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| Broadcast area | Tuscaloosa and Vicinity |
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| Frequency | 92.9 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | WTUG 92.9 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban adult contemporary |
| Subchannels | HD2: Catfish 100.1 (Classic country) HD3: 97.5 MeTV FM (Soft oldies) HD4: WMHZ simulcast (Classic rock) |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks |
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| History | |
First air date | 1979 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54796 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 298.8 meters (980 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°03′15″N 87°32′57″W / 33.05417°N 87.54917°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) Listen Live (HD3) |
| Website | wtug.com catfishtuscaloosa.com (HD2) nick975.com (HD3) |
WTUG-FM (92.9 MHz) is a radio station serving the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, vicinity with an urban adult contemporary format.[2] Licensed to Northport, Alabama, United States. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media.[3]
In February 2005, Apex Broadcasting Inc. (Houston L. Pearce, chairman) reached an agreement to sell WTUG-FM and six other radio stations in Alabama to Citadel Broadcasting (Farid Suleman, chairman/CEO) for a reported sale price of $29 million.[4] Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.[5]
Cumulus sold WTUG-FM and its sister stations to Townsquare Media on July 31, 2012.
WTUG-FM provides regular weather coverage from WBMA-LD chief meteorologist James Spann. During times of active severe, tropical, and Winter weather events, WTUG-FM provides West Alabama's only live and local weather coverage on the radio, with local, in-house, Staff Meteorologist Bobby Best.
Additionally, under the ownership of Townsquare Media and the direction of Market President/Chief Revenue Officer David R. Dubose, WTUG-FM also provides West Alabama radio's only live and local news coverage with News Director Don Hartley and West Alabama's only live and local traffic coverage with Traffic Reporter Capt'n Ray.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTUG-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WTUG-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ "Deals - 2/21/2005". Broadcasting & Cable. 2005-02-21.
- ^ "Cumulus now owns Citadel Broadcasting". Atlanta Business Journal. September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.