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52-478: WGNS was founded by Cecil Elrod, Jr. The station signed on the air at 10:00 p.m. Central time on December 31, 1946, with the first full day of broadcast taking place at WGNS on January 1, 1947. The first program broadcast on the station was an introductory program entitled This is WGNS , followed by a New Year’s program from the Mutual Broadcasting System . Their first sports program was

104-560: A humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfb ), which approaches a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc ) due to May and September being only marginally above 10 °C (50 °F). Winters are long, cold and dry, while summers are short, warm and moderately wet. Year-round precipitation is fairly low, with an average of 408 mm (16.06 in), whilst the dry winters restrict snowfall to 98 cm (38.6 in). The highest temperature ever recorded in Lloydminster

156-588: A provincial sales tax (PST) . To ensure that business will not float away from the Saskatchewan side in favour of lower prices in Alberta, PST does not apply in the Saskatchewan side of the city with the exception of hotels, vehicle registration and utility services. Lloydminster is governed by a seven-member city council, consisting of a mayor and six city councillors. The city follows the Saskatchewan schedule when voting in municipal elections. Residents on

208-502: A public auto insurance system while Alberta relies on conventional private insurance, young drivers with the highest insurance rates can save thousands of dollars by living in Saskatchewan rather than Alberta. The census agglomeration of Lloydminster includes both parts of the city, as well as the rural municipality of Wilton No. 472, the town of Lashburn , and the village of Marshall, Saskatchewan . About 94% of residents identified English as their first language . More than 1.4% of

260-403: A land area of 18.28 km (7.06 sq mi), it had a population density of 643.6/km (1,666.9/sq mi) in 2016. Overall, the entire City of Lloydminster had a population of 31,410 living in 11,836 of its 13,353 total private dwellings in the 2016 Census of Population, a change of 13% from its 2011 population of 27,804. With a land area of 42.32 km (16.34 sq mi), it had

312-443: A land area of 23.98 km (9.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 823.1/km (2,131.9/sq mi) in 2021. The Saskatchewan portion of Lloydminster had a population of 11,843 living in 4,443 of its 5,002 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 11,765. With a land area of 18.06 km (6.97 sq mi), it had a population density of 655.8/km (1,698.4/sq mi) in 2016. Overall,

364-549: A nearly disastrous immigration journey, which was badly planned and conducted, he distinguished himself with the colonists and replaced the Barr Colony's leader and namesake Isaac Montgomery Barr during the colonists' journey to the eventual townsite. The town developed rapidly: by 1904, there was a telegraph office as well as a log church; in 1905, the Lloydminster Daily Times started publication and

416-400: A population density of 742.2/km (1,922.3/sq mi) in 2016. The City of Lloydminster's 2015 municipal census counted a population of 31,377, a change of −0.3% from its 2013 municipal census population of 31,483. Of the 31,377 residents, 19,740 ( 63%) lived on the Alberta side and 11,637 ( 37%) lived on the Saskatchewan side. There are substantial demographic differences between

468-454: A population of 19,645 living in 7,444 of its 8,444 total private dwellings, a change of 8.9% from its 2011 population of 18,032. With a land area of 24.04 km (9.28 sq mi), it had a population density of 817.2/km (2,116.5/sq mi) in 2016. Meanwhile, the Saskatchewan portion of Lloydminster had a population of 11,765 living in 4,392 of its 4,909 total private dwellings, a change of 20.4% from its 2011 population of 9,772. With

520-635: Is bordered by the County of Vermilion River , Alberta, on the west, the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Britannia No. 502 , Saskatchewan, on the northeast and the R.M. of Wilton No. 472 , Saskatchewan, on the southeast. The majority of the large retail properties serving the city, including larger stores, gas stations and hotels, are located in its Alberta portion, in particular along the Yellowhead Highway west of Meridian Avenue and along

572-701: Is due to their close proximity to Columbus, Georgia , which is on Eastern Time. Although legally located within the Central Time Zone, Kenton, Oklahoma —located to the adjacent east of the defined border of the Central and Mountain time zones (at the Oklahoma− New Mexico state line)—unofficially observes Mountain Time. This is reportedly because most people who interact with the town reside in either New Mexico or Colorado . Most of Mexico—roughly

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624-450: Is maintained by both provinces) travels along the provincial border from south to north. There is no local public transport serving the city. Elementary and secondary schools on both sides of the border all use Saskatchewan's curriculum. Lloydminster provides public and catholic education up to grade 12 as well as post-secondary education through Lakeland College , offering one and two year certificate and diploma programs. Lloydminster

676-401: Is much more concentrated on the Saskatchewan side. The two sides of the city have virtually identical numbers of people in that age group (1,220 in Saskatchewan, 1,230 in Alberta ) even though the total population on the Alberta side is nearly twice that of the Saskatchewan side. This situation has been attributed in part to differential car insurance rates for drivers; because Saskatchewan has

728-467: Is on Mountain Standard Time with the rest of Alberta, which is UTC−07:00, and is therefore one hour behind the time in the rest of Saskatchewan. The provincial line divides the city in two aspects related to communications. Telephones on the Saskatchewan side are assigned to area codes 306 and 639 , the two area codes assigned to that province, while land lines on the Alberta side have numbers in

780-609: Is the exception. Daylight saving time (DST) is in effect in much of the Central time zone between mid-March and early November. The modified time is called "Central Daylight Time" (CDT) and is UTC−05:00 . In the United States, all time zones that observe DST were effectively changed by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 . Beginning in 2007, DST would now begin at 2 a.m. (02:00) on the second Sunday in March instead of

832-719: Is the traditional homeland of the Plains Cree , Wood Cree, Dene , Saulteaux and homeland of the Métis . Intended to be an exclusively British utopian settlement centred on the idea of sobriety , Lloydminster was founded in 1903 by the Barr Colonists, who came directly from the United Kingdom. At a time when the area was still part of the North-West Territories , the town was located astride

884-494: The 780 and 587 area codes, the two area codes assigned to northern Alberta. Similarly, Saskatchewan addresses have a postal code with a forward sortation area designation (first three characters) of "S9V", and addresses in Alberta have postal codes beginning with "T9V". All postal codes in Canada beginning with the letter "S" are assigned to Saskatchewan, and those beginning with "T" belong to Alberta. Lloydminster experiences

936-528: The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan . Citizens responded by initiating a referendum against the wishes of the mayor, as permitted in the charter, which resulted in the enactment of a citywide anti-smoking bylaw . The matter became moot when Alberta enacted its own anti-smoking legislation, which was the solution that the mayor and council preferred. The provincial border runs north to south, falling directly on 50th Avenue (Meridian Avenue) in

988-544: The World War II -era, was destroyed during a severe thunderstorm on April 15, 2001. The tower was rebuilt by July 14, 2001, and is the tallest structure of any kind in Murfreesboro. MTSU sports returned to the station in 2005. On the morning of March 1, 2007, WGNS began simulcasting its signal over two FM translators, W270AF at 101.9 MHz and W263AI at 100.5 MHz. WGNS was the first AM radio station in

1040-542: The east , nor plans for a provincial boundary along the Fourth Meridian (110° W). When the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created in 1905, the Fourth Meridian was selected as the border, bisecting the town right along its main street. Lloydminster residents petitioned for the new border to be revised so as to encompass the entire town within Saskatchewan, without success. Lloydminster functioned as two towns with separate municipal administrations until

1092-522: The Alberta side are in the electoral district of Lakeland for elections to the federal House of Commons , and Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright for elections to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta . Residents in Saskatchewan are in Battlefords—Lloydminster federally, and Lloydminster for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan . Lloydminster's bi-provincial status has resulted in special provisions regarding provincial taxation within

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1144-436: The Alberta side of 50th Avenue south of the Yellowhead Highway. Lloydminster's distinctive situation is reflected in other legal matters, including its time zone . Most of Saskatchewan does not observe daylight saving time , instead staying on Central Standard Time year-round. However, Alberta mandates daylight saving time. Lloydminster's charter allows the city to follow Alberta's use of daylight saving time on both sides of

1196-527: The Fourth Meridian of the Dominion Land Survey . This meridian was intended to coincide with the 110° west longitude , although the imperfect surveying methods of the time led to the surveyed meridian being placed a few hundred metres (yards) west of this longitude. The town was named for George Lloyd , an Anglican priest who would become Bishop of Saskatchewan in 1922. Lloyd was a strong opponent of non-British immigration to Canada. During

1248-578: The Lloydminster Hospital does not have direct access to AHS patient records, which have led to Alberta-based patients sometimes bringing their own paper records or receiving diagnostic tests a second time. The city's contracts with WPD to provide ambulance service in Lloydminster have faced criticism over unsatisfactory performance, with some patients having had to wait up to 40 minutes for help to arrive; in August 2021, AHS pulled out of

1300-582: The Saskatchewan side of the border. In 2013, an independent report found that Lloydminster was underserved by health care services in comparison to similar catchment areas in Alberta . In 2007, Lloydminster was deemed to have outgrown the capacity of its hospital; calls for more operating rooms, acute care beds, and a dedicated MRI unit did not come to fruition, resulting in patients sometimes having to travel to larger cities such as Saskatoon for operations. Due to health data privacy laws in both provinces,

1352-438: The Saskatchewan side until recent decades; in the 2011 Canadian Census , nearly two-thirds of the city's population lived on the Alberta side. In 2000, the city hall and municipal offices were moved from Saskatchewan to an Alberta location on Meridian Avenue, also known as 50th Avenue, which runs along the Fourth Meridian. Despite its bi-provincial status, Lloydminster was not exempted from anti- smoking legislation passed by

1404-563: The US, three provinces or territories in Canada, and several border municipalities in Mexico), the Central Time Zone is affected by two time designations yearly: Central Standard Time (CST) is observed from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March. It is six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and designated internationally as UTC−6. From the second Sunday in March to

1456-503: The United States to broadcast with this new type of FM translator. WRHI in Rock Hill, South Carolina became the second AM broadcaster in the nation to begin this service. Their first broadcast was on the next day (March 2, 2007). In November 2021, it was announced that WGNS will be moving one of its FM translators to Smyrna, TN. On January 1, 2022, WGNS expanded its coverage to north Rutherford County with 100.5 MHz broadcasting in

1508-401: The areas noted, while their other areas observe Eastern Time : Also, most of the province of Saskatchewan is on Central Standard Time year-round, never adjusting for Daylight Saving Time. One major exception includes Lloydminster , a city whose borders overlap both Alberta and Saskatchewan. The city charter stipulates that it shall observe Mountain Time and DST, putting the community on

1560-523: The broadcast of the 1947 Cotton Bowl that originated from Dallas, Texas . Throughout its history, the station never changed its callsign or its frequency. WGNS has been carrying high school football and basketball games, as well as Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders sporting events, since 1947. In 1981, WGNS began broadcasting Atlanta Braves baseball broadcasts provided by the Atlanta Braves Radio Network . Bart Walker purchased

1612-403: The centre of Lloydminster. Meridian Avenue north of the Yellowhead Highway (also named 44th Street) remains the main downtown street for stores, offices and businesses, with some also located on the intersecting east–west streets. Addresses east of 50th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and addresses west of 50th Avenue are considered to be in Lloydminster, Alberta. The city

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1664-428: The city limits. The Saskatchewan side of the city is exempt from that province's sales tax , preventing businesses located there from being placed at a disadvantage relative to businesses in Alberta, which has no provincial sales tax . There is no exemption for provincial income tax , which is based solely on the taxpayer 's province of residence. Other differences surrounding interprovincial costs are reflected within

1716-497: The city of Smyrna while 101.9 FM and 1450 AM remained broadcasting in Murfreesboro. 35°50′26″N 86°23′27″W  /  35.84056°N 86.39083°W  / 35.84056; -86.39083 Central time zone The North American Central Time Zone ( CT ) is a time zone in parts of Canada , the United States , Mexico , Central America , and some Caribbean islands . In parts of that zone (20 states in

1768-494: The contract and signed with a different provider, but WPD invoked an arbitration clause in Saskatchewan law that has prevented the SHA from immediately exiting the contract. The city is served by Lloydminster Airport . The Yellowhead Highway , ( Alberta Highway 16 and Saskatchewan Highway 16 ) passes through the city from west to east, and Highway 17 (which is considered part of both Alberta's and Saskatchewan's highway system and

1820-570: The eastern three-fourths—lies in the Central Time Zone, except for five northwestern states ( Baja California , Baja California Sur , Sinaloa , Sonora , and most of Nayarit ) and one southeastern state ( Quintana Roo ). It is known locally as the Zona Centro . The federal entities of Mexico that observe Central Time: Out of the seven countries comprising Central America , all but one use Central Standard Time year-round: Panama , which recognizes Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) year round,

1872-452: The entire City of Lloydminster had a population of 31,582 living in 12,079 of its 13 532 total private dwellings, a change of 0.5% from its 2016 population of 31,410 . With a land area of 42.04 km (16.23 sq mi), it had a population density of 751.2/km (1,945.7/sq mi) in 2016. In the 2016 Census of Population , the Alberta portion of the City of Lloydminster had

1924-772: The first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. In December 2009, the Mexican Congress allowed ten border cities, eight of which are in states that observe Central Time, to adopt the US daylight time schedule effective in 2010. In October 2022, however, CDT was used in Mexico for the last time after DST was abolished. The US is also seeing traction in the same direction, with the Sunshine Protection Act that proposes legislation that would permanently end

1976-399: The first Sunday in April, moving the time from 2 to 3 a.m. (i.e., from 02:00 to 03:00). Additionally, DST would end at 2 a.m. (02:00) on the first Sunday in November instead of the last Sunday in October, moving the time from 2 to 1 a.m. (i.e., from 02:00 to 01:00). At the time, Mexico decided not to go along with this change and observed their horario de verano ("summer schedule") from

2028-400: The first Sunday in November the same areas observe daylight saving time (DST), creating the designation of Central Daylight Time (CDT) which is five hours behind UTC and known internationally as UTC−5. The province of Manitoba is the only province or territory in Canada that observes Central Time in all areas. The following Canadian provinces and territories observe Central Time in

2080-454: The first train arrived on July 28. Its main north–south street, today named Meridian Avenue (or 50th Avenue), along which stores, businesses and the post office began locating, was situated right on the Fourth Meridian, although the actual road right-of-way was located in Saskatchewan. To comply with temperance principles, alcohol was not available in Lloydminster for the first few years after its founding. While provincehood of some sort for

2132-406: The population identified French as their first language, while 0.8% identified German, 0.7% identified Ukrainian, and 0.5% identified Cree as their first language learned. The next most common languages were Chinese and Spanish at about 0.3% each. More than 8% of residents identified themselves as aboriginal at the time of the 2006 census. More than 78% of residents identified as Christian at

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2184-405: The population identified as Eastern Orthodox . The local economy is driven primarily by the petroleum industry. Agriculture remains an important economic activity. The Husky Lloydminster Refinery is also located in the community. An issue in business is the sales tax. The only sales tax applicable in Alberta is the federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) . Saskatchewan has, in addition to GST,

2236-403: The populations on each side of the border, with the population on the Saskatchewan side being substantially younger; the median age on the Saskatchewan side is 26.6, nearly seven years less than the median age of 33.2 on the Alberta side. Even when combining the median ages for both sides of the city, Lloydminster has the youngest median age in all of Canada. Also, the specific age group of 20–24

2288-413: The prairie territories was seen as inevitable by 1903, it had been widely expected by some, including North-West Territories premier Frederick W. A. G. Haultain , that only one province would eventually be created instead of two. The colonists were not aware of the federal government's deep-rooted opposition to the creation of a single province, largely due to the power such a province would hold rivalling

2340-549: The provincial border in order to keep all clocks within the city in synchronization. This has the effect of placing Lloydminster and the surrounding area in the Mountain Time Zone along with Alberta. During the summer therefore, the entire city is on UTC−06:00—Mountain Daylight Time, which is the same as the rest of Saskatchewan where the time is defined as Central Standard Time. During the winter, Lloydminster

2392-415: The provincial governments agreed in 1930 to amalgamate the towns into a single town under shared jurisdiction. The provinces, again jointly, reincorporated Lloydminster as a city in 1958. Commemorating Lloydminster's distinctive bi-provincial status, a monument consisting of four 100-foot survey markers was erected in 1994 near the city's downtown core. The majority of Lloydminster's population lived on

2444-688: The same time as all of Alberta (UTC−7) in the winter, and in time with Saskatchewan (UTC−6) during the summer. Ten states are contained entirely in the Central Time Zone: Five states are split between the Central Time Zone and the Mountain Time Zone : Five states are split between the Central Time Zone and the Eastern Time Zone : Additionally, Phenix City, Alabama , and several nearby communities in Russell County, Alabama , unofficially observe Eastern Time. This

2496-435: The station in 1984, and he has owned the station ever since. WGNS was broadcasting a rock n’ roll format until 1990, but news and sports also occupied the program schedule. MTSU Sports was dropped in favor of University of Tennessee Volunteers football and basketball during the 1990s. WGNS switched to a news/talk format in 1990. The station's original self-supporting tower , which was 328 feet (100 m) tall and dated back to

2548-455: The switching of times and make daylight saving time permanent. Lloydminster Lloydminster is a city in Canada which has the unusual geographic distinction of straddling the provincial border between Alberta and Saskatchewan . The city is incorporated by both provinces as a single city with a single municipal administration. Located in the heart of Treaty 6 , Lloydminster

2600-509: The time of the 2001 census, while over 18% indicated that they had no religious affiliation. For specific denominations Statistics Canada found that 31% of residents identified as Roman Catholic, and 44% Protestants of which, 18% identified with the United Church of Canada , more than 7% identified as Anglican , about 5% identified as Lutheran , almost 3% identified as Pentecostal , about 2% identified as Baptists , and just over 1% of

2652-488: The treatment of automobile insurance, and housing taxes. For example, a driver under age 25 who lives on the Alberta side will pay approximately 2-3 times the average amount required of a Saskatchewan driver of the same age. Lloydminster relies on health care resources from both Alberta Health Services and the Saskatchewan Health Authority . The Lloydminster Hospital was constructed in 1987 on

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2704-402: Was 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) on 12 July 2002. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −50.0 °C (−58.0 °F) on 13 January 1911. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the Alberta portion of the City of Lloydminster had a population of 19,739 living in 7,636 of its 8,530 total private dwellings, a change of 0.5% from its 2016 population of 19,645. With

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