WGOT-LP
Encyclopedia
WGOT-LP is a low power
FM radio station
that broadcasts from Gainesville
, Florida
, United States
. WGOT-LP is operated as a community radio
station by the Civic Media Center
, a non-profit library in Gainesville.
WGOT-LP broadcasts on 94.7 MHz, sharing this frequency with WVFP-LP
, owned by the Faith Presbyterian Church; and WGLJ-LP
, owned by the Calvary Baptist Church. The frequency was previously used by Free Radio Gainesville, a pirate radio station.
The construction permit for WGOT-LP was granted in May 2005. The Civic Media Center first applied for a permit for a low-power FM station in 2001.
volunteers. The station is a Pacifica Radio
affiliate and broadcasts several Pacifica programs, including Democracy Now!
with Amy Goodman
and Juan Gonzalez
.
Low-power broadcasting
Low-power broadcasting is electronic broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area.The terms "low-power broadcasting" and "micropower broadcasting" should not be used interchangeably, because the markets are not the same...
FM radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
that broadcasts from Gainesville
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. WGOT-LP is operated as a community radio
Community radio
Community radio is a type of radio service, that offers a third model of radio broadcasting beyond commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting. Community stations can serve geographic communities and communities of interest...
station by the Civic Media Center
Civic Media Center
The Civic Media Center is a grassroots, community-based radical infoshop, an alternative library and reading room in Gainesville, Florida, United States...
, a non-profit library in Gainesville.
WGOT-LP broadcasts on 94.7 MHz, sharing this frequency with WVFP-LP
WVFP-LP
WVFP-LP is a radio station licensed to Gainesville, Florida, USA. The station is currently owned by Faith Presbyterian Church of Gainesville. WVFP shares this frequency with WGOT-LP, owned by the Civic Media Center; and , owned by the Calvary Baptist Church, a member of the Southern Baptist...
, owned by the Faith Presbyterian Church; and WGLJ-LP
WGLJ-LP
WGLJ-LP is a radio station licensed to Gainesville, Florida, USA, the station serves the Gainesville/Ocala area. The station is currently owned by Calvary Chapel Gainesville....
, owned by the Calvary Baptist Church. The frequency was previously used by Free Radio Gainesville, a pirate radio station.
The construction permit for WGOT-LP was granted in May 2005. The Civic Media Center first applied for a permit for a low-power FM station in 2001.
Programming
WGOT-LP airs several locally produced programs and a weekly one-hour show produced by the Civic Media Center and CounterpoiseCounterpoise
Counterpoise is an alternative review journal based in Gainesville, Florida . It was founded in 1997 by Charles Willett, as a project of the AIP Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table. In January 2001, Counterpoise became a project of the Civic Media...
volunteers. The station is a Pacifica Radio
Pacifica Radio
Pacifica Radio is the oldest public radio network in the United States. It is a group of five independently operated, non-commercial, listener-supported radio stations that is known for its progressive/liberal political orientation. It is also a program service supplying over 100 affiliated...
affiliate and broadcasts several Pacifica programs, including Democracy Now!
Democracy Now!
Democracy Now! and its staff have received several journalism awards, including the Gracie Award from American Women in Radio & Television; the George Polk Award for its 1998 radio documentary Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria's Oil Dictatorship, on the Chevron Corporation and the deaths of...
with Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman is an American progressive broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter and author. Goodman is the host of Democracy Now!, an independent global news program broadcast daily on radio, television and the internet.-Early life:Goodman was born in Bay Shore, New York...
and Juan Gonzalez
Juan Gonzalez (journalist)
Juan González is an American progressive broadcast journalist and investigative reporter. He has also been a columnist for the New York Daily News since 1987...
.