WBML

WBML AM 1350 is a radio station broadcasting a black gospel format from 5 AM till midnight weekdays. On the weekend, the station broadcasts local high school sports, NCAA and NFL football games together with programming from Yahoo Sports Radio. Having Warner Robins, Georgia, USA as its city of license, the station serves the Macon metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Christopher Murray, through licensee WRWR-AM Radio LLC, and features programming from America's Radio News Network with local news, sports, and weather from sister station WRWR-TV 38.

History

The station signed on October 13, 1954 as WRPB, signifying Warner Robins, Perry and Byron. Other call letters included WAVC, WCOP and WNNG. The station covers local news and high school sports of Warner Robins and Houston County, Georgia. Georgia Eagle Broadcasting purchased the station in January 2007. The station is also known for its local news coverage and website, www.wrwr.com. Sister stations include WQXZ 103.9 FM, WRWR 107.5 FM, WDXQ 1440 AM and W244CL 96.7 FM, WCEH 610 AM, WNNG-FM 99.9 FM and WSSY 98.3 FM. The station is co-located with the co-owned television station, WMUB-LD, the first television station licensed to, and operated from studios in Warner Robins.

WYPZ (AM)

WYPZ (900 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an urban adult contemporary format. Licensed to Macon, Georgia, US, the station serves the Macon area. Originally licensed to 1240 kc. on the AM dial, WYPZ signed on the mid-1940s as WBML. During the 1950s and '60s, WBML established itself as the station to turn to for breaking news. Station management placed mobile units on the streets of Macon throughout most of the day and night. The air staff included Bob Saggese, a Connecticut native who was also Macon's first television producer and announcer, Gordon Price, Don King, Ken Wickham, Lee Mathis, Oscar Leverette, Sid Ingraham and later Bill Elder in the 70s. In 1976, Prairieland Broadcasters of Decatur, Illinois sold the station to Jack Tyken, who changed the format from pop to country. That format change lasted only a few months before the station was sold again and moved from its signature "Peek-A-Blue" building on Macon's Riverside Drive to a location in east Macon. Jim Lee, a Macon city police officer and later a member of the City Council, was the station's News Director throughout much of the 1960s. The air staff included two of the city's most popular announcers, Bob Saggese and Don King. After years as a Christian station, WBML was sold to Sun Broadcasting in June 2011 and began programming a Classic/Mainstream Country Format in July 2011.