It appears that troubled south Alabama AM facility WASG may have had a brief appearance from its new facilities in Mobile earlier this year. A program test authority was filed in late January 2011 and a license to cover in late February. It just showed up yesterday in the daily digest, but a cursory check of the AM dial from the area shows the station is still off the air. It's possible the station signed on just long enough to earn the license to cover, then shut off again.
WASG dates back to the early 80's when it was one of the few stations owned by Native Americans. At the time, it was on 1140 kHz and ran C-QUAM AM stereo. The station later moved to 550 kHz, and fell silent after new owners acquired an FM companion. Pensacola Christian Radio later bought the station, moved it to Escambia County, Florida, but it didn't last long on air there, despite getting 10 kW days. The station got a CP to move to Mobile in 2009.
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