WBGV

WBGV

City of license	Marlette, Michigan
Broadcast area
Branding	Country 92.5
Slogan	"Country 92.5" "The Thumb's Best Country"
Frequency	92.5 MHz
First air date	September 2, 1999
Format	Country
ERP	3,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	23435
Callsign meaning	Benko George V(the fifth), president of GB Broadcasting
Owner	Sanilac/GB Broadcasting
Sister stations	WMIC, WTGV-FM
Website	sanilacbroadcasting.com

WBGV (92.5 FM, "Country 92.5") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Marlette, Michigan. It first began broadcasting in 1999. It serves the central area of Michigan's Thumb, and parts of the Blue Water Area. It can be heard as far away as Port Huron, Lapeer, Romeo, and Bad Axe.

WBGV offers a wide range of modern country music, along with the Sunday classics show. It is an ABC affiliate, owned by G.B. Broadcasting. WBGV is an ABC Radio Today's Best Country station. ABC news updates are provided hourly and local news runs at Noon, 5 and 6 pm. The local news is produced by sister station WMIC, in Sandusky which also has a country music format, but only in the mornings and at night (the station is News/Talk the remainder of the time it is on the air, having to sign off at local sunset). When WMIC signs off at sunset, listeners are urged to tune into Country 92.5, because it is on the air for 24 hours.

Broadcast Area

WBGV provides local coverage to Cities Yale, Marlette, and Sandusky, and distant coverage to Croswell, Port Sanilac, and Lapeer. In the thumb area WBGV is much stronger than competitor WSAQ.

Sources

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WBGV

Radio-Locator information on WBGV

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WBGV

Radio stations in the Thumb area of east-central Michigan

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 89.1 89.3 90.7 91.3 91.9 92.1 92.5 96.9 97.7 99.9 102.1 102.3 103.1 103.7 103.9 105.5 106.3 107.1

By AM frequency	660 1070 1230 1340 1360 1380 1450 1530 1590 1610

By callsign	CFGX CHOK CHKS W288BT WBGV WBTI WCZE WDTR WGRT WHLS WHLX WHYT WIDL WKYO WLCO WLEW WLEW-FM WMIC WMPC WNFA WNFR WORW WPHM WPLS727 WQUS WSAQ WSGR-FM WSMB WTGV-FM

Nearby radio markets Alpena–Tawas City Detroit Flint Lansing Midwestern Ontario North Central Michigan Tri-Cities Windsor-Chatham-Sarnia See also List of radio stations in Michigan Radio stations in Southwestern Ontario

Country radio stations in the state of Michigan

Stations	WATZ-FM – Alpena WBCH-FM – Hastings WBCM – Boyne City WBCT – Grand Rapids WBGV – Marlette WBMI – West Branch WCEN-FM – Hemlock WCMM – Gulliver WCUP – L'anse WDRQ- Detroit WFBE – Flint WFXD – Marquette WGDN-FM – Gladwin WGRY-FM – Grayling WHFB-FM – Benton Harbor WHKB – Houghton WITL-FM – Lansing WJMS – Ironwood WJNR-FM – Iron Mountain WJPD – Ishpeming WKCQ – Saginaw WKJC – Tawas City WKZC – Scottville WLAW – Newaygo WLCO – Lapeer WLEW – Bad Axe WLST – Marinette, Wisconsin WMIC – Sandusky WMIM – Luna Pier WMKC – Indian River WMKD – Pickford WMLM – Saint Louis WMUS – Muskegon WNBY – Newberry WNWN-FM – Coldwater WQTE – Adrian WRCI/W246BW – Three Rivers WRGZ – Rogers City WSAQ – Port Huron WTCM-FM – Traverse City WTIQ - Manistique WTNR – Holland WTWS – Houghton Lake WUPY – Ontonagon WWBR – Big Rapids WWDK – Jackson WWSS – Tuscarora Township WWWW-FM – Ann Arbor WYCD – Detroit WYKX – Escanaba WYTZ – Bridgman

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Michigan

Coordinates: 43°17′10″N 82°58′16″W / 43.286°N 82.971°W / 43.286; -82.971

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