WZMG
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". WZMG (910 AM) is a radio station broadcasting sports and a Fox Sports Radio affiliate.[1] Licensed to Pepperell, Alabama,[2] United States, the station serves the Auburn Metropolitan Area. The station is owned by San Antonio–based iHeartMedia, through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC. WZMG features some programming from Westwood One.[3]
History
In August 1998, Fuller Broadcasting Company, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Root Communications License Company, L.P., as part of a five-station deal.[4] The deal was approved by the FCC on October 5, 1998, and the transaction was consummated in December 1998.[5] Gary Fuller, president and CEO of Fuller Broadcasting Company from 1985 until he sold the company in December 1998, was elected mayor of Opelika, Alabama, in August 2004.[6]
In March 2003, Root Communications License Company, L.P., reached an agreement to sell this station to Qantum Communications subsidiary Qantum of Auburn License Company, LLC, as part of a 26 station deal valued at $82.2 million.[7] The deal was approved by the FCC on April 30, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on July 2, 2003.[8]
On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would sell its 29 stations, including WZMG, to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), in a transaction connected to Clear Channel's sale of WALK AM-FM in Patchogue, New York, to Connoisseur Media via Qantum.[9] The transaction was consummated on September 9, 2014.
On December 15, 2015, WZMG changed its format to gospel, branded as "Hallelujah 910".[10]
On July 1, 2019, WZMG changed its format to sports, branded as "Fox Sports 910 AM - 1310 AM The Game".
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External links
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- WZMG in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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