WGOK Goes Gospel And Gets New Sister Station

n July 3 WGOK-AM in Mobile, pMad Hatter ee» : "We're Black lineup is Monday through Friday: 10 OAlabama, went to an all gospel music inten- a.m.-12 p.m., Sunny Love with main- format while sive covering stream R&B; 12-1 p.m., Blues and launching a new all spectrums R&B; 2-6 p.m., afternoon drive with 50,000-watt sta- of the Black D Dwayne featuring high-energy tion, WYOK-FM. musical expe- R&B; 6-10 p.m., Sweetness does an li- --.10 According to . il• rience, includ- hour of bass, an hour of hip hop and Irene Ware, gen- ing African, two hours of slow jams; 10 p.m.-3 eral manager for Blues, gospel, a.m, Miss Nellie's House Of Blues; 3- both stations and mainstream 5 a.m., Morning Devotion featuring program director R&B, rap, all gospel. On Saturday, from 6 a.m. for WGOK, "This Caribbean," to 6 p.m., WYOK plays Blues; from 6 is a real power says Hatter, p.m. to Midnight, it's hip hop/bass; venture. We're who will con- and from then until 6 a.m. the sta- ecstatic. We've been aspiring for 20- tinue to host two shows. Hatter can tion features gospel. Besides Mad something years for FMa station." At be heard Monday through Friday, 5- Hatter's Sunday show, there's also WGOK, Ware will be working Chuck 10 a.m. on his "Mad In The Morn- eight hours of gospel, publica Booth, who handles sales, Felicia ing" show, which features three affairs slot, and Miss Nellie's House Albritton, operation manager, and hours of mainstream R&B and two of Blues, 10 p.m. to a.m.3 "We have Dorothy "Jo" Stanley, traffic. hours of Blues. On Sunday, he hosts the whole works," says Hatter, "it's Mad Hatter, who will continue to "Mad's Private Stock," on which he the flavor format with all phases of work with Ware on WGOK program- plays West African, Caribbean, Soca, the Black experience." ming, is program director of WYOK. reggae, p.m.-106 p.m. The WYOK

only been out since April. Subway, Biv Ne w Acts 10/Motown's latest group, always earned a Do minate RIA A Certs gold certification for their debut single, Debut acts dominated the Recording Indus- "This Lil' Game We Play," a song released try Association of America's certification last November. was given gold with roundup for June, starting with new "Give It You,"2 her March Work/Columbia Rowdy/Arista recording artist Monica who has release. Completing the single gold releases already garnered a gold single for her debut are Boyz II Men with their Motown cut release, "Don't Take It Personal." The song has "Water Runs Dry," an April release.

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