WGOV-FM

WGOV-FM (96.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Mainstream Urban format. Licensed to Valdosta, Georgia, United States, the station is currently owned by Magic 95 Entertainment.[1]

WGOV-FM
CityValdosta, Georgia
Broadcast areaValdosta area
Frequency96.7 MHz
Branding96.7 FM
Programming
FormatMainstream Urban
AffiliationsABC Radio
Ownership
OwnerMagic 95 Entertainment
(W.G.O.V., Inc.)
History
First air date
June 1985 (as WZLS)
Former call signs
WZLS (1985-1991)
WVCM (1991-1992)
WYZK (1992-2005)
WGOV-FM (2005-2006)
WLYX (2006-2011)
Technical information
Facility ID9684
ClassC2
ERP50,000 watts
HAAT100 meters
Transmitter coordinates
30°48′13.00″N 83°21′20.00″W

History

The station went on the air as WZLS in 1985 and was changed to WVCM ("Valdosta Country Music") on 1991-05-15. On 1992-02-01, the station changed its call sign to WYZK, on 2005-05-26 to WGOV-FM (to honor Eurith D. Rivers, former Georgia governor and father of "Dee" Rivers, the station owner) (the sister AM station had been WGOV-AM from its origin), on 2006-07-05 to WLYX, and on 2011-08-09 back to the current WGOV-FM.[2]

Tragedy

Shortly after midnight on Saturday morning, January 21, 2012, WGOV-FM disc jockey Stephon Edgerton, known on-air as "Juan Gatti", was shot three times outside the studio (once in the head, twice in the torso) by an assailant, a white man wearing a ski mask. Edgerton called 911 on his cell phone to give the description of the assailant, but soon died of his injuries at the South Georgia Medical Center. His murderer, yet to be identified, is still at large. At the time of his murder, Edgerton had been employed at WGOV-FM for six years, and is survived by his wife and three children.[3][4][5]

References
  1. "WGOV-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WGOV-FM Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. WVGA radio: "Local Radio Personality Killed", January 21, 2012.
  4. WALB: "Valdosta DJ dies after shooting", January 21, 2012.
  5. WTXL: "UPDATE: Man murdered outside Valdosta radio station", January 21, 2012.
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