WWAL-FM

WWAL-FM (104.9 FM, "WWAL 105") is a radio station licensed to and serving the area with it's heritage urban contemporary format. The station is owned by, with studios located in The Shoppes at River Crossing mall in Macon and transmission facilities on Ocmulgee East Boulevard (Route 87), near Interstate 16 in Macon. WWAL-FM's morning show since 1968, Carlton & Carlton, featuring a mix of music and talk, has a legacy in Macon and has been syndicated to other Southern U.S. markets in recent years.

The station broadcasts a country format, competing with and, on it's HD2 subchannel as "107.3 The Wolf" (simulcast on translator W297AE at 107.3 FM).

Early years
WWAL-FM would launch in May 7, 1959. The station was initially owned by local business man, Wesley Alton Lennings who also owned sister station AM 1030 WWAL (now WCGA). Throughout its first years of broadcasting, WWAL-FM simulcasted WWAL-AM and both stations carried WWAL-AM's black-oriented format. WWAL-AM-FM were also part-time affiliates of the NBC Radio Network. As FM radio began to overtake AM radio in popularity, by 1973 WWAL-FM took over the black-oriented format full-time and WWAL-AM switched to a beautiful music format.