WGKA AM

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, "Talk 920", is a radio station

Radio station

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 based in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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 which broadcasts a syndicated talk radio

Talk radio

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 format. It is owned by Salem Communications

Salem Communications

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 and has many of the same hosts, such as William Bennett

William Bennett

William John "Bill" Bennett is an American conservative pundit, politician, and political theorist. He served as United States Secretary of Education from 1985 to 1988. He also held the post of Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under George H. W...

, Hugh Hewitt

Hugh Hewitt

Hugh Hewitt is an American radio talk show host with the Salem Radio Network, lawyer, academic, and author. An outspoken Republican, evangelical Christian, he comments on society, politics, and media bias in the United States. Hewitt is also a law professor at Chapman University School of Law.-...

, Michael Medved

Michael Medved

Michael Medved is an American radio host, author, political commentator and film critic. His Seattle, Washington-based nationally syndicated talk show, The Michael Medved Show, airs throughout the U.S...

, Dennis Prager

Dennis Prager

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, and Mike Gallagher

Mike Gallagher

Mike Gallagheris an American radio host and conservative political commentator. He is the host of The Mike Gallagher Show, a nationally-syndicated radio program that airs throughout the United States on Salem Radio Network and is also a FOX News Channel Contributor and guest host...

, heard on other Salem-owned radio stations across the U.S.

United States

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. Denny Schaffer

Denny Schaffer

Denny Schaffer is a radio talk show host based in Atlanta. He currently hosts a new morning show on WRNO-FM in New Orleans. He previously hosted an evening show on WGKA/920 in Atlanta from 9 - 11 pm which WGKA moved to 8- 10 pm a few months before Denny was offered his current gig in New...

 is heard from 9 to 11 pm and is locally produced.

There was also once a WGKA station on 1190 AM, exclusively devoted to classical music.

The WGKA facility

Facility ID

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 was originally WGM AM 710 when FRC

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-license

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d to the Atlanta Constitution in March 1922, just days after WSB

WSB (AM)

WSB — branded AM 750 and 95.5 FM News/Talk WSB — is a commercial radio station licensed to Atlanta, Georgia broadcasting a news/talk format. The station transmits with 50,000 watts of nondirectional power day and night, enjoying clear-channel status on its broadcast frequency according to the U.S...

 AM 740 (now 750) was licensed to competitor newspaper the Atlanta Journal, making them the first two radio stations in the South.
It went out of business the next year and was donated to the Georgia School of Technology, where it was relicensed a few months later as WBBF.