WZGA

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WZGA
City of license	Helen, Georgia
Broadcast area	North Georgia Mountains North Atlanta Suburbs
Branding	Georgia 105
Slogan	5 Decades of Hits
Frequency	105.1 MHz
Format	Rock AC
ERP	1700 watts
Class	Class A FM Station
Callsign meaning	WZ Georgia
Owner	Sorenson Southeast Radio, LLC LMA: Oconee River Broadcasting, LLC
Website	www.georgia105.com

WZGA is an American radio station licensed to Helen, Georgia owned by Sorenson Southeast Radio, LLC and operated by Oconee River Broadcasting, LLC. Despite the low power, the transmitter's mountaintop location carries a long distance.

[edit] History

Before Georgia 105, the station went through a few formats. Years prior, it was known as WHEL Oldies, under the ownership of Citicasters, later Clear Channel. Under Clear Channel, the station soon became a simulcast of WGST, and later a simulcast of WWVA-FM. The necessity of the WWVA simulcast was often debated, as the residents of the Georgia mountains did not understand why a Spanish pop station was needed more than a news station.

In 2005, the station was sold to Sorenson Southeast Radio, and was off-air for several months. Upon return to the air, the station held a listener poll to determine the station's format. The rock AC format was chosen.

On November 1, 2006, Georgia 105 dropped the long-standing WHEL calls for the WZGA calls.