Georgia Public Broadcasting
GPB Radio -- Radio stations
Table:
Location

Frequency

Call sign

ERP
W

Height
m (ft)

Notes

Albany

91.7 FM

WUNV

3,000

100 m (330 ft)

Athens

91.7 FM

WUGA

6,000

99 m (325 ft)

Atlanta

88.5 FM

WRAS

50,000

318 m (1,043 ft)

separate feed from other GPB stations; GPB portion of station schedule from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday

Augusta

90.7 FM

WACG-FM

3,700

420.8 m (1,381 ft)

Brunswick

88.9 FM

WWIO-FM

11,500

46 m (151 ft)

relays WSVH

Carrollton

90.7 FM

WUWG

430

151 m (495 ft)

Simulcasts WRAS (FM) from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. Carries regular Network feed 7 p.m. – 5 a.m.

Chatsworth

98.9 FM

WNGH-FM

420

541.8 m (1,778 ft)

Cochran/Macon

89.7 FM

WMUM-FM

43,000 horizontal
100,000 vertical

304.1 m (998 ft)

Airs some local programming from Mercer University

Dahlonega

89.5 FM

WNGU

750

140 m (460 ft)

Demorest

88.3 FM

WPPR

7,300

193.9 m (636 ft)

Fort Gaines

90.9 FM

WJWV

20,500 horizontal
81,000 vertical

78.9 m (259 ft)

Rome

97.7 FM

WGPB

4,200

241 m (791 ft)

Savannah

91.1 FM

WSVH

96,000

430.9 m (1,414 ft)

Feeds WWIO-FM

Tifton

91.1 FM

WABR

30,000

76 m (249 ft)

Valdosta

91.7 FM

WWET

430

26 m (85 ft)

Warm Springs/Columbus

88.1 FM

WJSP-FM

100,000

461.2 m (1,513 ft)

Waycross

90.1 FM

WXVS

79,000 horizontal
77,600 vertical

280 m (920 ft)

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In broadcasting and radio communications , a call sign ( also known as a call name or call letters - and historically as a call signal - or abbreviated as a call ) is a unique designation for a transmitter station . In the United States of America , they are used for all FCC-licensed transmitters . A call sign can be formally assigned by a government agency , informally adopted by individuals or organizations , or even cryptographically encoded to disguise a station 's identity . The use of call signs as unique identifiers dates to the landline railroad telegraph system . Because there was only one telegraph line linking all railroad stations , there needed to be a way to address each one when sending a telegram . In order to save time , two-letter identifiers were adopted for this purpose . This pattern continued in radiotelegraph operation ; radio companies initially assigned two-letter identifiers to coastal stations and stations aboard ships at sea . These were not globally unique , so a one-letter company identifier ( for instance , 'M ' and two letters as a Marconi station ) was later added . By 1912 , the need to quickly identify stations operated by multiple companies in multiple nations required an international standard ; an ITU prefix would be used to identify a country , and the rest of the call sign an individual station in that country .
Effective radiated power ( ERP ) , synonymous with equivalent radiated power , is an IEEE standardized definition of directional radio frequency ( RF ) power , such as that emitted by a radio transmitter . It is the total power in watts that would have to be radiated by a half-wave dipole antenna to give the same radiation intensity ( signal strength or power flux density in watts per square meter ) as the actual source antenna at a distant receiver located in the direction of the antenna 's strongest beam ( main lobe ) . ERP measures the combination of the power emitted by the transmitter and the ability of the antenna to direct that power in a given direction . It is equal to the input power to the antenna multiplied by the gain of the antenna . It is used in electronics and telecommunications , particularly in broadcasting to quantify the apparent power of a broadcasting station experienced by listeners in its reception area . An alternate parameter that measures the same thing is equivalent ( sometimes effective ) isotropically radiated power ( EIRP ) . Equivalent isotropically radiated power is the hypothetical power that would have to be radiated by an isotropic antenna to give the same ( equivalent ) signal strength as the actual source antenna in the direction of the antenna 's strongest beam . The difference between EIRP and ERP is that ERP compares the actual antenna to a half-wave dipole antenna , while EIRP compares it to a theoretical isotropic antenna . Since a half-wave dipole antenna has a gain of 1.64 ( or 2.15 dB ) compared to an isotropic radiator , if ERP and EIRP are expressed in watts their relation is
The watt ( symbol : W ) is a unit of power . In the International System of Units ( SI ) it is defined as a derived unit of 1 joule per second , and is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer . In SI base units , the watt is described as k g m 2 s − 3 { \displaystyle kg\ , m^ { 2 } s^ { -3 } } , which can be demonstrated to coherent by dimensional analysis . The watt is named after James Watt , an 18th century scottish inventor .
Height above average terrain ( HAAT ) , or ( less popularly ) effective height above average terrain ( EHAAT ) , is a measure of how high an antenna site is above the surrounding landscape . HAAT is used extensively in FM radio and television , as it is more important than effective radiated power ( ERP ) in determining the range of broadcasts ( VHF and UHF in particular , as they are line of sight transmissions ) . For international coordination , it is officially measured in meters , even by the Federal Communications Commission in the United States , as Canada and Mexico have extensive border zones where stations can be received on either side of the international boundaries . Stations that want to increase above a certain HAAT must reduce their power accordingly , based on the maximum distance their station class is allowed to cover ( see List of North American broadcast station classes for more information on this ) . The FCC procedure to calculate HAAT is : from the proposed or actual antenna site , either 12 or 16 radials were drawn , and points at 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , and 10 miles ( 16 km ) radius along each radial were used . The entire radial graph could be rotated to achieve the best effect for the station . The altitude of the antenna site , minus the average altitude of all the specified points , is the HAAT . This can create some unusual cases , particularly in mountainous regions - it is possible to have a negative number for HAAT ( the transmitter would not be located underground , but rather in a valley , with hills on both sides taller than the transmitter itself , for example ) . The FCC has divided the Contiguous United States into three zones for the determination of spacing between FM and TV stations using the same frequencies . FM and TV stations are assigned maximum ERP and HAAT values , depending on their assigned zones , to prevent co-channel interference .
The metre ( Commonwealth spelling and BIPM spelling ) or meter ( American spelling ) ( from the French unit mètre , from the Greek noun μετρούν , measure ) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units ( SI ) . The SI unit symbol is m. The metre is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second . The metre was originally defined in 1793 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole along a great circle , so the Earth 's circumference is approximately 40,000 km . In 1799 , the metre was redefined in terms of a prototype metre bar ( the actual bar used was changed in 1889 ) . In 1960 , the metre was redefined in terms of a certain number of wavelengths of a certain emission line of krypton-86 . In 1983 , the current definition was adopted .
The foot ( pl . feet ; abbreviation : ft ; symbol : ′ , the prime symbol ) is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement . Since the International Yard and Pound Agreement of 1959 , one foot is defined as 0.3048 meter exactly . In customary and imperial units , the foot comprises 12 inches and three feet compose a yard . Historically the foot was a part of many local systems of units , including the Greek , Roman , Chinese , French , and English systems . It varied in length from country to country , from city to city , and sometimes from trade to trade . Its length was usually between 250 mm and 335 mm and was generally , but not always , subdivided into 12 inches or 16 digits . The United States is the only industrialized nation that uses the international foot and the survey foot ( a customary unit of length ) in preference to the meter in its commercial , engineering , and standards activities . The foot is legally recognized in the United Kingdom ; road signs must use imperial units ( however , distances on road signs are always marked in miles or yards , not feet ) , while its usage is widespread among the British public as a measurement of height . The foot is recognized as an alternative expression of length in Canada officially defined as a unit derived from the meter although both the U.K. and Canada have partially metricated their units of measurement . The measurement of altitude in international aviation is one of the few areas where the foot is used outside the English-speaking world . The length of the international foot corresponds to a human foot with shoe size of 13 ( UK ) , 14 ( US male ) , 15.5 ( US female ) or 47 ( EU sizing ) .
Albany is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia . Located on the Flint River , it is the seat of Dougherty County . Located in southwest Georgia , it is the principal city of the Albany , Georgia metropolitan area . The population was 77,434 at the 2010 U.S. Census , making it the eighth-largest city in the state . It became prominent in the nineteenth century as a shipping and market center , first served by riverboats and then by railroads . Seven lines met in Albany , and it was a center of trade in the Southeast . It is part of the Black Belt ( geological formation ) , the extensive area in the Deep South of cotton plantations . From the mid-20th century , it received military investment during World War II and after , that helped develop the region . Albany and this area were prominent during the civil rights era , particularly during the early 1960s as activists worked to regain voting and other civil rights . Railroad restructuring and reduction in the military here caused job losses , but the city has developed new businesses .
Athens , officially Athens-Clarke County , is a consolidated city-county and college town in the U.S. state of Georgia . Athens lies about 70 mi ( 113 km ) northeast of downtown Atlanta , a global city . The University of Georgia , the state 's flagship public university and an R1 research institution , is in Athens and contributed to its initial growth . In 1991 , after a vote the preceding year , the original City of Athens abandoned its charter to form a unified government with Clarke County , referred to jointly as Athens-Clarke County . As of 2017 [ update ] , the U.S. Census Bureau 's estimated population of the consolidated city-county ( all of Clarke County except Winterville and a portion of Bogart ) was 125,691 ; the entire county including Winterville and Bogart had a population of 127,064 . Athens is the sixth-largest city in Georgia , and the principal city of the Athens metropolitan area , which had a 2017 estimated population of 209,271 , according to the U.S. Census Bureau . Metropolitan Athens is a component of the larger Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs Combined Statistical Area , a trading area . The city is dominated by a pervasive student culture and music scene centered on downtown Athens , next to the University of Georgia 's North Campus . Major music acts associated with Athens include numerous alternative rock bands such as R.E.M. , the B-52 's , Widespread Panic , and Neutral Milk Hotel . The city is also known as a recording site for such groups as the Atlanta-based Indigo Girls .
WUGA ( 91.7 MHz ) is a public FM radio station serving Athens and much of the northeast part of Georgia . It is a member of Georgia Public Broadcasting 's radio network , but is operated by the University of Georgia , with studios and offices located at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education on the UGA campus . The transmitter is located off Walter Sams Road in Winterville , Georgia , southeast of Athens . The station 's programming consists of news and public affairs , classical music , jazz and folk music from GPB Radio , as well as locally produced content . On March 1 , 2010 , UGA announced budget cuts that , if approved , would have resulted in the end of locally produced programming on the station . It could have become a full-time relay of the GPB network . However , as of January 20 , 2011 [ update ] , WUGA remains operated by UGA , and during the early 2010s its operations were consolidated with WUGA-TV , a television station UGA owned at the time .
Atlanta ( /ætˈlæntə/ ) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia . With an estimated 2018 population of 498,044 , it is also the 37th most-populous city in the United States . The city serves as the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area , home to 5.9 million people and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the nation . Atlanta is the seat of Fulton County , the most populous county in Georgia . Portions of the city extend eastward into neighboring DeKalb County . Atlanta was originally founded as the terminus of a major state-sponsored railroad . With rapid expansion , however , it soon became the convergence point among multiple railroads , spurring its rapid growth . The city 's name derives from that of the Western and Atlantic Railroad 's local depot , signifying the town 's growing reputation as a transportation hub . During the American Civil War , the city was almost entirely burned to the ground in General William T. Sherman 's famous March to the Sea . However , the city rose from its ashes and quickly became a national center of commerce and the unofficial capital of the New South . During the 1950s and 1960s , Atlanta became a major organizing center of the civil rights movement , with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. , Ralph David Abernathy , and many other locals playing major roles in the movement 's leadership . During the modern era , Atlanta has attained international prominence as a major air transportation hub , with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport being the world 's busiest airport by passenger traffic since 1998 .
WRAS ( 88.5 MHz ) is a public FM radio station in Atlanta , Georgia . It is licensed to Georgia State University and funded by the university 's Student Activity Fee . Its schedule is split between public radio programming from Georgia Public Broadcasting ( 88.5 GPB Atlanta ) airing from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. and college radio programming ( Album 88 ) airing from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m . The Album 88 and 88.5 GPB Atlanta formats are both available 24 hours a day on separate internet streams , and Album 88 is available full-time on WRAS 's HD-2 subchannel . The transmitter is off Interstate 20 on Old Flat Shoals Road SE in Atlanta . The Album 88 student studios and offices are on the campus of Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta , while the GPB studios are located in their headquarters in Midtown Atlanta . Students at Georgia State host and produce all of the programs on Album 88 with the exception of Georgia State Panthers sporting events . While Georgia Public Radio is heard around the clock on several simulcast radio stations in Georgia , listeners in the Atlanta area only hear the daytime schedule on WRAS . Atlanta has a full-time National Public Radio affiliate , 90.1 WABE , with its own news department and airing most of the same national programs , such as All Things Considered and Morning Edition .
Augusta ( /əˈɡʌstə/ ) , officially Augusta-Richmond County , is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia . The city lies across the Savannah River from South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion . Georgia 's second-largest city after Atlanta , Augusta is located in the Piedmont section of the state . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , Augusta-Richmond County had a 2017 estimated population of 197,166 , not counting the unconsolidated cities of Blythe and Hephzibah . It is the 123rd largest city in the United States . The process of consolidation between the City of Augusta and Richmond County began with a 1995 referendum in the two jurisdictions . The merger was completed on July 1 , 1996 . Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta metropolitan area . In 2017 it had an estimated population of 600,151 , making it the second-largest metro area in the state . It is the 93rd largest metropolitan area in the United States . Augusta was established in 1736 and is named for Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha ( 1719-1772 ) , the bride of Frederick , Prince of Wales and the mother of the British monarch George III . During the American Civil War , Augusta housed the principal Confederate powder works .
WACG-FM ( 90.7 FM ) is a radio station licensed to Augusta , Georgia . The station is owned by Georgia Public Broadcasting , and is an affiliate of GPB 's radio network . WAGC-FM began broadcasting June 2 , 1970 , and was originally owned by Augusta College .
Brunswick ( /ˈbrʌnzwɪk/ ) is a city in and the county seat of Glynn County , Georgia , United States . As the main urban and economic center of the state 's lower southeast , it is the second-largest urban area on the Georgia coast after Savannah and contains the Brunswick Old Town Historic District . British colonists settled the peninsula in 1738 as a buffer to Spanish Florida . It came under provincial [ clarification needed ] control in 1771 and was founded as Brunswick after the German duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg , the ancestral home of the House of Hanover . It was incorporated as a city in 1856 . Throughout its history , Brunswick has served as an important port city : in World War II , it served as a strategic military location with an operational base for escort blimps and a shipbuilding facility for the U.S. Maritime Commission . Brunswick supports a progressive economy largely based on tourism and logistics , with a metropolitan GDP of $ 3.9 billion . The Port of Brunswick handles approximately 10 percent of all U.S. roll-on/roll-off trade - third in the U.S. , behind the ports of Los Angeles and Newark . The headquarters of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is located 5 miles ( 8 km ) north of the central business district of the city and is adjacent to Brunswick Golden Isles Airport , which provides commercial air service to the area . In the 2010 U.S. census , the population of the city proper was 15,383 ; the urban area , 51,024 ; and the metropolitan area , 112,370 . Brunswick is located on a harbor of the Atlantic Ocean , approximately 40 mi ( 60 km ) north of Florida and 80 mi ( 130 km ) south of South Carolina . Brunswick is bordered on the west by Oglethorpe Bay , the East River , and the Turtle River .
WSVH FM 91.1 is a 96,000-watt public radio station broadcasting from Savannah , Georgia , and transmitting from the WVAN-TV 9 ( GPB TV ) tower to the west in Pembroke , Georgia , north of Fort Stewart . It serves the upper Georgia coast and areas well inland , and adjacent areas of far southern South Carolina . The station 's signal is simulcast by GPB-owned WWIO-FM 88.9 in Brunswick , Georgia . Together , the two stations serve the entire Georgia coastline . Their signals can be heard from Beaufort , South Carolina to Fernandina Beach , Florida . The station group is an affiliate of the statewide Georgia Public Broadcasting radio network . WSVH is one of two member stations of the GPB Radio network to have local announcers and underwriting during the day . WSVH produces four radio programs for the GPB network : Celtic program The Green Island Radio Show with Harry O'Donoghue , folk show Music Americana with Russell Wells , Classical Tonight , also hosted by Russell Wells , and the overnight classical block Coastal Nocturne . The station began broadcasting on April 20 , 1981 , with the first song played on the station at 6 a.m. being Aaron Copland 's Fanfare for the Common Man . The station was independently operated until 1988 when it joined the statewide public radio network , then named Peach State Public Radio . In the early 1990s , the listening area was greatly improved with the addition of WWIO in extreme southeast Georgia ; an overnight classical music format was also added . In 1997 , the station moved its studio from downtown Savannah to the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography on Skidaway Island , just south of Savannah .
Carrollton , Georgia is a city in the north west region of Georgia , about 45 miles ( 72 km ) west of Atlanta near the Alabama state line . It is the county seat of Carroll County , which is included in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area . Historically , Carrollton has been a commercial center for several mostly rural counties in both Georgia and Alabama . It is the home of the University of West Georgia and West Georgia Technical College . The 2018 United States Census estimates placed the city 's population at 26,443 .
WUWG FM 90.7 is the radio station that formally broadcast at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton , Georgia , and a part of the GPB Radio state network . This station is one of several in the GPB system that also produces its own programming , however the vast majority is simulcast . This is also duplicated locally both by GPB 's WJSP-FM , and now WGPB FM , with most NPR programming also carried by non-GPB station WABE FM 90.1 from nearby Atlanta . Several programs are now also duplicated on WRAS FM 88.5 , most of whose broadcast day was involuntarily taken from GSU students in June 2014 , resulting in programs like Morning Edition and All Things Considered being needlessly aired on five local stations at once for seven total hours every weekday . Originally licensed to the university and operated entirely by students , WUWG was transferred outright to GPB in 2004 , though it is unclear under what circumstances . When GPB pulled broadcasting operations to their Atlanta offices in 2008 , Dr. Brad Yates made advances to start a new student run radio station .
Chatsworth is a city in Murray County , Georgia , United States . It is part of the Dalton , Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 3,531 at the 2000 census and 4,299 in 2010 . The city is the county seat of Murray County . According to a popular legend , the town received its name after a road sign with the word Chatsworth fell off a passing freight train nearby . Someone put the sign on a post , and the name stuck . Just east of Chatsworth are Fort Mountain and the Fort Mountain State Park .
WNGH-FM ( 98.9 FM ) is an NPR-member public radio station ( via its radio network ) , licensed to Chatsworth , Georgia , United States . The station is currently owned by Georgia Public Broadcasting ( GPB ) , which the station simulcasts all radio programming from . It transmits from atop a mountain in the west-southwest part of Fort Mountain State Park ( not Fort Mountain itself ) , having moved in May 2008 to be with WNGH-TV 18 , also a GPB station .
Cochran is a city in Bleckley County , Georgia , United States . As of the 2010 census , the city had a population of 5,150 . The city is the county seat of Bleckley County . Cochran is named for Judge Arthur E. Cochran and was incorporated on March 19 , 1869 . Judge Cochran was largely instrumental in developing this section of Georgia through his work as president of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad , now the Southern Railway ( a component of Norfolk Southern Railway ) . Once known as Dykesboro , Cochran was settled by B . B. Dykes , who owned the site on which the town is built . The earliest settlers located here to work in the turpentine industry . Cochran is home to Bleckley County High School and Middle Georgia State University . Three properties in Cochran are listed on the National Register of Historic Places : the Bleckley County Courthouse in Courthouse Square , the Cochran Municipal Building and School at the junction of Dykes and Second streets , and Hillcrest at 706 Beech Street .
Macon ( /ˈmeɪkən/ ) , officially Macon-Bibb County , is a consolidated city-county located in the U.S. state of Georgia . Macon lies near the geographic center of the state , approximately 85 miles ( 137 km ) south of Atlanta , hence the city 's nickname The Heart of Georgia . Located near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River , Macon had a 2017 estimated population of 152,663 . Macon is the principal city of the Macon metropolitan area , which had an estimated population of 228,914 in 2017 . Macon is also the largest city in the Macon-Warner Robins Combined Statistical Area ( CSA ) , a larger trading area with an estimated 420,693 residents in 2017 ; the CSA abuts the Atlanta metropolitan area just to the north . In a 2012 referendum , voters approved the consolidation of the governments of the City of Macon and Bibb County , and Macon became Georgia 's fourth-largest city ( just after Columbus ) . The two governments officially merged on January 1 , 2014 . Macon is served by three interstate highways : I-16 ( connecting the city to Savannah and coastal Georgia ) , I-75 ( connecting the city with Atlanta to the north and Valdosta to the south ) , and I-475 ( a city bypass highway ) . The city has several institutions of higher education , as well as numerous museums and tourism sites . The area is served by the Middle Georgia Regional Airport and the Herbert Smart Downtown Airport . The mayor of Macon is Robert Reichert , a former Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives . Reichert was elected mayor of the newly consolidated city of Macon-Bibb , and he took office on January 1 , 2014 .
WMUM-FM ( 89.7 FM ) ( formerly WDCO-FM ) is the Georgia Public Broadcasting ( GPB ) Public radio station serving Macon and central Georgia . The station shares a tower with its sister GPB Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS ) member television station , WMUM-TV , in Cochran , its city of license . The station is a partnership , established in 2006 , between Mercer University and GPB . The station provides local content to central Georgia public radio listeners from its broadcast studio on Mercer 's Macon campus . The studio , constructed in 2006 , offers various media-related educational opportunities for Mercer students . The station 's call letters were changed to WMUM-FM ( Mercer University Macon ) to identify the current partnership with Mercer . The station , under its former call letters , WDCO-FM , was one of the first GPB radio stations , signing on in 1984 . As WDCO-FM , the station only simulcasted the GPB radio network , with no local origination . The new broadcast studio airs local programming .
The city of Dahlonega ( /dəˈlɒnɪɡə/ ) is the county seat of Lumpkin County , Georgia , United States . As of the 2010 census , the city had a population of 5,242 , and in 2018 the population was estimated to be 6,884 . Dahlonega is located at the north end of Georgia 400 , a freeway which connects Dahlonega to Atlanta . It was named as one of the best places to retire by the publication Real Estate Scorecard . In 1828 Dahlonega was the site of the first major gold rush in the United States . The Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site stands in the middle of the town square , housed in the 1836 Lumpkin County Courthouse . From its steps in 1849 , Dahlonega Mint assayer Dr. M. F. Stephenson tried to persuade miners to stay in Dahlonega instead of joining the California Gold Rush , saying , There 's millions in it , often misquoted as There 's gold in them thar hills . Dahlonega is home to the main campus of the University of North Georgia .
Demorest is a city in Habersham County , Georgia , United States . The population was 1,823 at the 2010 census , up from 1,465 at the 2000 census . It is the home of Piedmont College .
WPPR ( 88.3 ) is a public radio station in Demorest , Georgia . Originally , WPPR had the call letters WDEM ( Radio Demorest ) , but changed to WPPR on August 19 , 1996 . It is part of the Georgia Public Broadcasting radio network , which in turn is a member of National Public Radio , Public Radio International , and American Public Media . Unlike many stations of the GPB network , WPPR does not only broadcast simulcasts from GPB . WPPR also produces its own programming about the local area including Habersham County . One of the community features , Community Life in Northeast Georgia , is an educational and informative program about an area that is not well known . WPPR 's studios are located on the Piedmont College campus in Demorest . This allows for Piedmont Mass Communications students to work directly with WPPR as interns .
Fort Gaines is a city in Georgia , United States , with a population of 1,107 at the 2010 census . The city is the county seat of Clay County .
Rome is the largest city in and the county seat of Floyd County , Georgia , United States . Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains , it is the principal city of the Rome , Georgia , Metropolitan Statistical Area , which encompasses all of Floyd County . At the 2010 census , the city had a population of 36,303 . It is the largest city in Northwest Georgia and the 19th largest city in the state . Rome was built at the confluence of the Etowah and the Oostanaula rivers , forming the Coosa River . Because of its strategic advantages , this area was long occupied by the Creek and later the Cherokee people . National leaders such as Major Ridge and John Ross resided here before Indian Removal . The city has developed on seven hills with the rivers running between them , a feature that inspired the early European-American settlers to name it for Rome , the longtime capital of Italy . It developed in the antebellum period as a market and trading city due to its advantageous location on the rivers , by which it sent the rich regional cotton commodity crop downriver to markets on the Gulf Coast and export overseas . It is the second largest city , after Gadsden , Alabama , near the center of the triangular area defined by the Interstate highways between Atlanta , Birmingham and Chattanooga . It has developed as a regional center in such areas as medical care and education . In addition to its public school system , there are several private schools .
WGPB FM 97.7 is a public radio station in Rome , Georgia . It is part of the Georgia Public Broadcasting radio network , a state network which in turn is a member of National Public Radio , Public Radio International , and American Public Media . Unlike most stations on the GPB network , WGPB does not completely simulcast with the network . WGPB also produces its own programs . The studios are located at Georgia Highlands College 's Heritage Hall campus in downtown Rome , from which locally produced programming originates . The station began broadcasting as WGPB at 5 AM on June 30 , 2006 .
Savannah ( /səˈvænə/ ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County . Established in 1733 on the Savannah River , the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia . A strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War , Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport . It is Georgia 's fifth-largest city , with a 2018 estimated population of 145,862 . The Savannah metropolitan area , Georgia 's third-largest , had an estimated population of 389,494 in 2018 . Each year Savannah attracts millions of visitors to its cobblestone streets , parks , and notable historic buildings . These buildings include the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low ( founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA ) , the Georgia Historical Society ( the oldest continually operating historical society in the South ) , the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences ( one of the South 's first public museums ) , the First African Baptist Church ( one of the oldest African-American Baptist congregations in the United States ) , Temple Mickve Israel ( the third-oldest synagogue in the U.S. ) , and the Central of Georgia Railway roundhouse complex ( the oldest standing antebellum rail facility in the U.S. ) . Savannah 's downtown area , which includes the Savannah Historic District , the Savannah Victorian Historic District , and 22 parklike squares , is one of the largest National Historic Landmark Districts in the United States ( designated by the U.S. government in 1966 ) . [ a ] Downtown Savannah largely retains the original town plan prescribed by founder James Oglethorpe ( a design now known as the Oglethorpe Plan ) . Savannah was the host city for the sailing competitions during the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta .
WSVH FM 91.1 is a 96,000-watt public radio station broadcasting from Savannah , Georgia , and transmitting from the WVAN-TV 9 ( GPB TV ) tower to the west in Pembroke , Georgia , north of Fort Stewart . It serves the upper Georgia coast and areas well inland , and adjacent areas of far southern South Carolina . The station 's signal is simulcast by GPB-owned WWIO-FM 88.9 in Brunswick , Georgia . Together , the two stations serve the entire Georgia coastline . Their signals can be heard from Beaufort , South Carolina to Fernandina Beach , Florida . The station group is an affiliate of the statewide Georgia Public Broadcasting radio network . WSVH is one of two member stations of the GPB Radio network to have local announcers and underwriting during the day . WSVH produces four radio programs for the GPB network : Celtic program The Green Island Radio Show with Harry O'Donoghue , folk show Music Americana with Russell Wells , Classical Tonight , also hosted by Russell Wells , and the overnight classical block Coastal Nocturne . The station began broadcasting on April 20 , 1981 , with the first song played on the station at 6 a.m. being Aaron Copland 's Fanfare for the Common Man . The station was independently operated until 1988 when it joined the statewide public radio network , then named Peach State Public Radio . In the early 1990s , the listening area was greatly improved with the addition of WWIO in extreme southeast Georgia ; an overnight classical music format was also added . In 1997 , the station moved its studio from downtown Savannah to the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography on Skidaway Island , just south of Savannah .
Tifton is a city in Tift County , Georgia , United States . The population was 16,869 at the 2010 census . The city is the county seat of Tift County . The area 's public schools are administered by the Tift County School District . Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College has its main campus in Tifton . Southern Regional Technical College and the University of Georgia also have Tifton campuses . Sites in the area include the Coastal Plain Research Arboretum , Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College , and the Georgia Museum of Agriculture & Historic Village . The Tifton Residential Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Valdosta is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County , Georgia , United States . As of 2018 , Valdosta had an estimated population of 56,426 , and is the 14th largest city in Georgia . Valdosta is the principal city of the Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area , which in 2010 had a population of 139,588 . It includes Brooks County to the west . Valdosta is the home of Valdosta State University , a regional university in the University System of Georgia with over 10,900 students . The local public Valdosta High School has the football program with the most wins of any high school in the United States . Valdosta is called the Azalea City , as the plant grows in profusion there . The city hosts an annual Azalea Festival in March .
Warm Springs is a city in Meriwether County , Georgia , United States . The population was 425 at the 2010 census .
Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia . Located on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City , Alabama , Columbus is the county seat of Muscogee County , with which it officially merged in 1970 . Columbus is the third-largest city in Georgia and the fourth-largest metropolitan area . According to the 2017 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau , Columbus has a population of 194,058 residents , with 303,811 in the Columbus metropolitan area . The metro area joins the nearby Alabama cities of Auburn and Opelika to form the Columbus-Auburn-Opelika Combined Statistical Area , which has a 2017 estimated population of 499,128 . Columbus lies 100 miles ( 160 km ) southwest of Atlanta . Fort Benning , the United States Army 's Maneuver Center of Excellence and a major employer , is located south of the city in Chattahoochee County . Columbus is home to museums and tourism sites , including the National Infantry Museum , dedicated to the United States Army 's Infantry Branch . It has the longest urban whitewater rafting course in the world constructed on the Chattahoochee River .
WJSP-FM ( 88.1 FM ) is the Georgia Public Broadcasting ( GPB ) Public radio station serving Columbus and all of west-central Georgia . It shares a radio tower with GPB TV station WJSP-TV just outside Warm Springs , Georgia , its city of license . The station was one of the first GPB radio stations , first broadcasting in 1984 . Unlike some of the other stations in the system , WJSP-FM only simulcasts the GPB radio network , with no local programs .
Waycross is the county seat of , and only incorporated city in , Ware County in the U.S. state of Georgia . The population was 14,725 at the 2010 Census . Waycross includes two historic districts ( Downtown Waycross Historic District and Waycross Historic District ) and several other properties that are on the National Register of Historic Places , including the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse , Lott Cemetery , the First African Baptist Church and Parsonage , and the Obediah Barber Homestead ( which is seven miles south of the city ) .