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Until 1993, the station was country station WCHK-FM on 105.5 MHz in Canton, Georgia, sister station to WCHK AM. The station then received FCC approval to upgrade to class C1 (a much stronger signal than previously), and moved to a new transmitter location to the south, nearer to Atlanta, and next to Interstate 575. At this time, it also changed frequency by one channel to 105.7, to allow WMAX-FM (now WWVA-FMWWVA-FM ( Vida 105 ) is a radio station in Atlanta, Georgia that plays Spanish top 40 music. Its city of license is Bowdon, Georgia, southwest of Atlanta. The station began in February 2002 as WMAX-FM The Max , playing all 1980s music. In February 2004 it) on 105.3 from south of Atlanta. The station remained under local management for about a year afterward, first as "North Metro's K-105" then as "Atlanta's Classic Country 105.7", before owner Chuck McClure leasedbroadcasting, a local marketing agreement or LMA is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio station or TV station owned by another licensee. In essence, it is a sort of lease. Under Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations, the station to Clear Channel CommunicationsClear Channel Communications is a media company based in the United States of America. Clear Channel, founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays, wields considerable influence in radio broadcasting, concert promotion and hosting, and fixed advertising in the United St and the station became WGST-FM, a news-talk simulcastA simulcast takes place when a program or event is simul taneously broad cast across more than one broadcast platform at the same time. For example, Virgin Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio; the BBC's Prom concerts are often simulcast o of WGSTWGST AM is a radio station in the city of Atlanta, Georgia at 640 kHz. Owned by Clear Channel Communications subsidiary Citicasters Licenses (formerly part of Jacor), it holds Atlanta as its city of license. The station was formerly on 920kHz, now used by AM 640.

In the fall of 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri, the station became rockRock and roll also called rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony backing), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. As a cultural phenomenon, "Mix 105.7" (WMXV), but didn't stay that way for long due to lagging ArbitronArbitron is a radio audience research company in the United States. It does so by randomly selecting people and cold-calling them. People who agree to participate are given diaries to fill out describing what radio programs they have listened to. This inf ratings. It finally became "Cool 105.7" in the spring of 2003, playing "later" oldies music after Cox Radio dropped its '50s/'60s "Fox 97" format from WFOX FM.

While the station was WGST-FM, it moved transmitter sites again southward, to Sweat Mountain in northeastern Cobb County. WLCL is now owned outright by Clear Channel, and still holds Canton as its city of license. A new WCHK-FM on 100.1 was changed to WNSY FM in 1999.