WGHR (FM)
{{short description|Radio station in Spring Hill, Florida}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{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.
References
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External links
- {{FM station data|26616|WGHR}}
{{Tampa Bay Radio}}
{{Classic Hits Radio Stations in Florida}}
Category:Classic hits radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 1989
Category:1989 establishments in Florida
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