WBGG-FM

Infobox Radio station
name = WBGG-FM


city = Fort Lauderdale, Florida
area = West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood
slogan ="Miami's Classic Rock"
branding =
frequency = 105.9 MHz
repeater =
airdate =
share = 2.6
share as of = Sp'08 P2
share source = R&Rcite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Market Ratings | date= | url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DefaultSearch.aspx?MarketName=Miami-Ft.%20Lauderdale-Hollywood&MarketRank=%20 | work =Radio & Records | pages = | date = | language = ]
format = classic rock
power =
erp = 100,000 watts
haat = 314.0 meters
class = C0
facility_id = 11965
coordinates = coord|25|59|34.00|N| 80|10|27.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = BGG='The Burgh', was WWSW [ cite web|url=http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html |title=Call Letter Origins |work=Radio History on the Web ]
former_callsigns = WAXY-FM (1983-1994)
owner = Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses
licensee =
sister_stations = WHYI, WINZ, WIOD, WLVE, WMGE, WMIB
webcast = listen live|http://www.big1059.com/cc-common/streaming_new/index.html?refreshed=yes
website = official|http://www.big1059.com/main.html
affiliations =

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

It is licensed for HD Radio and planned to commence HD Radio broadcasts in April, 2006. [http://www.big1059.com/main.html WBBG-FM Official Website] ]

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. [ [http://www.reelradio.com/jay/index.html Reel Radio vintage radio site] ] [ [http://www.univox.com/radio/ffu.html South Florida Radio History site] ] . In 1990 RKO sold WAXY to Ackerley Communications.

Clear Channel Communications acquired the station in March, 1994. [http://buck.com/10k?tenkyear=95&idx=c&co=CCU&nam=DEMO&pw=DEMO Buckmaster Annual Stockholder Reports] ] The callsign was changed to WBGG-FM on September 1, 1994. [http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/fmq.html Federal Communications Commission database query site] ]

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. [ [http://money.cnn.com/2004/04/08/news/fortune500/stern_fines/ www.cnnmoney.com article] ]

To fill the morning talk slot, in May, 2004, Clear Channel moved Paul & Young Ron from WZTA, Miami (94.9 Zeta) [ [http://www.radiohottalk.com/radiohottalk/news/52004.shtml Radio Hot Talk News] ] . (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, [http://www.paulandyoungron.com/main.html Paul and Young Ron] has continued to be a popular program in South Florida.

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 [ [http://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/$rolfree.exe/arb429 Radio Online's Arbitrend results] ] . The top four stations had either a Spanish, urban or urban AC format.

Air Talent

Air Staff consists of Greg LaMega (AKA Toast from the Paul and Young Ron Show) middays, Doc Reno Afternoons and Jen Wylde nights. Weekend staff includes Jay Zeager, Jackie Daniels, The Razor, Andy Carl and Nicole Sutton

References

External links

*FM station data|WBGG