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{{short description|Radio station in Bainbridge–Albany, Georgia}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WGEX
| logo             = File:WGEX Power97.3 logo.png
| city             = [[Bainbridge, Georgia]]
| area             = [[Albany, Georgia]]<br>[[Tallahassee, Florida]]<br>[[Dothan, Alabama]]
| branding         = Power 97.3
| frequency        = 97.3 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| airdate          = December 20, [[1967 in radio|1967]] (as WMGR-FM)<ref name="former_callsigns"/>
| format           = [[Contemporary hit radio|Top 40 (CHR)]]
| erp              = 100,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|304|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class            = C0
| facility_id      = 52402
| coordinates      = {{coord|31|09|12|N|84|32|38|W}}
| callsign_meaning = '''W''' '''GE'''neration '''X''' (former format)
| former_callsigns = WMGR-FM (1967–1971)<ref name="former_callsigns">{{Cite web|url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=81455|title=FCC History Cards|website=FCC}}</ref><br>WJAD (1971–1994)<br>WMGR-FM (1994–2001)<br>WFXF (2001–2003)<br>WLCL (2003)<br>WMXV (2003)<br>WKGL (2003)<br>WRAK-FM (2003–2010)<ref>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=52402&Callsign=WGEX52402 Callsign changes 1980-present. Retrieved November 28, 2018.]</ref>
| affiliations     = [[Premiere Networks]]
| owner            = [[iHeartMedia]]
| licensee         = iHM Licenses, LLC
| sister_stations  = [[WJYZ]], [[WJIZ-FM]], [[WMRZ]], [[WOBB]]
| webcast          = [https://www.iheart.com/live/power-973-729/ Listen Live]
| website          = [https://power973.iheart.com/ power973.iheart.com]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WGEX''' (97.3 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "Power 97.3") is a [[Contemporary hit radio|Top 40 (CHR)]] formatted [[radio station]] licensed to [[Bainbridge, Georgia]] and serving the [[Albany, Georgia]], [[Tallahassee, Florida]] and [[Dothan, Alabama]] markets. The station is owned by [[iHeartMedia]]. Its studios are on Westover Boulevard in Albany, and the transmitter is located east of [[Colquitt, Georgia]].

==History==
[[File:WGEX973.png|thumb|Former logo for WGEX.]] 
Since it signed onto the air on December 20, 1967, WGEX has broadcast numerous music formats including classic rock, modern rock, adult contemporary, and CHR, under numerous callsigns, including WMGR-FM, WJAD-FM, WFXF, WLCL, WMXV, WKGL, and WRAK-FM.<ref name="former_callsigns" /> Although the station considers numerous music formats throughout the years, WGEX as WJAD-FM formerly was the Albany market's CHR station throughout the 1980s and parts of the early 1990s. In the early-1980s, its was known as "97 Rock", but became known as "97 JAD" later on.

The station previously carried an all 1990s music format as "97.3 Gen X Radio" prior to 2011.

On December 26, 2011, at Midnight, after stunting with [[Christmas Music]] for the holidays, WGEX returned to CHR as "97.3 Hit Music Now".<ref>{{ cite web |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/54948/hit-music-now-coming-to-albany-ga/ |title=Hit Music Now Coming To Albany, GA? |publisher=Radio Insight |access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref> On February 18, 2013, WGEX began airing ''[[Elvis Duran and the Morning Show]]''.<ref>{{ cite web |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/80873/elvis-duran-adds-7-affiliates-from-bobby-bones/ |title=Elvis Duran Adds Ten Affiliates From Bobby Bones|publisher=Radio Insight |access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref> On June 15, 2016, WGEX dropped the "Hit Music Now" branding and switched to "Power 97.3".<ref>{{ cite web |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/106826/wgex-rebrands-as-power-97-3/ |title=WGEX Rebrands As Power 97.3|publisher=Radio Insight |access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{FM station data|52402|WGEX}}

{{Tallahassee Radio}}
{{Albany GA Radio}}
{{Contemporary Hit Radio Stations in Georgia}}
{{Elvis Duran and the Morning Show}}
{{IHeartMedia}}

[[Category:Radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state)|GEX]]
[[Category:Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1968]]
[[Category:IHeartMedia radio stations]]


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