WGHR (college radio)
| City | Marietta, Georgia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Cobb County, Georgia (former FM) |
| Frequency | License cancelled 2004 |
| First air date | 1969 (CC AM), 1981 (FM) |
| Format | college radio |
| ERP | formerly 17W |
| HAAT | 47 m (154 ft) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 61370 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°56′22″N 84°31′12″W / 33.93944°N 84.52000°W Coordinates: 33°56′23″N 84°31′11″W / 33.939737°N 84.519753°W |
| Callsign meaning | Green Hornet Radio |
| Former callsigns | "WSTB" (unofficial) |
| Former frequencies | 102.5, 100.7, 101.1MHz, 1280 kHz |
| Affiliations | formerly WRN Broadcast (1996–2000) |
| Owner | Southern Polytechnic State University |
| Website | wghr.spsu.edu |
WGHR is a noncommercial radio station operated solely by the students of Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia, USA. The station is student- and listener-supported, with diverse programming from a wide variety of genres.
Like many other college radio stations, WGHR originally began as a carrier current low-power AM station in 1969, transmitting on 1280 kHz from a wire loop antenna run atop the circle of buildings at the center of campus. Although not an officially assigned callsign, it took the name WSTB, an acronym for Southern Tech Broadcasting. Nicknamed "Stubby", its studio was in a dormitory.
In the mid-1970s, the station applied for a low-power FM station. First trying 91.7, it was initially rejected for being too close to 91.9 (WCLK) and 91.1 (WREK). It then selected 102.5, and was eventually given a construction permit in 1979 for that frequency. Since there was already a WSTB FM in Streetsboro, Ohio, the students selected WGHR to mean "Green Hornet Radio", after the school's mascot. The nickname, likewise, became "Wooger" (later mocked by the station's own promos). After an extra year's delay due to a recalled Harris Broadcast transmitter, it finally began FM broadcasting in 1981, serving most of Cobb County in the northwest metro Atlanta area.
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