georgia frequency 90.5 mhz first air date october 16 1972 format college radio erp 26 000 watts haat 55.0 meters class c2 facility id 66624 transmitter coordinates 33 56 59.00 n 83 22 58.00 w 33.9497222 n 83.3827778 w 33.9497222 ; 83.3827778 callsign meaning university of georgia 1 former callsigns dwuog 2005 owner the university of georgia webcast listen live website official website wuog 90.5 fm is a student run college radio station licensed to athens georgia usa the station serves the athens area . the station is currently owned by the university of georgia . 2 3 contents 1 history 2 shows 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the station first broadcast on october 16 1972 with a 3 200 watt signal . in 1977 wuog s wattage was increased to 10 000 watts and in 1994 the station reached its current 26 000 watts making it one of the most powerful college stations in the country . citation needed the transmitter sits atop brumby hall on the uga campus broadcasting at an effective radius of 60 miles or 100 km . with the exception of a period of time in 1981 and 2005 when the station was shut down for non compliance of federal communications commission fcc rules wuog has operated for 18 to 24 hours each day . the station is maintained and run entirely by a 200 student staff of volunteers . twelve executive members oversee the staff and the day to day operation of the station . wuog offers regular rotation programming as well as specialty shows . rotation consists of new and old music of any genre that falls within the bounds of wuog s music philosophy . once stated as the axiom if they don t need us we don t need them the music philosophy strives to include artists whose music is rarely heard elsewhere . wuog also carries specialty show programming ranging from middle eastern music to new wave oldies to bluegrass music . talk block airs every wednesday and features three hours of talk show programming . more talk and sports shows air throughout the week . it was on wuog that r.e.m. were first broadcast ; a live recording of hippy hippy shake was played in the summer of 1980 . drummer bill berry was also in a short lived combo of radio personalities from the station known as the wuogerz . 4 in late june 2006 it was discovered that the station was causing electromagnetic interference to a nuclear chemistry laboratory on campus . to alleviate this the station temporarily went off air on weekdays from 7am and resumed broadcast at 4pm as well as late nights and weekends while the lab work was done . electronic filters eliminated the problem on july 13 allowing wuog to return to a normal schedule . 1 2 3 one other station broadcasts from uga wuga fm 91.7 originates some public radio programming from a studio on campus while w250ac retransmits it on 97.9 from an antenna further south on campus . on february 21 2009 the lobby of the new wuog station inside of tate was named in honor of wilbur herrington . the wilbur herrington lobby memorializes wilbur s service as station engineer since the station s first broadcast in 1972 . herrington had received help in the early stages of applying for an fcc license from broadcast engineers at athens commercial station wrfc am 960 khz chiefly larry melear a graduate of the uga school of broadcasting and everett langford . shows edit 2 girls 1 cat a talk show about cats . afternoon twee twee pop . active fall 2012 am in the pm weekly sports program filled to the brim with news commentary and the occasional insult athenian eats covering the athens food scene weekly on 90.5 athens journal flagship news from wuog . beyond the hedges a morning drive time talk show . crisis noise and experimental film thing all things cinema spoiler free . friday pregame show a weekly show taking an irreverent look at the world of sports . friendly folk psychedelic folk anti folk and other hyphenated folk genres . last active spring 2012 folk scene gospel old time folk music and classics . god save the queen brit pop and all music from the uk . global warming international music . heretic harvest halftime hip hop show underground hip hip r & b and rap . high noon sports show flagship sports news program . jitters and rags pre 1950s pop swing and big band first on air in 2007 keeping it classy classical music . khmer groove east asian pop music . active fall 2012 lavender pillow 1.5 hrs of ambient music . live in the lobby local bands playing for live and radio audiences . followed by sound of the city featuring bands from athens and atlanta . miliki sound system pop music from all over africa . formerly known as afrika . odd man out female vocalists . organic compound electronic music has taken different perspectives depending on the dj who hosts . parties & parodies d & d 3.5 live on the air . perfect sound forever music from the 90s . pining for the fjords music from the netherlands and surrounding areas . purple cow spoken word poetry and readings from literature . player s picnic funk soul and r & b. road trip usa music from a weekly featured us city . active fall 2012 souvenirs dance music spanning the decades . formerly known as paradise garage . soft scaley underbelly djs are allowed to play artists that have charted in the billboard top 50 who would otherwise be considered out of philosophy for the station . talk of the town athens talk from the people who know it best . technight your weekly roundup of the digital world 5 tuesday triple play a sports show about sports and other stuff . untied shoegaze and dream pop . active fall 2012 writing for now last active spring 2011 see also edit music of athens georgia athens ga inside out references edit call letter origins . radio history on the web . wuog facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . wuog station information profile . arbitron . stepp jordan 2008 . tuning in local radio at its finest . ugazine . retrieved 9 may 2010 . wuog programming . retrieved 04 02 2011 . check date values in access date help external links edit query the fcc s fm station database for wuog radio locator information on wuog query nielsen audio s fm station database for wuog http www.wuog.org v t e georgia college radio stations stations wasu lp albany wbcx brenau wclk clark wghr spsu wgur gcsu whcj savannah wmre emory wota perimeter wras georgia state wrek georgia tech wrfp piedmont wtxr toccoa falls wuog uga wvgs ga. sou . wvvs fm valdosta owl radio kennesaw the wolf west ga. defunct wfvs lp ft.valley see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in georgia v t e university of georgia academics college of agricultural and environmental sciences franklin college of arts and sciences terry college of business odum school of ecology college of education college of engineering environment & design family and consumer sciences warnell school of forestry and natural resources graduate school grady college of journalism and mass communication school of law college of pharmacy college of public health school of public and international affairs school of social work college of veterinary medicine skidaway institute of oceanography athletics championship teams uga hairy dawg football men s basketball baseball women s basketball women s gymnastics swimming and diving clean old fashioned hate deep south s oldest rivalry florida georgia football rivalry southeastern conference sanford stadium stegeman coliseum gabrielsen natatorium foley field turner soccer complex glory glory people history and campus life alumni and faculty greek life campus arboretum georgia redcoat marching band demosthenian literary society phi kappa literary society uga campus transit presidents media the georgia review the red and black university of georgia press wuog wuga retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wuog & oldid 735346330 categories university of georgiacollege 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