WPCH (AM)

WPCH (1310 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to West Point, Georgia, United States, the station is owned by San Antonio–based iHeartMedia, through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC, and features programming from Fox Sports Radio.^[2]

WPCH

West Point, Georgia United States
Frequency	1310 kHz
Branding	Fox Sports 910 AM - 1310 AM The Game
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WCJM-FM, WKKR, WMXA, WTLM, WZMG
History
First air date	August 1958; 66 years ago (1958-08)
Former call signs	WBMK (1958–1976) WZZZ (1976–1988) WPLV (1988–1994) WCJM (1994–1996) WPLV (1996–2015)
Call sign meaning	"Peach"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	54864
Class	D
Power	1,000 watts day 25 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	32°53′48″N 85°9′24″W
Repeater(s)	910 WZMG (Pepperell, Alabama)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	foxsportsthegame.iheart.com

History

The station signed on in August 1958^[3] as WBMK. It changed its call letters to WZZZ on December 1, 1976,^[4] and was assigned the call sign WPLV on January 1, 1988. On October 7, 1994, the station changed its call sign to WCJM, then on February 23, 1996, switched back to WPLV.^[5]

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.^[6] The deal was approved by the FCC on April 30, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on July 2, 2003.^[7]

On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would sell its 29 stations, including WPLV, 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.^[8] The transaction was consummated on September 9, 2014.

The station took on the WPCH call sign on June 1, 2015.

Programming

All of the programming on WPCH is from Fox Sports Radio.