WHGV explained

WHGV / WCYZ
City:WHGV: Gainesville, Florida
WCYZ: Ocala, Florida
Area:WHGV: Gainesville, Florida
WCYZ: Ocala, Florida
Branding:WHGV: Hot 95.9
WCYZ: Z88.3
Frequency:WHGV: 99.5 MHz
WCYZ: 99.7 MHz
Airdate:WHGV:
Format:WHGV: Christian hip hop
WCYZ: Christian adult contemporary
Erp:WHGV: 2,200 watts
WCYZ: 2,000 watts
Haat:WHGV:
WCYZ:
Class:WHGV & WCYZ: both A
Facility Id:WHGV: 76433
WCYZ: 191546
Callsign Meaning:WCYZ: CathY Z88.3
(Name of long serving volunteer and employee)
WHGV: Hot GainesVille
Former Callsigns:WHGV: WBEQ (7/1998–10/1998)
WWFX (1998–1999)
WQVR (3/1999–4/1999)
WRKG (4/2/1999)
WBXY (1999–2014)
WGMW (2014–2022)
WCYZ: WGMA (2013–2022)
Owner:Z Ministries, Inc.
Licensee:Central Florida Educational Foundation, Inc.
Webcast:Listen Live
Website:WHGV: hot959.com
WCYZ:
Licensing Authority:FCC

WHGV (99.5 FM) is a Christian hip hop radio station licensed to Gainesville, Florida

WCYZ (99.7 FM) is a Christian adult contemporary radio station licensed to Ocala, Florida.

History

Prior to June 1, 2013, the then-WBXY programmed a news/talk format as 99.5 The Star. At that time, following the station's sale from Asterisk Communications to JVC Media, it changed to a dance format billed as "Party 99.5,"[1] whose direction was patterned after its sister station in Long Island, New York, WPTY. On December 26, 2013, WBXY's dance format moved to WXJZ;[2] the two stations simulcast until January 2014, when JVC announced the sale of WBXY to RDA Broadcast Holdings, LLC.[3] The sale to RDA Broadcast Holdings, at a price of $3.5 million, was consummated on June 3, 2014; on June 4, 2014, RDA flipped WBXY to a simulcast of the then-WGMA, a new adult standards station in Ocala that had signed on at 99.7 in March.[4] WBXY changed its call sign to WGMW on June 5, 2014. WGMW and WGMA changed their format from adult standards to soft adult contemporary on June 6, 2016.

On August 1, 2022, WGMW changed its format to Christian hip hop as a simulcast of WPOZ-HD2, and WGMA changed its format to Christian adult contemporary as a simulcast of WPOZ. Both switches are part of an acquisition by the station's operator Central Florida Educational Association.[5] On September 1, 2022, WGMW changed its call sign to WHGV and WGMA changed its call sign to WCYZ.

Central Florida Educational Foundation closed on the swap for WCYZ [6] and WHGV [7] in September 30,2022 and owns both stations.

External links

29.74°N -82.386°W

Notes and References

  1. News: Clark. Anthony. New owners swiftly pull the plug on local political talk show. May 30, 2013. The Gainesville Sun. May 30, 2013.
  2. http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/87038/gainesvilles-party-on-the-move/ Gainesville's Party On The Move
  3. http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/87442/jvc-spins-off-wbxy-gainesville/ JVC Spins Off WBXY Gainesville
  4. News: Venta . Lance . Gold 99 Expands To Gainesville . December 28, 2019 . RadioInsight . June 4, 2014.
  5. Web site: Z88 Expanding Into Gainesville/Ocala With Gold Acquisition . 2022-07-28 . RadioInsight . en-US.
  6. Web site: FCC license for WCYZ. 2024-04-21 . FCC.gov. en-US.
  7. Web site: FCC license for WHGV. 2024-04-21 . FCC.gov. en-US.