WGAA

WGAA AM 1340 is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format, and has Cedartown, Georgia, United States, as its city of license. The station is currently owned by Burgess Broadcasting Corporation.^[2] The station broadcasts a variety of classic country hits from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, plus WGAA is the home for Cedartown High School football, basketball, softball, and baseball; the Grapevine; the world- famous Trading Post.

WGAA

Cedartown, Georgia
Broadcast area	Polk County, Georgia
Frequency	1340 kHz
Branding	The Big Double A
Programming
Format	Classic country
Affiliations	Georgia News Network, Fox News Radio
Ownership
Owner	Frank Burgess, Jr. (Burgess Broadcasting Company, Inc.)
History
First air date	August 15, 1941
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	7829
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts, day/night
Transmitter coordinates	34°2′6.00″N 85°15′4.00″W
Translator(s)	106.1 W291DN (Cedartown)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wgaaradio.com

History

The Lam Entertainment Company, which owned and operated numerous movie theaters throughout the south in the early 20th century, launched WGAA 1340 AM and the West Cinema Theater on the same day in 1941, just months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The studios were located on West Avenue, in a second story next door to the West Theater. In the early 1950s, the station made the move to its current location on Lakeview Drive, north of Cedartown.

In 1960 the station had a short-lived FM sister station in WGAA-FM (96.1); it was sold the next year to Atlanta interests, and is today's WRDG.

As of August 2018, WGAA simlcasts on its FM translator on 106.1 MHz (W291DN).

Personnel

• President/morning drive: Frank Burgess, Jr.
• Station Manager/News Director: Andrew Carter
• Sports: Sam Branch
• Office Manager: Gail Conner