- WCOG (AM)
Infobox Radio station
name = WCOG
city = Greensboro,North Carolina
area = Piedmont Triad
branding =
slogan = "Radio Disney AM 1320"
airdate =
frequency = 1320kHz
format =Children's Radio
power = 5,000watt s day
5,000watt s night
erp =
haat =
class = B
facility_id = 74203
coordinates = coord|36|9|1.00|N|79|54|48.00|W|region:GB_type:city
callsign_meaning = Wonderful City of G"'reensboroAlexandrea Ravenelle, "New Owners Resurrect WCOG Radio," "Greensboro News & Record", June 3, 1999.]
former_callsigns = WGLD, WWWB, WTCK
owner =The Walt Disney Company
licensee = RADIO DISNEY GROUP, LLC
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://www.radiodisney.com radiodisney.com]
affiliations =Radio Disney WCOG (1320 AM) is a
radio station broadcasting aChildren's Radio format.Licensed toGreensboro, North Carolina , USA, the station serves the Piedmont/Triad area. The station is currently owned bythe Walt Disney Company and features programing fromRadio Disney . [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WCOG |title=WCOG Facility Record |work=United StatesFederal Communications Commission , audio division ]History
The station went on the air as WCOG ("Wonderful City of Greensboro") with a
Top 40 format throughout the 60s and 70s. Dusty Dunn and other DJs played a mix of music that might have includedLed Zeppelin ,Otis Redding ,The Drifters andJanis Joplin . ["Triad Radio Is No Fan of Limp Bizkit," "Greensboro News & Record", December 7, 2000.] . In the 1980s the station changed its call sign to WGLD and its format tobeautiful music . Later in the 1980s WGLD changed tooldies . From 1989 to 1994 WGLD used a satellite adult standards format. In 1994 the letters changed toWWWB , and the format totalk radio ; WWWB later simulcastWMFR . In 1996Fact|date=July 2008 the station changed again toWTCK , "The Ticket", and a Sports Talk format. The format changed back to news/talk (and a WMFR simulcast) afterWKEW dropped that format for Radio Disney [Jeri Rowe, "WTCK to Drop Sports-Talk Format," "Greensboro News & Record", July 30, 1998.] .In 1999
Truth Broadcasting changed the station toChristian talk and returned the WCOG letters. The new format includedBilly Graham ,Franklin Graham ,Charles Stanley andJames Dobson .On October 2, 2000, WCOG began telling listeners to switch to
WTRU ["Station Owners Ponder Format Options," "Greensboro News & Record", October 5, 2000.] . Late in 2000, the announcement came that Truth Broadcasting would switch WCOG to Radio Disney, a format that had been on WKEW ["Dillon Fence Reunites for N.C. Performances," "Greensboro News & Record", December 21, 2000.] .Call Letter History
On
1985-03-18 , the station changed its call sign from WCOG toWGLD . On1994-10-21 the letters changed to WWWB. On1996-02-26 the station changed again toWTCK . On1999-05-18 WTCK went back to the WCOG letters [ cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=74203&Callsign=WCOG |title=WCOG Call Sign History |work=United StatesFederal Communications Commission , audio division ] .References
External links
*AMQ|WCOG
*AML|WCOG
*AMARB|WCOG
Piedmont Triad Radio
* [http://radio.disney.go.com/mystation/Greensboro/ Official website]
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