WBGG-FM

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WBGG-FM
City of license	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Broadcast area	Miami-Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Branding	Big 105.9
Slogan	Miami's Classic Rock
Frequency	105.9 FM MHz
Format	Classic Rock
ERP	100 kW
Class	Class C0 FM Station
Callsign meaning	BIG G
Owner	Clear Channel Communications
Website	www.big1059.com

WBGG-FM is Big 105.9 in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale radio market. The station plays classic rock.

It is licensed for high definition radio and planned to commence HD Radio broadcasts in April, 2006.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Format and Market Share 3 Antennas 4 Sources

[edit] History

Under the callsign WAXY, the radio station was owned by RKO General. In the early 1970's, the station had a rock format, but flipped to automated oldies in 1975.^{[2] [3]}. In 1990 RKO sold WAXY to Ackerley Communications.

Clear Channel Communications acquired the station in March, 1994.^[4] The callsign was changed to WBGG-FM on September 1, 1994.^[5]

In April 2004, the Federal Communications Commission fined Clear Channel Communications $495,000 for broadcasting allegedly indecent material on the Howard Stern show. Subsequently, Clear Channel dropped the Stern show from six stations: WBGG-FM' in Fort Lauderdale, FL; WTKS-FM, Cocoa Beach, FL; WTFX-FM, Louisville, KY; KIOZ-FM, San Diego; WNVE-FM, Honeoye Falls, N.Y.; and WXDX-FM, Pittsburgh. ^[6]

To fill the morning talk slot, in May, 2004, Clear Channel moved Paul & Young Ron from WZTA, Miami (94.9 Zeta)^[7]. (Lex and Terry took over the morning show at WZTA, but lost that outlet for their syndicated program when it abruptly switched formats to Hispanic Urban in February 2005, changing its callsign to WMGE.) Since the switch, Paul and Young Ron has continued to be a popular program in South Florida.

[edit] Format and Market Share

By April 2006, South Florida had only two major rock radio stations: WBGG-FM with the Classic Rock format, and WHDR-FM (93.1, South Florida's Pure Rock), a Cox Radio station. WBGG-FM ranked 14 in market share ^[8]. The top four stations had either a Spanish, urban or urban AC format.

[edit] Antennas

The station operates a 313-meter antenna located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.^[5]

• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 25.993108° -80.173882°
  • Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
  • Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
  • Topographic map from TopoZone
  • Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA

[edit] Sources

1. ^ WBBG-FM Official Website
2. ^ Reel Radio vintage radio site
3. ^ South Florida Radio History site
4. ^ Buckmaster Annual Stockholder Reports
5. ^ ^{a b} Federal Communications Commission database query site
6. ^ www.cnnmoney.com article
7. ^ Radio Hot Talk News
8. ^ Radio Online's Arbitrend results