WGAC (AM)

WGAC

Augusta, Georgia
Broadcast area	Augusta metropolitan area
Frequency	580 kHz
Branding	NewsTalk WGAC
Programming
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	Fox News Radio Premiere Networks Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. (Beasley Media Group Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WCHZ-FM, WDRR, WGAC-FM, WGUS-FM, WKXC-FM
History
First air date	1940
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	4435
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts day 840 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	33°40′44″N 82°4′48″W / 33.67889°N 82.08000°W / 33.67889; -82.08000 (day) 33°31′29″N 81°54′31″W / 33.52472°N 81.90861°W / 33.52472; -81.90861 (night)
Repeater(s)	95.1 WGAC-FM (Harlem)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	wgac.com

WGAC (580 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Augusta, Georgia. The station carries a news/talk format simulcast with co-owned 95.1 WGAC-FM Harlem, Georgia. The stations are owned by Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., through licensee Beasley Media Group Licenses, LLC. The radio studios and offices are on Jimmie Dyess Parkway in Augusta.^[2]

WGAC is a rare radio station that uses transmitter sites in different states. In the daytime, WGAC is powered at 5,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna off King Street in Martinez, Georgia. But at night, to avoid interfering with other stations on 580 AM, WGAC reduces power to 840 watts, using a directional antenna with a four-tower array, off Old Sudlow Lake Road in North Augusta, South Carolina.^[3]