WPUP

For the Gainesville, Florida radio station that held the call sign WPUP from 1962 to 1963, seeWAJD.For the Maysville, Georgia radio station that held the call sign WPUP from 1990 to 2008, seeWXKT.

WPUP

Watkinsville, Georgia
Broadcast area	Athens, Georgia
Frequency	100.1MHz
Branding	Power 100.1
Programming
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
Ownership
Owner	Cox Media Group (Cox Radio, LLC)
Sister stations	WNGC,WGAU,WXKT,WGMG,WRFC
History
First air date	June 1, 1970(June 1, 1970)(as WLOV-FM)
Former call signs	WLOV-FM (1970–1984) WGPL (1984–1986) WLOV-FM (1986–1998) WXKT (1998–2008)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	51120
Class	A
ERP	6,000watts
HAAT	88 meters
Transmitter coordinates	33°44′2.00″N82°43′10.00″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	powerathens.com

WPUP(100.1FM,"Power 100.1" ) is aradio stationbroadcasting aTop 40 (CHR)format. Licensed to theAthenssuburb ofWatkinsville,it serves the Athens metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in Washington in1970.It is currently owned byCox Radio.Its studios are located inBogart,and its transmitter is inRoyston.

History

Today's WPUP signed on June 1, 1970, asWLOV-FMinWashington, Georgia.The station was co-owned withWLOV(1550 AM) and broadcast as a local station, carrying the WLOV-FM call letters except for a brief two-year period from 1984 to 1986.On August 14, 1998,Cumulus Mediapurchased WLOV-AM-FM from P&T Broadcasting for $533,000.In August 2008, WPUP was sold (along with sister stationsWGMG,WNGC,WRFC,andWGAU) to Cox Radio in Atlanta.Cox swapped callsigns, moving WXKT to 103.7 and changing 100.1 FM to the currentWPUP.The two stations began simulcasting the "Bulldog" classic-rock format; WXKT 100.1 had previously programmed a "RealCountry"format.

On September 30, 2009, WPUP dropped the "Bulldog" classic-rock format and began stunting as "Obama Government Controlled Radio at 100.1 FM".Station identifiers claimed (jokingly) that the station has been taken over by the government: it intermittently simulcast the Hawaiian music format of KCCN-FM in Honolulu, played clips from speeches by President Obama, and played other music he might enjoy, such as the theme song to Shaft.

TheWXKTcallsign remains on 103.7 FM, which changed its city of license fromRoystonto Maysville and now programs variety adult hits for the Gainesville-Athens market.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 739753 (WPUP)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• WPUPinNielsen Audio's FM station database