WGAI

WGAI
City Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Broadcast area Elizabeth City
Outer Banks
Branding "Gospel 560"
Frequency 560 kHz
First air date 1947
Format Gospel
Power 1,000 Watts daytime
500 Watts nighttime
Class B
Facility ID 72731
Transmitter coordinates 36°20′16.0″N 76°14′49.0″W / 36.337778°N 76.246944°W / 36.337778; -76.246944
Callsign meaning Where Gospel Always Inspires
Affiliations East Carolina University Sports
Owner George Gregory
(Gregory Communications License, Inc.)
Webcast
Website

WGAI is a Gospel formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, serving Elizabeth City and the Outer Banks. WGAI is owned and operated by George Gregory, through licensee Gregory Communications License, Inc.

History

WGAI went through many "musical" formats with Top 40 in the 1960s and early 1970s, Adult Contemporary in the late 1970s, Country in the mid-1980s, and Adult Contemporary again in the late 1980s.

Joy Smith, daughter of famous DJ Bob "Wolfman Jack" Smith, was briefly an afternoon DJ at WGAI in 1989 as "Joy Jack".

WGAI would drop music altogether in 1994 when it began its News/Talk/Sports format.

In 2015 WGAI was purchased by George Gregory. The format is Gospel and Christian Talk.

Programming

The station broadcasts Gospel music and Christian talk from the stations located in Moyock, NC.


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