WGOV-FM


WGOV-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Mainstream Urban format. Licensed to Valdosta, Georgia, United States, the station is currently owned by Magic 95 Entertainment.

History

The station went on the air as WZLS in 1985 and was changed to WVCM on 1991-05-15. On 1992-02-01, the station changed its call sign to WYZK, on 2005-05-26 to WGOV-FM , on 2006-07-05 to WLYX, and on 2011-08-09 back to the current WGOV-FM.

Tragedy

Shortly after midnight on Saturday morning, January 21, 2012, WGOV-FM disc jockey Stephon Edgerton, known on-air as "Juan Gatti", was shot three times outside the studio by an assailant, a white man wearing a ski mask. Edgerton called 911 on his cell phone to give the description of the assailant, but soon died of his injuries at the South Georgia Medical Center. His murderer, yet to be identified, is still at large. At the time of his murder, Edgerton had been employed at WGOV-FM for six years, and is survived by his wife and three children.