WMDG (1260 AM; "Fox FM") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to East Point, Georgia, the station serves the Atlanta metropolitan area. The station is owned by Christopher Murray’s Georgia Radio Alliance, LLC. As of August 30, 2022, WMDG is now a part of the classic hits formatted "Fox FM" branded stations across Georgia. "Fox FM" is programmed by former WSTR "Star 94" midday host Kevin Steele; Steele also hosts mornings on "Fox FM." Aside from Steele, other local personalities on the station include Jeremy "Hawk" Hawkins, who hosts afternoons on "Fox FM," (Hawkins also serves as Fox FM's voice-over talent) and former WKHX night jock TJ Kelley who hosts the Totally 80's Friday Night show. Syndicated programming on Fox FM includes Daily Dees hosted by Rick Dees in middays and Scott Shannon Presents America's Greatest Hits on weekends. WMDG, as well as translators W271CV at 102.1 and W261DL at 100.1 are the main stations in the Atlanta Fox network of stations owned by Georgia Radio Alliance. Simulcasters of WMDG include WFDR 1370 AM along with an FM translator at 97.3 in Manchester, Georgia, and WBAF 1090 AM along with an FM translator at 104.9 in Barnesville, Georgia. A localized Fox network also exists in Macon, Georgia with WFXM-HD3/W234CQ 94.7 being the main station of that network. Macon's Fox is also simulcasted in Warner Robins on WBML 1350/95.5 W238CG. Macon's Fox programming and music is identical to Atlanta aside from stopsets and imaging. History AM 1260 East Point A station first signed on in 1949 in East Point as 1260 WTJH. It was a daytimer, powered at 1,000 watts and required to go off the air at sunset to protect existing stations already on AM 1260. It was owned by James and Doris Rivers, with James serving as the company president. By 1970, its daytime-only power output had been boosted to 5,000 watts. By 2000, it was owned by Wilkes Broadcasting and aired a Christian talk and teaching format. AM 1270 Cartersville Another station, this one on AM 1270 in Cartersville, Georgia, signed on the air on September 21, 1961. WKRW was also a daytimer, powered at 500 watts and owned by the Bartow County Broadcasting Company. It later changed its call sign to WYXC. On December 7, 2009, WYXC experienced a "catastrophic equipment failure" involving the station's automation system. After evaluating the costs of repairing