WGKA (AM)
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| City | Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Broadcast area | Atlanta metropolitan area |
| Branding | 920 The Answer |
| Slogan | News. Opinion. Insight. |
| Frequency | 920 kHz |
| First air date | 1922 (as WGM at 710) |
| Format | Talk |
| Power | 14,000 watts daytime 490 watts nighttime |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 65976 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°48′36″N 84°21′22″W / 33.809863°N 84.356117°W |
| Callsign meaning | Glen Karron Associates |
| Former callsigns | WGM (1922-1923) WBBF (1924-1925) WGST (1925-1989) WAFS (1989-2004) |
| Former frequencies | 710 kHz (1922-1925) 1110 kHz (1925-1930) 890 kHz (1930-1941) |
| Owner |
Salem Communications (Pennsylvania Media Associates, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WNIV / WLTA, WAFS |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | am920theanswer.com |
WGKA AM, "The Answer", is a radio station based in Atlanta, Georgia which broadcasts a syndicated talk radio format. It is owned by Salem Communications and has many of the same hosts, such as William Bennett, Hugh Hewitt, Michael Medved, Dennis Prager, and Mike Gallagher, heard on other Salem-owned radio stations across the U.S.. Weekends consist of local hosts Sam Memmolo & Sam Mahdavi (Auto Repair), Bob & The Rodman (Home Repair), John Adams (Real Estate) Gene Henssler (Financial Advice) and Dishing With Donna (Food).
There was also once a WGKA station on 1190 AM, exclusively devoted to classical music.
The WGKA facility was originally WGM AM 710 when FRC-licensed to the Atlanta Constitution in March 1922, just days after WSB AM 740 (now 750) was licensed to competitor newspaper the Atlanta Journal, making them the first two radio stations in the South. It went out of business the next year and was donated to the Georgia School of Technology, where it was relicensed a few months later as WBBF. The station became WGST (Georgia School of Technology) in 1925 when it changed frequency to 1110. It moved again to 890 before that was assigned as a clear channel to WLS AM 890 from Chicago, finally landing on 920 after the 1941 NARBA treaty shifted many stations up by up to three channels (30 kHz). It retained its broadcast callsign even after the Georgia Board of Regents sold it out from under the school as "surplus property" (replaced with college radio station WREK FM 91.1). It kept that callsign for more than six decades until it became WAFS in 1989, and then WGKA in 2004.
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