WAUG (AM) - Misplaced Pages

(Redirected from W250AZ) Radio station in North Carolina, United States

WAUG
New Hope, North Carolina United States

Broadcast area	Raleigh–Durham Research Triangle
Frequency	750 kHz
Branding	Hot 97.9
Programming
Format	Mainstream urban
Ownership
Owner	St. Augustine's University
Sister stations	WAUG-LD
History
First air date	July 20, 1987 (1987-07-20)
Call sign meaning	St. Augustine's University
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	58586
Class	D
Power	500 watts day
Transmitter coordinates	35°47′28.54″N 78°37′9.01″W / 35.7912611°N 78.6191694°W / 35.7912611; -78.6191694 (WAUG)
Translator(s)	97.9 W250AZ (Raleigh)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	hot979nc.com

WAUG (750 kHz) is an AM and FM radio station broadcasting a mainstream urban format. Licensed to New Hope, North Carolina, United States, the station serves the Raleigh–Durham area. The station is owned by St. Augustine's University and features programming from American Urban Radio Networks and the Radio One-owned Syndication One. WAUG radio is a daytime-only operation, leaving the air at sunset to prevent interference to 50,000-watt WSB in Atlanta, the Class A clear-channel station on 750 AM. Its programming is also carried on FM translator W250AZ (97.9) in Raleigh.

The university also runs a low-powered TV station, WAUG-LD (channel 8). WAUG-LD is carried by Spectrum Cable on digital cable channel 168 in Raleigh.

History

WAUG "Power 750" began broadcasting in 1987 from the campus of Saint Augustine's University. In October 2006, the station switched primarily to a talk radio format aimed at the Black community. Shows includes the nationally syndicated News One Now with Roland Martin, Keepin' It Real with Al Sharpton and Biz Talk with Josh Smith. The station also carried football games from the Washington Redskins as well as St. Augustine's University Sports including the CIAA Basketball Tournament. The station was also the flagship for From The Press Box To The Press Row, a sports talk show focused on Black college sports which was heard on syndicated stations through the mid-Atlantic region from Pennsylvania to Georgia.

In October 2018, WAUG changed its format from talk to mainstream urban, branded as "Hot 97.9" to reflect its simulcast on FM translator W250AZ (97.9).

Translator

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
W250AZ	97.9 FM	Raleigh, North Carolina	146926	200	D	35°48′13.5″N 78°37′26″W / 35.803750°N 78.62389°W / 35.803750; -78.62389 (W250AZ)	LMS

References

Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-326. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
"Facility Technical Data for WAUG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
"WAUG Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
"Network Affiliates". From the Press Box to the Press Row.
Hot 97.9 Brings More Hip Hop to Raleigh Radioinsight - October 29, 2018

External links

Official website
Facility details for Facility ID 58586 (WAUG) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WAUG in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Facility details for Facility ID 146926 (W250AZ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
W250AZ at FCCdata.org

Radio stations in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina (the Research Triangle)

By AM frequency

By FM frequency

LPFM	90.3 93.5 101.9 103.5 WCOM-LP WFNE-LP 106.7
Translators	91.1 92.7 92.9 93.3 93.5 W228CV W228CZ 94.3 95.1 95.3 95.7 96.5 97.9 W250AZ W250BP 98.1 98.5 98.7 W254AS W254BV 98.9 W255AM W255BE 99.1 99.3 100.3 101.9 W270AW W270DT 104.7 W284CD W284CP 105.5 105.7 106.5 107.5 107.7 107.9

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel

By call sign

Defunct

Nearby regions: Charlotte; Elizabeth City–Nags Head; Fayetteville; Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point; Roanoke Rapids-South Hill; Rocky Mount-Wilson; Southside

See also: List of radio stations in North Carolina

v t e Urban Contemporary Radio Stations in the state of North Carolina
Stations	WAUG - New Hope WBAV - Gastonia WCCG - Hope Mills WFMZ - Hertford WFNZ - Charlotte WFXC - Durham WFXK - Bunn WGIV - Pineville WMGU - Southern Pines WOSF - Charlotte WPEG - Concord WPWZ - Pinetops WQMG - Greensboro WQOK - Carrboro WSSG - Goldsboro WUKS - Saint Pauls WWDR - Murfreesboro
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in North Carolina

v t e Daytime-only radio stations in North Carolina
Stations	WARR - Warrenton WAUG - New Hope WBFJ - Winston-Salem WCIS - Morganton WCLN - Clinton WCLW - Eden WCOK - Sparta WCPS - Tarboro WCXN - Claremont WDSL - Mocksville WDRU - Creedmoor WEAL - Greensboro WECR - Newland WGCR - Pisgah Forest WGOS - High Point WHNC - Henderson WKGX - Lenoir WKOO - Rose Hill WKTE - King WLLQ - Chapel Hill WLWL - Rockingham WNOW - Mint Hill WOBX - Wanchese WOGR - Charlotte WPEK - Fairview WPIP - Winston-Salem WPYB - Benson WREV - Reidsville WRNA - China Grove WRRZ - Clinton WRTG - Garner WRXO - Roxboro WSME - Camp Lejeune WSMX - Winston-Salem WTCG - Mount Holly WTSB - Selma WTXY - Whiteville WVOE - Chadbourn WWDR - Murfreesboro WWOL - Forest City WXIT - Blowing Rock WXNC - Monroe WYAL - Scotland Neck WYNC - Yanceyville WYZD - Dobson WZOO - Asheboro
Defunct	WGSB - Mebane WGTL - Kannapolis WGTM - Spindale WJOS - Elkin WJPI - Plymouth WLTT - Carolina Beach WSDC - Mocksville WSPF - Hickory WTRQ - Warsaw WUIV - Icard WWNG - Havelock
See also: Clear channel radio stations and Why AM Radio Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Operations at Night

This article about a radio station in North Carolina is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: