area piedmont triad branding triad sports network frequency 1320 khz first air date 1947 format sports radio power 5 000 watts class b facility id 74203 transmitter coordinates 36 9 1.00 n 79 54 48.00 w 36.1502778 n 79.9133333 w 36.1502778 ; 79.9133333 wcog callsign meaning wonderful city of greensboro 1 former callsigns wcog 1947 1985 wgld 1985 1994 wwwb 1994 1996 wtck 1996 1999 2 affiliations espn radio owner curtis media group crescent media group llc sister stations wmfr wpcm wsjs wsml wymy webcast listen live website triadsports.com wcog 1320 am ; triad sports network is a radio station broadcasting a sports radio format . licensed to greensboro north carolina usa the station serves the piedmont triad area . the station is currently owned by curtis media group and features programming from espn radio . 3 it is part of the triad sports network along with wsml in graham and wmfr in high point and operates out of studios in winston salem . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 translator 4 references 5 external links history edit wcog went on the air in 1947 . 4 throughout the 1960s and 1970s the station had a top 40 format . dusty dunn bob dayton scott derringer and other djs played a mix of music that might have included led zeppelin otis redding the drifters and janis joplin . 5 while attending unc chapel hill rick dees worked for wcog in 1969 and 1970 when the station was owned by thoms broadcasting based in asheville nc . dees left wcog and worked at wtob winston salem nc and wkix raleigh nc when those stations were owned by southern broadcasting . 6 by 1981 wcog was a country music station . 4 in 1985 the station changed its call sign to wgld 2 and its format to beautiful music . citation needed a few years later wgld changed to satellite delivered oldies ; 7 in 1989 this gave way to an adult standards format provided by the am only service . in 1994 the call letters changed to wwwb 2 and the format to talk radio ; wwwb later simulcast wmfr . in 1996 citation needed the station changed again to wtck 2 the ticket and a sports talk format . the wmfr simulcast returned two years later after wkew dropped its talk format for radio disney . 8 in 1999 truth broadcasting changed the station to christian talk and returned the wcog letters . 2 the new format included billy graham franklin graham charles stanley and james dobson . 1 wtob aired the same programming . 9 on october 2 2000 wcog began telling listeners to switch to wtru . 10 late in 2000 the announcement came that truth broadcasting would move the radio disney affiliation from wkew to wcog . 11 the walt disney company bought wcog in 2005 which meant more community involvement and visibility for the station . 12 disney subsequently decided to sell its smaller market radio disney stations and took wcog and five other stations off the air on january 22 2010 . 13 14 a sale to curtis media group was announced on march 9 ; 15 upon taking over curtis relaunched the station july 15 with a return to sports talk . 16 programming edit wcog primarily airs syndicated programming both national programming from espn radio including mike and mike in the morning as well as its nighttime and weekend programs and the regionally syndicated showthe david glenn show simulcast from wcmc fm in raleigh and primetime with chris kroeger simulcast from wfnz in charlotte . it also carries appalachian state mountaineers football and basketball and high point university panthers basketball as well as select additional local sports coverage . 16 most of wcog s programming is simulcast with wsml and wmfr ; all three stations break away to carry certain programming as necessary . 17 translator edit call sign frequency mhz city of license erp w class fcc info w229ch 93.7 greensboro north carolina 250 d fcc references edit a b alexandrea ravenelle new owners resurrect wcog radio greensboro news & record june 3 1999 . a b c d e call sign history wcog . retrieved june 10 2010 . wcog facility record . united states federal communications commission . a b broadcasting yearbook 1981 pdf . 1981 . p. c 169 . retrieved march 9 2010 . triad radio is no fan of limp bizkit greensboro news & record december 7 2000 . nab award winner rick dees pdf . radio journal . april 2007 special nab convention issue . retrieved march 24 2009 . check date values in date help bradley johnson aiming for an audience greensboro news & record july 20 1987 . jeri rowe wtck to drop sports talk format greensboro news & record july 30 1998 . missionary finds his field on triad am radio greensboro news & record july 8 1999 . station owners ponder format options greensboro news & record october 5 2000 . dillon fence reunites for n.c. performances greensboro news & record december 21 2000 . the walt disney company takes ownership of local radio disney wcog am 1320 . dbusiness news . july 29 2005 . retrieved march 4 2010 . radio disney takes six stations silent . all access . january 28 2010 . retrieved march 9 2010 . zucker john w january 26 2010 . notification of suspension of operations request for silent sta . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved march 9 2010 . curtis media buys greensboro radio disney affiliate wcog 1320 . radio info.com . march 9 2010 . retrieved march 9 2010 . a b curtis forms triad sports network . radio ink . july 14 2010 . retrieved july 19 2010 . curtis media launches triad sports radio network . wxii12.com . july 16 2010 . retrieved july 19 2010 . external links edit official website former wcog website as a radio disney station query the fcc s am station database for wcog radio locator information on wcog query nielsen audio s am station database for wcog v t e radio stations in the winston salem greensboro high point north carolina market by am frequency 600 700 740 790 830 880 950 980 1040 1070 1090 1200 1220 1230 1300 1320 1340 1380 1400 1420 1440 1470 1490 1500 1510 1520 1550 1560 1590 by fm frequency 88.5 89.3 89.5 91.3 90.1 90.5 90.9 92.3 93.1 94.1 94.5 95.5 96.7 97.1 98.1 98.3 98.7 99.5 99.9 100.3 101.1 102.1 103.1 103.5 104.1 104.7 105.1 105.7 106.7 107.5 by callsign w260cg wbfj wbfj fm wblo wbrf wcog wdsl weal wego wfdd wfoz lp wgos whpe fm wist fm wjmh wkew wkrr wkte wkvk wkzl wloe wlxn wmag wmfr wmks wmyn wnaa wpaq wpaw wpet wpip wpol wpti wqfs wqmg wrev wsgh wsjs wsml wsmw wsmx wsnc wsyd wtjy wtqr wtru wuag wvbz wwbg wwlv wwnt wxri wymy wysr wyzd wzoo north carolina radio markets asheville charlotte fayetteville greensboro winston salem high point greenville new bern jacksonville raleigh durham other north carolina radio regions elizabeth city nags head roanoke rapids south hill rocky mount wilson wilmington see also list of radio stations in north carolina v t e sports radio stations in the state of north carolina stations wcmc fm creedmoor wcog greensboro wdlx washington wdnc durham wecu winterville wfay fayetteville wfbx spring lake wfnz charlotte wghb farmville wise asheville wmfd wilmington wmfr high point wnos new bern wobx fm manteo wrhd farmville wrmt rocky mount wsml graham wsmy weldon wtxy whiteville wwnb new bern wyse candon wzgv cramerton see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in north carolina see also espn radio espn deportes radio fox sports radio cbs sports radio nbc sports radio yahoo sports radio sports byline usa v t e espn radio stations in the state of north carolina full time affiliates asheville wise canton wyse charlotte wzgv durham wdnc fayetteville wfay raleigh wtsb roanoke rapids wcbt rocky mount wrmt wilmington wmfd winterville wecu part time affiliates hamlet wkdx hickory whky high point wysr washington wdlx greenville wghb see also list of espn radio affiliates see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in north carolina see also espn radio espn deportes radio fox 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