WAUG (AM)

WAUG

New Hope, North Carolina United States
Broadcast area	Raleigh–Durham Research Triangle
Frequency	750 kHz
Branding	Hot 97.9
Programming
Format	Mainstream urban
Ownership
Owner	St. Augustine's University
Sister stations	WAUG-LD
History
First air date	July 20, 1987 (1987-07-20)[1]
Call sign meaning	St. Augustine's University
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	58586
Class	D
Power	500 watts day
Transmitter coordinates	35°47′28.54″N 78°37′9.01″W / 35.7912611°N 78.6191694°W / 35.7912611; -78.6191694 (WAUG)
Translator(s)	97.9 W250AZ (Raleigh)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	hot979nc.com

WAUG (750 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a mainstream urban format. Licensed to New Hope, North Carolina, United States, the station serves the Raleigh–Durham area. The station is owned by St. Augustine's University and features programming from American Urban Radio Networks and the Radio One-owned Syndication One.^[3] WAUG radio is a daytime-only operation, leaving the air at sunset to prevent interference to 50,000-watt WSB in Atlanta, the Class A clear-channel station on 750 AM. Its programming is also carried on FM translator W250AZ (97.9) in Raleigh.

The university also runs a low-powered TV station, WAUG-LD (channel 8). WAUG-LD is carried by Spectrum Cable on digital cable channel 168 in Raleigh.