WAUG is a radio station

Radio station

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  broadcasting a Talk/Personality format. Licensed to New Hope, North Carolina, USA, the station serves the Raleigh area. The station is currently owned by Saint Augustine's College and features programing from American Urban Radio Networks

American Urban Radio Networks

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 and Sporting News Radio

Sporting News Radio

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. WAUG radio is a daytime-only operation, shutting down at sunset to make way for the 50,000-watt WSB

WSB (AM)

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 in Atlanta.

The college also runs a low-powered TV station, W68BK

W68BK

W68BK is a low-power commercial television station that serves the greater Raleigh, North Carolina area. Unofficially known as WAUG-TV 68, the station is owned and operated by St. Augustine's College and can be seen on Time Warner Cable digital tier channel 168 throughout much of the greater...

, which uses the branding WAUG-TV. W68BK-TV 68 is also available for digital customers via the cable TV system in Raleigh.

History

WAUG "Power 750" began broadcasting in 1987 from the campus of Saint Augustine's College. In October 2006, the station switched primarily to a talk format aimed at the black community. Shows include the nationally syndicated Warren Ballentine Show, Keepin' It Real with Al Sharpton

Al Sharpton

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 and the Two Live Stews. The station also carries football games from the Washington Redskins

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as well as St. Augustine's College, Black college sporting events. The station is also the flagship for From The Press Box To The Press Row, a sports talk show focused on Black college sports which is heard on syndicated stations through the mid-atlantic region from Pennsylvania to Georgia.

WAUG radio is a daytime-only operation, shutting down at sunset to make way for the 50,000-watt WSB in Atlanta.