WGHR (FM)

{{short description|Radio station in Spring Hill, Florida}}

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WGHR

| logo = File:WGHR Hits106 logo.png

| city = Spring Hill, Florida

| area = Crystal River, Florida

| branding = Hits 106

| frequency = 106.3 MHz

| repeater =

| airdate = {{start date|1989|10|31}} (as WEOA at 97.1)

| format = Classic hits

| erp = 25,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|96|meters}}

| class = C3

| facility_id = 26616

| licensing_authority = FCC

| coordinates = {{coord|28|31|41.00|N| 82|32|45.00|W|region:US-FL_type:landmark}}

| callsign_meaning = "Greatest Hits Radio"

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WEOA (1989–1990)|WPDS (1990–1992)|WXOF (1992–1999)|WGUL-FM (1999–2005)|WJQB (2005–2014)}}

| former_frequencies = 97.1 MHz (1989–1998)

| affiliations = {{ubl|Good Time Oldies (Westwood One)|Premiere Networks}}

| owner = WGUL-FM, Inc.

| licensee =

| sister_stations =

| webcast = [http://streamdb7web.securenetsystems.net/v5/WGHRFM Listen Live]

| website = [http://www.greatesthits106.com greatesthits106.com]

}}

WGHR (106.3 MHz) is an FM radio station broadcasting Westwood One's Good Time Oldies format.{{cite web |publisher=Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel |title=Radio Stations |url=http://www.trueoldieschannel.com/html/stations.html |access-date=December 19, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080728203304/http://www.trueoldieschannel.com/html/stations.html |archive-date = July 28, 2008}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=26616&Callsign=WGHR |title=WGHR Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}

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".[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/88803/wjqb-relaunches-as-hits-106/ WJQB Relaunches as Hits 106] Radioinsight - May 27, 2014 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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