WGHR (FM)

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WGHR
Broadcast area Crystal River, Florida
Frequency 106.3 MHz
BrandingHits 106
Programming
Format Classic hits
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerWGUL-FM, Inc.
History
First air date
October 31, 1989 (1989-10-31) (as WEOA at 97.1)
Former call signs
  • WEOA (1989–1990)
  • WPDS (1990–1992)
  • WXOF (1992–1999)
  • WGUL-FM (1999–2005)
  • WJQB (2005–2014)
Former frequencies
97.1 MHz (1989–1998)
Call sign meaning
"Greatest Hits Radio"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 26616
Class C3
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 96 meters (315 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 28°31′41.00″N82°32′45.00″W / 28.5280556°N 82.5458333°W / 28.5280556; -82.5458333
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website greatesthits106.com

WGHR (106.3 MHz) is an FM radio station broadcasting Westwood One's Good Time Oldies format. [2] 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).

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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. [3]

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. [3]

On May 27, 2014, WJQB relaunched as "Hits 106". [4] 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WGHR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Radio Stations". Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel. Archived from the original on July 28, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
  3. 1 2 "WGHR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ WJQB Relaunches as Hits 106 Radioinsight - May 27, 2014


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