It was a 1,000-watt, daytime-only station with studios in the historic First National Bank Building at 102 North Isabella Street.
The Crews family sold the station for $250,000[2] to Feldman Broadcasters, Inc., in 1979, and the new owners changed the call letters to WRSG on October 2.
[1] In 1984, WRSG was sold to a group known as 5-Star Media; several of its members worked at radio stations in Atlanta.
Kurt Andrews, upset at the change in format, barricaded himself in the control room, refused to answer the telephone, and proceeded to play Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll" for seven hours, stopping only for commercials and newscasts.
[5] While Andrews's contract precluded him from quitting or being fired, station manager Bryan O'Bryan quipped, "It doesn't say anything about what happens if I shoot him.