WTGZ
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Broadcast area | Auburn-Opelika, Alabama |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 95.9 MHz |
| Branding | The Tiger |
| Programming | |
| Format | Alternative rock |
| Affiliations | United Stations Radio Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Tiger Communications |
| WACQ, WAUD, WQNR, WQSI | |
| History | |
First air date | July 12, 1975 (as WVNS) |
Former call signs | WVNS (1975–1978) WBIL-FM (1978–1996) WTGZ (1996–2010) WQSI (2010–2020) |
Call sign meaning | "Tigers" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 48682 | |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 4,300 watts |
| HAAT | 115 meters (377 ft) |
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| Links | |
Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | thetiger.fm |
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WTGZ (95.9 FM, "The Tiger") is a commercial radio station in Tuskegee, Alabama, broadcasting to the Auburn, Alabama, area. Until 2007 the station also broadcast to the Montgomery, Alabama, area on 104.9 FM. The Tiger is the area's only modern rock station and is popular with Auburn University students.
On May 4, 2020, WTGZ and its alternative rock format moved to 95.9 FM Tuskegee, swapping frequencies with talk-formatted WQSI.[2]
Programming
WTGZ airs an alternative rock music format branded as "The Tiger." Notable former on-air personalities include Marti Jackson, Ripper Price, Matt Stone, Sharpie, Johnny Wilkes, and Bill Bailey.
Alternative rock from the 1990s and 2000s is the dominant style of music on the Tiger. Hard Drive airs active rock and heavy metal. These genres of music compose a small portion of the station's regular playlist as well.
WTGZ simulcasts Auburn High School Tigers football games on FM along with WAUD.[3]
WTGZ airs a regional sports call-in show titled SportsCall.[4]
Beginning in 2025, WTGZ also began airing Atlanta Falcons football games.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WTGZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ WTGZ & WQSI Swap Spots Radioinsight - May 5, 2020
- ^ Auburn High School Tigers Football, retrieved October 8, 2008; David Morrison, "New crop expected to step up", Opelika-Auburn News, August 25, 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sports Call Auburn". Tiger Communications. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
External links
- The Tiger 95.9 Twitter
- WTGZ official website
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- WTGZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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