WCOG (AM)

Infobox Radio station
name = WCOG


city = Greensboro, North Carolina
area = Piedmont Triad
branding =
slogan = "Radio Disney AM 1320"
airdate =
frequency = 1320 kHz
format = Children's Radio
power = 5,000 watts day
5,000 watts 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 a Children's Radio format.Licensed to Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, the station serves the Piedmont/Triad area. The station is currently owned by the Walt Disney Company and features programing from Radio Disney. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WCOG |title=WCOG Facility Record |work=United States Federal 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 included Led Zeppelin, Otis Redding, The Drifters and Janis 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 to beautiful music. Later in the 1980s WGLD changed to oldies. From 1989 to 1994 WGLD used a satellite adult standards format. In 1994 the letters changed to WWWB, and the format to talk radio; WWWB later simulcast WMFR. In 1996Fact|date=July 2008 the station changed again to WTCK, "The Ticket", and a Sports Talk format. The format changed back to news/talk (and a WMFR simulcast) after WKEW 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 to Christian talk and returned the WCOG letters. The new format included Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, Charles Stanley and James 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 to WGLD. On 1994-10-21 the letters changed to WWWB. On 1996-02-26 the station changed again to WTCK. On 1999-05-18 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 States Federal 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]