West Georgia College
Organization
Parallel Names
- WGC
Biographical / Historical
The Fourth District Agricultural and Mechanical School was established in December, 1906 in Carroll County, Georgia following the August 18, 1906 approval of Public Law 448 by the Georgia General Assembly, an act providing for the establishment and maintenance of schools of agriculture and mechanical arts to serve rural youth in each congressional district. The school operated from 1908-1933, becoming West Georgia College on April 15, 1933. It remained a college until noon on June 12, 1996, when it was named the State University of West Georgia. This name changed in 2005 to University of West Georgia.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
WWGC-FM records
Collection
Identifier: LH-0092
Overview
West Georgia College's first radio station, WWGC-FM, began broadcasting in 1973 under the supervision of the College's Director of Instructional Media, Dr. Charles L. Faires. The station continued to grow and expand its programming until ultimately assigning its license to the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission (GPTC) in 2009. Today, the station runs a simulcast of GPTC programming only. Records from this collection include various legal documents such as radio license applications...
Dates:
1958-2009