WGOV-FM

WGOV-FM
Valdosta, Georgia;
Broadcast area	Valdosta area
Frequency	96.7 MHz
Branding	Power 96.7
Programming
Format	Mainstream Urban
Affiliations	ABC Radio
Ownership
Owner	Magic 95 Entertainment; (W.G.O.V., Inc.);
History
First air date	June 1985 (as WZLS)
Former call signs	WZLS (1985–1991); WVCM (1991–1992); WYZK (1992–2005); WGOV-FM (2005–2006); WLYX (2006–2011)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	9684
Class	C2
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Transmitter coordinates	30°48′13.00″N 83°21′20.00″W / 30.8036111°N 83.3555556°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	96sevenfm.com

WGOV-FM (96.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Mainstream Urban format. Licensed to Valdosta, Georgia, United States, the station is currently owned by Magic 95 Entertainment.^[2]

History

The station went on the air as WZLS in 1985 and was changed to WVCM ("Valdosta Country Music") on 1991-05-15. On 1992-02-01, the station changed its call sign to WYZK, on 2005-05-26 to WGOV-FM (to honor Eurith D. Rivers, former Georgia governor and father of "Dee" Rivers, the station owner) (the sister AM station had been WGOV-AM from its origin), on 2006-07-05 to WLYX, and on 2011-08-09 back to the current WGOV-FM.^[3]

Tragedy

Shortly after midnight on Saturday morning, January 21, 2012, WGOV-FM disc jockey Stephon Edgerton, known on-air as "Juan Gatti", was shot three times outside the studio (once in the head, twice in the torso) by an assailant, a white man wearing a ski mask. Edgerton called 911 on his cell phone to give the description of the assailant, but soon died of his injuries at the South Georgia Medical Center. His murderer, yet to be identified, is still at large. At the time of his murder, Edgerton had been employed at WGOV-FM for six years, and is survived by his wife and three children.^[4]^[5]^[6]