WGAC (AM)

WGAC
	Augusta, Georgia; United States;
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	WDRR; WGAC-FM; WHHD; WKXC-FM;
History
First air date	1940
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	4435
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts day; 840 watts night;
Transmitter coordinates	33°40′44.5″N 82°4′47.4″W / 33.679028°N 82.079833°W (day); 33°31′29.5″N 81°54′30.4″W / 33.524861°N 81.908444°W (night);
Repeater	95.1 WGAC-FM (Harlem)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.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 in 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.

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. 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.