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WATG, also known on-air as "NewsRadio 750 WATG", is an All-News radio station in Atlanta, Georgia broadcasting on the AM dial @ 750 kHz. It's owned by WMFL Corporation along with WATG-TV 2. It's studios are located in Atlanta, next to NNC's HQ & it's transmitters are located in Downtown Atlanta. In 1930, it started broadcasting @ the frequency of 1470 kHz. After the NARBA in 1941, the station went to 750 kHz, where it's still WATG's current AM dial position. The station has been All-news since 1970. Prior to it's current incarnation, the station had a Oldies/Personality-based format.

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  • WATG-AM
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  • WATG, also known on-air as "NewsRadio 750 WATG", is an All-News radio station in Atlanta, Georgia broadcasting on the AM dial @ 750 kHz. It's owned by WMFL Corporation along with WATG-TV 2. It's studios are located in Atlanta, next to NNC's HQ & it's transmitters are located in Downtown Atlanta. In 1930, it started broadcasting @ the frequency of 1470 kHz. After the NARBA in 1941, the station went to 750 kHz, where it's still WATG's current AM dial position. The station has been All-news since 1970. Prior to it's current incarnation, the station had a Oldies/Personality-based format.
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  • 30000(xsd:integer)
licensee
  • WMFL Radio
Name
  • WATG
Sister stations
  • WATG-TV 2 & 690 WAG
Airdate
  • 1930(xsd:integer)
Frequency
  • 750.0
Class
  • A
callsign meaning
  • ATlanta, Georgia
Format
Area
  • North Georgia
Branding
  • NewsRadio 750 WATG
City
  • Atlanta, Georgia
Owner
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  • WATG, also known on-air as "NewsRadio 750 WATG", is an All-News radio station in Atlanta, Georgia broadcasting on the AM dial @ 750 kHz. It's owned by WMFL Corporation along with WATG-TV 2. It's studios are located in Atlanta, next to NNC's HQ & it's transmitters are located in Downtown Atlanta. In 1930, it started broadcasting @ the frequency of 1470 kHz. After the NARBA in 1941, the station went to 750 kHz, where it's still WATG's current AM dial position. The station has been All-news since 1970. Prior to it's current incarnation, the station had a Oldies/Personality-based format. Currently, WATG regularly programs traffic reports from the "WATG Channel 2 TrafficCenter HD" Team (powered by Beat the Traffic) every 10 minutes on the "7's" (6 times an hour), sports updates every quarter-hour (2 times an hour, @ :15 & :45), weather reports from the "WATG Severe Weather Team 2 HD" as much as 6 times an hour, entertainment news once an hour (@ :38) & business news 2 times an hour (@ :26 & :56). When BREAKING NEWS warrants, WATG will break format to provide continuous coverage of any event WATG is also known for a couple of trademarks. Typically before a commercial break the current on-air personality will claim, “750 WATG News time…(current time of day)" (as is standard procedure with every other all-news station O&O by WMFL Corporation). Also after any sort of sports update, the on-air personality will also proudly claim, “you're listening to the home of the Braves, the Falcons, the Hawks, the Thrashers, the Force, the Bulldogs & the Yellow Jackets”
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