WGAT

WGAT
City Gate City, Virginia
Broadcast area Gate City, Virginia
Scott County, Virginia
Kingsport, Tennessee
Branding "Solid Gospel 1050"
Frequency 1050 AM kHz
First air date July 24, 1959[1]
Format Southern Gospel[2]
Power 1,000 Watts daytime
267 Watts nighttime
Class B
Facility ID 67667
Transmitter coordinates 36°37′59.0″N 82°34′56.0″W / 36.633056°N 82.582222°W / 36.633056; -82.582222
Callsign meaning W GATe City
Former callsigns WGAT (1959-Present)[3]
Affiliations Solid Gospel (Salem)
SRN Radio News (Salem)
Owner Tri-Cities Broadcasting Corporation

WGAT is a Southern Gospel formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Gate City, Virginia, serving Gate City and Scott County, Virginia, and Kingsport, Tennessee.[2] WGAT is owned and operated by Tri-Cities Broadcasting Corporation.[4]

History of call letters

The call letters WGAT were previously assigned to an AM station in Utica, New York.[5]

References

  1. Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-564. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  3. "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  4. "WGAT Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  5. "WGAT Open House" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 19, 1948. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
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