WZGV (730 AM) is a commercial radio station, licensed to Cramerton, North Carolina and serving the Charlotte metropolitan area.
One popular guest on the show was Cleveland County native and bluegrass music legend, Earl Scruggs.
Scruggs and Dover had been childhood friends, growing up in the Flint Hill Community of Cleveland County[citation needed].
When Don Gibson hosted "Sons of the Soil" in the early 1950s, he told Jonas Bridges, an announcer on the show, that he would write a song that would make him rich.
[3] Doug Limerick, later an ABC News Radio anchor, worked at WOHS at night while in high school, playing Top 40.
WLON's Tim Biggerstaff would remain as morning DJ, and his show would be heard on all four KTC stations.
On WADA he played classic country music and hosted a "Swap Shop" show on WGNC and WOHS.
HRN bought the dormant license, moved it to Cramerton in Gaston County, and changed its call letters to WZGV in 2009.
However, at night it must power down to 195 watts to protect a cluster of clear-channel stations, including CKAC in Montreal, Quebec, effectively limiting its coverage to Charlotte itself and eastern Gaston County (Cramerton, Mount Holly, Belmont).
"Bottom Line" was hosted by Lanny Ford with Bill Rosinski of ESPN, Darin Gantt of The Herald and Mike Solarte of News 14 Carolina.
[19] Early in 2011, Richard Walker of The Gaston Gazette began hosting the "Bottom Line" morning show on Tuesdays, Dave Mobley's "The Golf Mob" moved from WFNZ, and Ford announced WZGV would be an Atlanta Braves affiliate.
[20] In its first week a straw poll of listeners conducted by an independent agency found the format of WZGV to be superior to that of WFNZ.
[21] In 2012, WZGV announced that it would be an Atlanta Braves affiliate once again, but that some games would not air if NASCAR had an event at the same time.
In 2012, WZGV's "America's Garage Radio Show", hosted by Chuck "Crank" Sperry, Chris "Stick" Romeis and "The Car Chick" began national syndication, with affiliates in Greensboro, North Carolina; Arizona and Colorado.
[23] On August 20, 2012, WZGV added David Glenn's Raleigh, North Carolina–based show at noon, and The Sports Pulse, hosted by Mike Pacheco and Rosinski, moved to afternoons.