WCTG

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WCTG
WCTG-WVES 96.5-101.5 logo.png
Broadcast area Salisbury, Maryland
Frequency 96.5 FM MHz
Branding96.5 & 101.5 CTG
Programming
Format Adult hits [1]
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • GSB Broadcasting
  • (Sebago Broadcasting Company)
WICO-FM, WVES
History
First air date
 2004 [2]
Call sign meaning
 Chincoteague (former community of license)
Technical information [3]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 88405
Class A
ERP 3,900 watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 38°11′53.0″N75°23′7.0″W / 38.198056°N 75.385278°W / 38.198056; -75.385278
Links
Public license information
Webcast WCTG Webstream
Website WCTG Online

WCTG is an adult hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to West Pocomoke, Maryland, and serving the Salisbury area. [1] WCTG is owned and operated by GSB Broadcasting. [4]

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History

WCTG signed on in 2004. [2] On March 7, 2016, Sebago Broadcasting Company, under the licensee of GSB Broadcasting, LLC, closed on the sale of WICO-FM. [5] On the same date, WICO-FM began simulcasting WCTG and the station's adult hits format. [5]

On October 26, 2018, WCTG began transmitting from its new facilities licensed to West Pocomoke, Maryland, and serving the Salisbury area; the station concurrently began simulcasting on WVES in Chincoteague, Virginia, WCTG's previous location. WCTG's previous Salisbury-area simulcast, WICO-FM, had been sold a year earlier to The Bridge of Hope. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-562. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WCTG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ "WCTG Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Venta, Lance (March 7, 2016). "WCTG Adds Salisbury Simulcast". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ WCTG Completes Salisbury Move-in; Adds Virginia Simulcast Radioinsight - October 26, 2018
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