WMAC
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| Broadcast area | Central Georgia |
| Frequency | 940 kHz |
| Branding | News Talk 940 WMAC |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
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| History | |
First air date | October 30, 1922 (experimental 1910–1922) |
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Call sign meaning | "Macon" (also disambiguation of original call sign) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 46998 |
| Class | B |
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Transmitter coordinates | 32°53′06″N 83°43′50″W / 32.88500°N 83.73056°W |
| Repeater(s) | 93.7 WPEZ-HD2 (Jeffersonville) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WMAC (940 AM, "News Talk 940") is a commercial Class B radio station in Macon, Georgia. It is owned by Cumulus Media and airs a news/talk format. The studios and offices are on Mulberry Street in Macon. It is one of the oldest radio stations in Georgia. WMAC is a primary entry point for the Emergency Alert System (EAS).
WMAC is a Class B radio station, powered at 50,000 watts by day with a non-directional signal. It can be heard from Albany to the suburbs of Atlanta. But because it broadcasts on AM 940, a clear channel frequency reserved for XEQ in Mexico City, WMAC reduces its power at night to 10,000 watts, and uses a directional five-tower array, concentrating the signal in Central Georgia. The transmitter is located on Forsyth Road (U.S. Route 41) in Macon.