WGAT

WGAT
Gate City, Virginia;
Broadcast area	Gate City, Virginia; Scott County, Virginia; Kingsport, Tennessee
Frequency	1050 kHz
Programming
Format	Defunct
Ownership
Owner	Tri-Cities Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date	July 24, 1959
Last air date	October 2, 2019
Call sign meaning	GATe City
Technical information
Facility ID	67667
Class	B
Power	1,000 Watts daytime; 267 Watts nighttime
Transmitter coordinates	36°37′59.0″N 82°34′56.0″W / 36.633056°N 82.582222°W

WGAT was a Southern Gospel-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Gate City, Virginia, serving Gate City and Scott County, Virginia, and Kingsport, Tennessee.^[2] WGAT was owned and operated by Tri-Cities Broadcasting Corporation.^[3] Its license was cancelled October 2, 2019.^[4]

History of call letters[edit]

The call letters WGAT were previously assigned to an AM station in Utica, New York.^[5]

^ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-564. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
^ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
^ "WGAT Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
^ Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "WGAT Open House" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 19, 1948. Retrieved November 27, 2014.

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