WGMW

WGMW is a commercial radio station in LaCrosse, Florida, broadcasting to the Gainesville, Florida area on 99.5 FM. The station is owned by Ricardo Arroyo, and broadcasts a soft adult contemporary format. Its programming is also heard in the Ocala area on WGMA (99.7 FM) in Silver Springs Shores.

WGMW
CityLaCrosse, Florida
Broadcast areaGainesville, Florida (99.5) and Ocala, Florida (99.7)
Frequency99.5 MHz
BrandingGold 99 FM
SloganTimeless Favorites
Programming
FormatSoft adult contemporary
Ownership
OwnerRicardo Arroyo
(RDA Broadcast Holdings, LLC)
History
First air date
1999 (1999)
Former call signs
WBEQ (7/1998–10/1998)
WWFX (1998–1999)
WQVR (3/1999–4/1999)
WRKG (4/2/1999)
WBXY (1999–2014)
Technical information
Facility IDWGMW: 76433
WGMA: 191546
ClassWGMW & WGMA: both A
ERPWGMW: 2,200 watts
WGMA: 2,000 watts
HAATWGMW: 144 meters (472 ft)
WGMA: 174.5 meters (573 ft)
Repeater(s)99.7 WGMA (Silver Springs Shores)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitegold99fm.com

History

Prior to June 1, 2013, WBXY programmed a news/talk format as 99.5 The Star. At that time, following the station's sale from Asterisk Communications to JVC Media, it changed to a dance format billed as "Party 99.5,"[1] whose direction was patterned after its sister station in Long Island, New York, WPTY. On December 26, 2013, WBXY's dance format moved to WXJZ;[2] the two stations simulcast until January 2014, when JVC announced the sale of WBXY to RDA Broadcast Holdings, LLC.[3] The sale to RDA Broadcast Holdings, at a price of $3.5 million, was consummated on June 3, 2014; on June 4, 2014, RDA flipped WBXY to a simulcast of WGMA, a new adult standards station in Ocala that had signed on at 99.7 in March.[4] WBXY changed its call sign to the current WGMW on June 5, 2014. WGMW and WGMA changed their format from adult standards to soft adult contemporary on June 6, 2016.

References
  1. Clark, Anthony (May 30, 2013). "New owners swiftly pull the plug on local political talk show". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  2. Gainesville's Party On The Move from Radio Insight (December 19, 2013)
  3. JVC Spins Off WBXY Gainesville from Radio Insight (January 20, 2014)
  4. Venta, Lance (June 4, 2014). "Gold 99 Expands To Gainesville". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 28, 2019.


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