WALG

Infobox Radio station
name = WALG


city = Albany, Georgia
area = Albany, GA and Vicinity
branding = "WALG News/Talk 1590"
slogan =
airdate = May 1941cite web |work=The Dumont Project |url=http://members.aol.com/jeff99500/1949am.html |title=AM Network-Affiliated Radio Stations, 1949] cite web |work=WALB-TV website |title=A brief history of WALB |url=http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=55537&nav=menu37_11_11 |date=2006-02-03 |first=Dave |last=Miller]
frequency = 1590 kHz
format = News/Talk
power = 5,000 watts (day)
1,000 watts (Night)
class = B
facility_id = 54703
coordinates = coord|31|37|19|N|84|09|09|W
callsign_meaning = ALbany, Georgia
former_callsigns = WALB
owner = Cumulus Media
licensee = Cumulus Licensing, LLC
sister_stations = WEGC, WGPC, WJAD, WKAK, WNUQ, WQVE, WZBN
webcast =
website = http://www.1590walg.com
affiliations = ABC News

WALG (1590 AM, "News/Talk 1590") is a radio station serving Albany, Georgia, and surrounding cities with a News/Talk format.cite web |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron] This station is under ownership of Cumulus Media.

Programming

Notable local programming includes news and interview program "Wake Up Albany" hosted by Matt Patrick.cite news |date=2007-06-24 |work=Albany Herald |title=New radio show in town |url=http://www.albanyherald.com/archives/News/2007/front062407e.html |first=Carlton |last=Fletcher] Notable weekday syndicated programming includes shows by Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Bill O'Reilly. Notable weekend programming includes the syndicated "The Kim Komando Show" hosted by Kim Komando.

History

WALG was started in May 1941 by the "Albany Herald". In 1954, the "Herald" signed on a TV station with the callsign WALB-TV. The AM radio station has been assigned the WALG call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since it was sold by the "Herald" to Allen Woodall, Sr., in 1960.cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=54703&Callsign=WALG |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |accessdate=2008-07-10]

From 1959 till about 1970 the station was known as "Johnny Reb Radio". [cite web |work=Dougherty County GA Archives |url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/ga/dougherty/obits/b/birchfie10757ob.txt |title=Obituaries: Birchfield, William P. (Bill) |date=2002-10-24] A loud rebel yell was the station brand and a Confederate soldier was the logo. [cite web |work=Alabama Broadcast Media Page |title=AM Technical Profile: WDAK |url=http://members.aol.com/zachr330/almediapage/profiles/wdak.html |quote=WDAK was top 40 in the 60's, one of several in a chain of stations owned by Woodall Broadcasting Co. All of their stations called themselves "Big Johnny Reb Radio". Station logo included a rebel flag and caricature of a Confederate soldier.] The rock and roll station was a reporting station for the Gavin Report during those years and had great influence in the southeast US. Known for its hard rock and obnoxious announcers this station was a legend in the southwest Georgia area.Fact|date=July 2008

The studios were located in an area north of the city of Albany near a swamp.Fact|date=July 2008 The area surrounding the station was low country and covered with water most of the time. A raised walkway led you from the small parking lot to the studio. Many deejays were delayed in their air shifts because a fat cottonmouth snake would be sunning themselves on the walkway.Fact|date=July 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.1590walg.com WALG News/Talk 1590 official website]
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