station was co-owned with WLOV (1550 AM) and broadcast as a local station, carrying the WLOV-FM call letters except for a brief two-year period from 1984 to 1986.[4] On August 14, 1998, Cumulus Media purchased WLOV-AM-FM from P&T Broadcasting for $533,000.[5] In August 2008, WPUP was sold (along with sister stations WGMG, WNGC, WRFC, and WGAU) to Cox Radio in Atlanta.[6][7] Cox swapped callsigns, moving WXKT to 103.7 and changing 100.1 FM to the current WPUP.[4] The two stations began simulcasting the "Bulldog" classic-rock format; WXKT 100.1 had previously programmed a "Real Country" format.
On September 30, 2009, WPUP dropped the "Bulldog" classic-rock format and began stunting as "Obama Government Controlled Radio at 100.1 FM".[8] Station identifiers claimed (jokingly) that the station has been taken over by the government: it intermittently simulcast the Hawaiian music format of KCCN-FM in Honolulu, played clips from speeches by President Obama, and played other music he might enjoy, such as the theme song to Shaft.
The WXKT callsign remains on 103.7 FM, which changed its city of license from Royston to Maysville and now programs variety adult hits for the Gainesville-Athens market.
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WLOV-FM" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1990. p. B-88 (174). Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WPUP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WXKT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WPUP Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cumulus Media Inc. CMLS Annual Report (10-K)". EDGAR Online. December 31, 1998. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
- ^ "Deals," Broadcasting & Cable, January 28, 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cox Closes On Athens Cluster". allaccess.com. August 1, 2008. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.""Obama Radio" is the temporary stunt format at WPUP-FM, Athens, GA". Radio-Info.com. October 1, 2009.
External links
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- WPUP in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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