WGHR (FM) (original) (raw)

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Radio station in Spring Hill, Florida

WGHR
Spring Hill, Florida
Broadcast area Crystal River, Florida
Frequency 106.3 MHz
Branding Hits 106
Programming
Format Classic hits
Affiliations Good Time Oldies (Westwood One)Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner WGUL-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″N 82°32′45.00″W / 28.5280556°N 82.5458333°W / 28.5280556; -82.5458333
Links
Public license information Public fileLMS
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).

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.

  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. ^ a b "WGHR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ^ WJQB Relaunches as Hits 106 Radioinsight - May 27, 2014