WGHR (FM)

WGHR (106.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting Westwood One's Good Time Oldies format.[1] 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).

WGHR
CitySpring Hill, Florida
Broadcast areanorthern Tampa Bay area
Hernando County
Citrus County
Frequency106.3 MHz
BrandingHits 106
Programming
FormatClassic hits
AffiliationsGood Time Oldies (Westwood One)
Ownership
OwnerWGUL-FM, Inc.
History
First air date
October 31, 1989 (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
W Greatest Hits Radio
Technical information
Facility ID26616
ClassC3
ERP25,000 watts
HAAT96 meters (315 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
28°31′41.00″N 82°32′45.00″W
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitegreatesthits106.com

History

The station went on the air on 97.1 MHz as WEOA on 1989-10-31. On 1990-01-05, the station changed its call sign to WPDS and on August 14, 1992, to WXOF.[2]

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.[2]

On May 27, 2014, WJQB relaunched as "Hits 106".[3] 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
  1. "Radio Stations". Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel. Archived from the original on July 28, 2008. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
  2. "WGHR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. WJQB Relaunches as Hits 106 Radioinsight - May 27, 2014


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