WBUK
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| City of license | Ottawa, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Lima, Ohio |
| Slogan | The Fox |
| Frequency | 106.3 MHz |
| Format | Rock |
| ERP | 1,400 watts |
| HAAT | 149 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 40172 |
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| Owner | Citicasters Licenses, L.P. |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.1063thefox.com |
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WBUK "106.3 The Fox" is a commercial rock FM station at 106.3 MHz licensed to Ottawa, Ohio with studios in Lima and transmitter located near Pandora in southeastern Putnam County north of Bluffton which borders in Allen and Hancock counties. Until January 2008, as "The Big Buck," the station aired a satellite-fed oldies format spotlighting the 1960s/early 70s Top 40 era. In January 2008 the station became the new home of the "Fox" rock format formerly featured on WPFX 107.7 FM North Baltimore, Ohio, which flipped to an adult contemporary format, thus marking the end of "The Big Buck." WBUK is the sister station of WIMA (AM) and WIMT-FM located on West Market Street in Lima.
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[edit] History
WBUK "The Big Buck" originally broadcast from 1991 to 2002 at 107.5 in the city of license of Ft. Shawnee with studios located on South Metcalf Street near the Ottawa River. It became part of the Lima cluster of Clear Channel Communications in the late 1990s. The 107.5 frequency is now occupied by active rock WZRX-FM.
The 106.3 frequency originally was home to WPNM in Ottawa which for many years employed a jazz format until 1986 when it became WQTL. The WBUK calls and format moved to 106.3 in 2002.
[edit] WBUK Today
Until 106.3 became the new home of "The Fox", long time Lima area broadcast veteran Spark Simon was the morning personality on "The Big Buck"; the rest of the on-air broadcasts was provided by Jones Radio Networks' Good Time Oldies format.
WBUK also simulcasts on translator W283AX at 104.5 FM in Findlay.
As part of a divesture among Clear Channel's small-market radio stations, WBUK was initially sold to Florida based GoodRadio.TV LLC in May of 2007, but the deal soon collapsed prior to FCC approval. The most recent proposed deal was to banker American Securities under the new name Frequency Licensing Partners LLC, but it has yet to be completed or approved.
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[edit] External links
- Official WBUK site (with streaming audio)
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WBUK
- Radio Locator information on WBUK
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WBUK
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W283AX
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