| City of license | Denmark, Wisconsin |
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| Branding | The Oldies Station |
| Frequency | 1590 kHz |
| First air date | October 29, 1951 |
| Format | Oldies |
| Power | 10,000 watts (day) 50 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 74127 |
| Callsign meaning | Green Bay Wisconsin |
| Former callsigns | WTRW (1951-68) WQTC (1968-1977) WRTR (1977-1983) WTRW (1983-2006) |
| Affiliations | True Oldies Channel (Citadel Media) |
| Owner | Mark Heller, President, General Manager and Sole Stockholder (WTRW, Inc.) |
| Website | www.wgbwradio.com |
WGBW (1590 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Denmark, Wisconsin, USA. The station is owned by Mark Heller and licensed to WTRW, Inc. WGBW airs a satellite-fed oldies music format. On January 1, 2010 the station dropped CNN Radio as its top-of-the-hour news source, and contracted with ABC Radio News.
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The station was assigned the WGBW call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on September 19, 2006.[1]
In August 2008, after four years of applications and amendments, WGBW was granted a construction permit by the FCC to move its city of license from Two Rivers to Denmark, Wisconsin, which is in the Green Bay market, and to increase its daytime and nighttime broadcast power.[2]
On September 14, 2011, WGBW signed on with its new 10,000 watt day/50 watt night signal from its new transmitter site in Denmark, Wisconsin.
As of October 15, 2008; WGBW has dropped Dial Global's "Kool Gold" format in favor of ABC Radio's "The True Oldies Channel" while maintaining its current oldies format. It features ABC Radio Network News at the top of the hour, 24 hours a day. In January 2010, the existing tower site was picked for a new tower for the U.S. Coast Guard, and neighbors were opposed to a taller structure replacing the 59-year old tower.
On December 20, 2011, Mark Heller purchased WMBE-AM Radio in New Holstein, WI and turned it off, pending a tower move and power increase.
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