WGHR (FM) explained

WGHR
City:Spring Hill, Florida
Area:Crystal River, Florida
Branding:Hits 106
Frequency:106.3 MHz
Airdate: (as WEOA at 97.1)
Format:Classic hits
Erp:25,000 watts
Class:C3
Facility Id:26616
Licensing Authority:FCC
Coordinates:28.5281°N -82.5458°W
Callsign Meaning:"Greatest Hits Radio"
Former Frequencies:97.1 MHz (1989–1998)
Owner:WGUL-FM, Inc.
Webcast:Listen Live
Website:greatesthits106.com

WGHR (106.3 MHz) is an FM radio station broadcasting Westwood One's Good Time Oldies format.[1] Licensed to Spring Hill, Florida, United States, it serves the northern Tampa Bay area, including Hernando and Citrus Counties. The station is currently owned by WGUL-FM, Inc. (named after the station's former call sign; see WGUL).

History

The station went on the air on 97.1 MHz as WEOA on October 31, 1989. On January 5, 1990, the station changed its call sign to WPDS; on August 14, 1992, it changed to WXOF.[2]

As WXOF, then a country music-formatted station, the station would swap frequencies in 1998 with Holiday-based WLVU-FM 106.3 (now WSUN), in order for the latter station to get a stronger signal in the Tampa Bay area.

At 106.3 MHz, on January 11, 1999, the station changed its call sign to WGUL-FM and format to the Music of Your Life, and on January 1, 2005, the calls changed to WJQB.

On May 27, 2014, WJQB relaunched as "Hits 106".[3] The station changed to its current WGHR call sign on June 1, 2014. On May 5, 2015, WGHR shifted its format from oldies to classic hits.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel . Radio Stations . December 19, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080728203304/http://www.trueoldieschannel.com/html/stations.html . July 28, 2008.
  2. Web site: WGHR Call Sign History . United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division .
  3. http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/88803/wjqb-relaunches-as-hits-106/ WJQB Relaunches as Hits 106