WGAA AM

AM broadcasting

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 1340 is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a classic hits

Classic hits

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 format, and has Cedartown, Georgia

Cedartown, Georgia

Cedartown is a city in Polk County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 9,750. The city is the county seat of Polk County...

, USA as its city of license

City of license

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. The station is currently owned by Burgess Broadcasting Corporation. The station broadcasts a variety of classic hits from the 1960s

1960s in music

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, 1970s

1970s in music

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, and 1980s

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, plus WGAA is the home for Cedartown High School football, basketball, and baseball.

History

By the 1960s, the station had a simulcast

Simulcast

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 on WGAA-FM, which is now WKLS

WKLS (FM)

WKLS FM 96.1 is a radio station in Atlanta, Georgia broadcasting an Active Rock format.-History:The 96.1 frequency was originally WGAA-FM in Cedartown, Georgia, the FM counterpart to WGAA AM 1340. WKLS' callsign stands for the initials of the founding owners: Don Kennedy, James Lathom, and Arthur...

 FM 96.1 in nearby metro Atlanta

Metro Atlanta

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.

The station was deleted (listed as DWGAA) on 2005-03-17. On 2007-01-12, the station regained its broadcast callsign as WGAA.

Personnel

• President/morning drive: Frank Burgess, Jr.
• Operations/sales manager: Allen Ray
• News director: Sam Branch
• Office manager: Chasity Easterwood

External links

• WGAA Radio website