- WGOT-LP
Infobox Radio station
name = WGOT-LP
city = Gainesville,Florida
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frequency = 94.7 FM (MHz)
airdate =January 7 , 2008
format =Community Radio
erp = 25watt s (horizontal)
haat = 58.5meter s
class = L1
facility_id = 133958
coordinates = coord|29|41|12|N|82|26|48|W
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affiliations =Pacifica Radio
owner = Civic Media Center and Library, Inc.
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website = http://www.wgot.org/WGOT-LP (94.7 FM) is a low power FM
radio station that broadcasts from Gainesville,Florida ,United States . WGOT-LP is operated as acommunity radio station by theCivic Media Center , a non-profit library in Gainesville. The station is operating under a FCC-issued construction permit that is set to expire onMay 17 ,2008 . [cite web |url=http://www.recnet.com/cdbs/fmq.php?facid=133958 |title=Broadcast Query - WGOT-LP |work=REC Networks]WGOT-LP broadcasts on 94.7 MHz, sharing this frequency with the radio stations of Faith Presbyterian Church, a member of the
Presbyterian Church in America ( [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=135063 WVFP-LP] ) and Calvary Baptist Church, a member of theSouthern Baptist Convention ( [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=135119 WGLJ-LP] ). The frequency was previously used by "Free Radio Gainesville", a pirate radio station. [cite web |url=http://www.afn.org/~frg/index.html/ |title=Free Radio Gainesville]The construction permit for WGOT was granted in May 2005.cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=133958&Callsign=WGOT-LP |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database] The Civic Media Center first applied for a permit for a low-power FM station in
2001 .cite web |url=http://www.wgot.org/about/ |title=About - Background |work=WGOT-LP 94.7 FM website]Programming
WGOT-LP airs several locally produced programs, including "Backseat Vinyl Uncomfortable" [ cite web |url=http://www.candicenelms.com/bvu-radio/index.html |title=About BVU Radio |work=The Backseat Vinyl Uncomfortable Radio show] and a weekly one-hour show produced by the Civic Media Center. The station has announced plans to become a
Pacifica Radio affiliate and to broadcast several Pacifica programs, including "Democracy Now! " withAmy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.cite web |work=WGOT-LP 94.7 FM website |title=Pre-Thanksgiving Update |url=http://www.wgot.org/2007/11/pre-thanksgiving-update/ |date=2007-11-21]References
External links
* [http://www.wgot.org/ WGOT official website]
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* [http://www.myspace.com/wgot WGOT MySpace page]
* [http://www.candicenelms.com/bvu-radio/index.html Backseat Vinyl Uncomfortable Radio show]
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