is an
Atlanta Radio Station that plays hip-hop. It has done so since the fall of
2001 , after the programming format and
Callsign were moved by
Own er
Radio One from ''"Hot 97.5"'' (now
WPZE FM, Praise 97.5). Its
City Of License is
Hampton, Georgia , and its tower is located in
Tyrone and its studios are located in downtown
Atlanta . Hot 107.9 also launched the career of now famous rapper,
Ludacris , back then he was known as on-air personality,"Chris Lova Lova".
To facilitate this
Move-in to add Atlanta coverage,
WPEZ ("EZ108") Macon moved from 100,000
Watt s
ERP at 107.9 to an existing station at 93.7 in
Jeffersonville . The original format then on 93.7 moved to a new Macon-area station at 95.1. The
License for 107.9 was then
Realloted by the FCC, at the request of the original owner, from Macon to Hampton. Prior to this, "Hot 97-5" was to become (and already had
Banner s printed for) "Hot 107-5", which is now occupied by Radio One's
WJZZ-FM instead (after first being Radio One's
WAMJ FM).
The station signed on with Atlanta coverage as WEGF "" with a
Modern Rock format. On its first day, it played "Smooth Criminal" by
Alien Ant Farm and "Rollin'" by
Limp Bizkit continuously. After several weeks with the rock format, Hot 97-5 morning show host
Ryan Cameron announced to his audience that his station was moving to 107.9, and it was realized that the rock format was a
Publicity Stunt .
The station has had many complaints to it and the
FCC from residents near its
Radio Tower , because the station has been coming through on just about every electronic device imaginable, from
Telephone s to
Computer Loudspeaker s. It got a subsequent
Construction Permit from the FCC to increase the height of the
Antenna on the tower, but this only reduced the problem rather than eliminating it.
This station is broadcasting in
IBOC Digital Radio , using the
HD Radio system from
IBiquity .
