 wngc (106.1 fm, "north georgia country 106.1") is a radio station in north georgia that plays country music. its city of license is arcade, georgia with studios in athens. ==station history== ===early years=== on may 1, 1948, the radio station signed on as wgau-fm, broadcasting on 99.5 mhz at 3600 watts, simulcasting sister station wgau-am. in 1956, the station moved to 102.5 because when atlanta's channel 11 came on the air in 1951, it created a second harmonic interference. during 1962, wgau-fm broadcast in stereo for 6 hours, the second station in georgia to do so. also in 1962, wgau-fm moved to 95.5. this was necessary because channel 8 created a "beat-frequency" with channel 5 in the athens area. from 1963 to 1968, clarke broadcasting had an agreement with the university of georgia school of journalism to allow students to use wgau-fm for 3 hours, using the format on the air at the time: beautiful music. in march 1968, wgau-fm expanded its studios and became wngc-fm. the following year, wngc became north georgia's first full-time country music station, also one of the first in the nation to program country music full-time. in 1976, wngc went 24 hours a day, and began broadcasting at 100,000 watts from a tower located in neece, georgia. ===1999 - present=== in 1999, owners clarke broadcasting sold the wngc call letters/studio, along with sister wgau-am to southern broadcasting. they sold the 95.5 dial position to cox radio in atlanta. southern broadcasting already owned wste-fm 106.1 in toccoa/gainesville, and decided to move 106.1 to athens. until the deal was finalized, wngc was heard on 95.5 and 106.1. the transition was made at the end of a georgia bulldogs game, 95.5 went dead for a few seconds, and signed back on as 95-5 the beat, (wbts) and 106.1 became wngc-fm. prior to december 1996, 106.1 was a light rock station before switching to country and calling itself "south 106." the studios had moved from toccoa to gainesville
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