- WUBL
Infobox Radio station
name = WUBL-FM
city =Atlanta, Georgia
area =Atlanta metropolitan area
branding = "94.9 The Bull"
slogan =
airdate =
frequency = 94.9MHz HD Radio
94.9 HD-2: New Country
94.9 HD-3: News/TalkWGST
format = Country
erp = 99,000watt s
haat = 298meter s
class = C1
facility_id = 29735
callsign_meaning = Anagram of BUL in "bull"
former_callsigns = WLTM, WPCH, WAVQ
owner = Clear Channel
sister_stations = WBZY,WGST ,WKLS ,WWLG ,WWVA-FM
webcast = [http://www.949thebull.com/cc-common/streaming_new/index.html?refreshed=yes Listen Live]
website = [http://www.949thebull.com www.949thebull.com]
affiliations = Atlanta Braves Radio NetworkWUBL-FM (94.9 FM), known as "94.9 The Bull", is an Atlanta FM
radio station that playscountry music . Its transmitter is located in Atlanta near Druid Hills Road.History
The station began as religious WAVQ-FM, sister to WAVO-AM. In the 1970s, the format changed to
easy listening with the WPCH callsign. In the early 1980s, the station's format switched fromeasy listening tosoft AC as a response toWSB-FM 's format change. The name was "FM95 WPCH" until mid 1991, when the "Peach 94.9" name was adopted. The station enjoyed consistent ratings success through the 1990s and early 2000s with on air personalities such as Steve Goss, Sandy Weaver(now running a voiceover company, Voicework On Demand, Inc. Fired from WYAY on 2/29/2008), Dale O' Brien, Kari Dean (Executive Producer at WAGA in Atlanta) and John Weatherbee (currently doing weather local for WNGC in Athens,Ga)In December 2002, the name "Peach" was dropped, and the station became the more generic WLTM "94.9 Lite FM", a
brand used by fellowClear Channel Communications stations in other cities, as well asCBS Radio -owned stations in Baltimore, Minneapolis and Dallas. Prior toChristmas , Lite FM played allChristmas music . This began extremely early, onweekend s in early November, and is also cut off a week early, even before midnight Christmas night. Holiday music goes all day every day starting the weekend beforeThanksgiving . From 2005 to 2006, the station hadRandy & Spiff as itsmorning show Randy is currently on WGST 640 AM under the name Randy Cook and Spiff recently joined True Oldies 106.7 WYAY-FM. The duo were formerly at WFOX "Fox 97" (now WSRV "The River") and briefly at then sister Clear Channel Station WLCL FM "Cool 105.7". Lite's morning show from May 2003 until March 2005 was married coupleGene & Julie , who are now inDallas atKVIL . The nighttime show was the syndicated Delilah. (It should be noted that Delilah is not on the new 96.7 Lite FM's schedule; instead, it is now aired on former competitorWSB-FM , "B98.5FM".)On
December 18 ,2006 , Lite FM changed to country music as "The Bull", at noon, the last song being a christmas Orchrestra. WLTM's call letters were changed to WUBL. The oldadult contemporary formatofficial ly moved to 96.7 FM onDecember 20 ,2006 , and stayed there untilDecember 26 ,2007 , when 96.7 switched to aclassic country format to accompany WUBL. On January 7, 2008 WUBL added "The Cledus T. Party" as it's morning show staring comedian/parody singerCledus T. Judd .The station is an affiliate of the
Atlanta Braves radio network, the largest radio affiliate network inMajor League Baseball . [ cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/atl/schedule/affiliates.jsp|title=Affiliate Radio Stations|work=The Official Site of the Atlanta Braves] This affiliation was previously held byWKLS .One portion of the programming for 30+ years had been "Sounds of Faith," a program mix of traditional hymns and praise music,the program was pulled when the stationed changed,but after considerable public outcry, this was restored, and continues to run to this date.
Along with
WSB-FM , this station is the primary entry point (PEP) forEmergency Alert System messages for the state of Georgia. In an emergency, the two stations receive alerts via secure networks directly from theU.S. president , the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, and theNational Weather Service . All other radio andtelevision station s andcable TV systems inmetro Atlanta must monitor these two stations at all times with their EAS equipment. Alerts are thenrelay ed across the state by other stations.Current Personalties: Cledus T. Judd (host of the Cledus T. Party), Kristen Gates (morning show co-host),Slam Duncan (AM show co-host and 9am-12 noon), Todd Veal (morning show producer,former producer for Rhubarb Jones on WYAY), Art "Mad Man" Mearing (traffic), Lance Houston, Kent Layton, Bob Pickett, Bucky Smith, Donna Rowland, Rod Westin, and After Midnight with Blair Garner.
References
External links
* [http://www.949thebull.com 94.9 The Bull]
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