WKGA

WKGA (97.5 FM, "Kowaliga Country") is a radio station licensed to serve Goodwater, Alabama, USA. The station, established in 1991 as WSSY-FM, is currently owned and operated by Lake Broadcasting, Inc.

Programming

WKGA is based in Alexander City, Alabama, and broadcasts a country music format. The station's owner and general manager is John F. Kennedy. Weekday disc jockeys, mornings David and Moon, mid-days, Steve Cubbie Culberson and on afternoon drive Jay Jeffcoat. Notable weekend hosts include Ronnie Betts on the Sunday morning Gospel Jubilee. In addition to its music programming, the station broadcasts , Auburn Tigers football games, and flagship station for al AHSAA radio network statewide broadcasts.

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on May 16, 1989. The permit was for a new facility in Talladega, Alabama, broadcasting at 97.5 MHz with 3,000 watts of effective radiated power from a tower 44 meters in height above average terrain. In December 1989, this was modified to lower the power to 910 watts but raise the antenna to 175 meters above the average terrain. The new station was assigned the call letters WSSY-FM by the FCC on February 21, 1990. On that same day, permit holder Allan G. Stroh filed with the FCC to assign the permit to his Stroh Communications Corp. The transfer was approved by the FCC on March 20, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on April 23, 1990.