|
|||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WGGM |
| WGGM | |
 |
|
| City of license | Chester, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Richmond, Virginia Petersburg, Virginia |
| Branding | "Amen 820" |
| Frequency | 820 kHz |
| First air date | 1964 |
| Format | Black Gospel/Religious |
| Power | 10,000 Watts daytime 1,000 Watts nighttime |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 27440 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Callsign meaning | W Great Gospel Music |
| Owner | Hoffman Communications, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WZEZ |
| Webcast | WGGM Webstream |
| Website | WGGM Online |
WGGM is a Black Gospel/Religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Chester, Virginia, serving Richmond and Petersburg. WGGM is owned and operated by Hoffman Communications, Inc.
The station started broadcasting on the 1410 frequency as daytimer WIKI in 1966. At the time, WIKI broadcast R&B music. Local "urban legends" say someone, not pleased with the R&B music format, knocked down the station's Chester, Va based tower shortly after it's sign on and left a burning cross after the demolition, possibly as a "message".citation needed
Whatever the reason, by 1969 WIKI was a country station. In the early seventies the station switched to a religious format with the WGGM calls.
In 1988 the station moved to the 820 frequency which allowed them to go 24 hours. Tracy Lynn, later a popular local traffic reporter at WWBT, was the first nighttime DJ on WGGM .
|
||||||||||||||
 |
This article about a radio station in Virginia is a stub. You can help by expanding it. |
 |
 |
This article about a Christian radio station is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |