WTGZ

WTGZ

City	Union Springs, Alabama
Broadcast area	Auburn, Alabama
Branding	The Tiger
Slogan	"Always Alternative"
Frequency	93.9 (MHz)
First air date	1975
Format	Modern Rock
ERP	25,000 watts
HAAT	143 meters
Class	C3
Facility ID	9782
Transmitter coordinates	32°19′4″N 85°40′16″W / 32.31778°N 85.67111°W / 32.31778; -85.67111
Callsign meaning	"Tigers"
Owner	Tiger Communications
Sister stations	WACQ, WAUD, WQNR, WQSI
Website	thetiger.fm

WTGZ (93.9 FM, "The Tiger") is a commercial radio station in Union Springs, Alabama, broadcasting to the Auburn, Alabama, area. Until 2007 the station also broadcast to the Montgomery, Alabama, area on 104.9 FM. The Tiger is the area's only modern rock station and is popular with Auburn University students.

Programming

WTGZ airs an alternative rock music format branded as "The Tiger". The station currently has four DJ's. Weekdays from 6 AM - 10 AM feature "The Morning Tiger" with veteran radio personality Steve Ocean hosting. Weekdays from 10 AM - 2 PM are hosted by Chris Rock; the 12pm hour features "The Flashback Lunch", "the very best new wave, retro, grunge, modern rock, and one-hit-wonders from the 70s, 80s, and 90s". "The Afternoon Drive" is aired weekdays from 2 PM - 4 PM with host Will. Rounding out the day from 4-6pm is critically acclaimed sports news and talk program "SportsCall" (see below).

Specialty shows include national programs like Out of Order with Jed the Fish (Saturdays 10PM to midnight, Sundays noon to 2 PM), Hard Drive with Lou Brutus (Sundays from 7 PM to 9 PM), and Loveline with Dr. Drew (Sunday through Thursday 10 PM to midnight).

Notable former on-air personalities include Marti Jackson, Ripper Price, Matt Stone, Sharpie, Johnny Wilkes, and Bill Bailey.

Alternative rock from the 1990s and the 2000s is the dominant style of music on the Tiger. Alternative rock from the late 1970s and 1980s is prominent weekdays from noon to 1 PM during "The Flashback Lunch" with Ant. Hard Drive airs active rock and heavy metal. These genres of music compose a small portion of the station's regular playlist as well.

WTGZ simulcasts Auburn High School Tigers football games on FM along with WAUD (AM).^[1]

References

↑ Auburn High School Tigers Football, retrieved October 8, 2008; David Morrison, "New crop expected to step up", Opelika-Auburn News, August 25, 2010.

External links

WTGZ official website

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Radio-Locator information on WTGZ

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Radio stations serving the Auburn, Alabama market

by AM frequency	540 910 1230 1400 1520

by FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.1 89.5 91.1 92.3 93.9 94.3 95.3 95.9 96.7 97.3 97.7 99.9 101.9 102.9 103.3 106.1 107.3

by call sign	WANI WAUD WAUF-LP WCGQ WDAK WEGL WELL-FM WGZZ WHHY-FM WJSP-FM WKKR WLBF WLWI-FM WMXA WMXS WQNR WQSI WRLD WSTH-FM WTGZ WTLM WVRK WYFK WZMG

Defunct	WACM-LP (94.3 FM)

Alabama radio markets Birmingham Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Other Alabama radio regions Anniston Auburn Columbus, Georgia Gadsden Meridian, Mississippi See also List of radio stations in Alabama Columbus Radio

Radio stations in the Columbus, Georgia market

By AM frequency	540 910 1230 1270 1340 1420 1460 1520 1580

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.7 89.5 90.5 91.1 91.7 92.7 93.3 93.9 95.3 95.7 95.9 96.1 96.7 97.1 97.3 97.7 98.3 99.3 99.9 100.1 100.7 101.3 102.9 103.7 104.9 106.1 106.9 107.3

by call sign	WAGH WAUD WAUF WBFA WBOJ WBUE WCGQ WCUG WELL-FM WEGL WDAK WEAM-FM WFRC WFXE WGSY WHAL WIOL WIOL-FM WJSP-FM WKCN WKKR WKZJ WLTC WMXA WOKS WQNR WQSI WRCG WRLD WSTH-FM WTGZ WTJB WTLM WURY-LP WVFJ-FM WVRK WYFK WZMG

Defunct	WACM-LP (94.3 FM)

Georgia radio markets Albany Atlanta Augusta Brunswick Columbus Macon Savannah Valdosta Other Georgia radio regions Rome Thomasville/Bainbridge Waycross Alabama radio markets Birmingham Dothan Florence-Muscle Shoals Huntsville Mobile Montgomery Tuscaloosa Other Alabama radio regions Anniston Auburn Columbus, Georgia Gadsden Meridian, Mississippi See also List of radio stations in Georgia List of radio stations in Alabama

Modern rock radio stations in the state of Alabama

Stations	WGMP – Montgomery WJBE-FM – Five Points WTGZ – Union Springs WVUA-FM – Tuscaloosa

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Alabama See also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

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