WYGG

Infobox Radio station
name = WYGG


city = Asbury Park, New Jersey
area =
branding = "Radio Bonne Nouvelle"
slogan = "La Voix de la Communauté Evangelique Haitienne"
airdate = 1994
frequency = 88.1 MHz
format = Religious
erp = 100 watts
haat = 10 meters (33 feet)
class = A
facility_id = 19867
coordinates = coord|40|13|01|N|74|00|33|W
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
owner = Minority Business & Housing Development, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast = [http://69.3.244.221:8080/ramgen/encoder/livefeed.rm?usehostname Listen Live]
website = [http://www.radiobonnenouvelle.com radiobonnenouvelle.com]
affiliations =

WYGG (88.1 FM, "Radio Bonne Nouvelle") is a radio station licensed to serve Asbury Park, New Jersey.cite news |work=New York Times |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E5DD1E3BF934A25754C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print |title=All Languages, All the Time, And All Over the Suburban Dial |date=2001-07-17 |first=David W. |last=Chen] The station is owned by Minority Business & Housing Development, Inc. It airs a Religious radio format.cite web |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/] The station's nickname translates to "Good News Radio" in English.

The station was assigned the WYGG call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 4, 1994.cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=19867&Callsign=WYGG |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database]

Programming

WYGG serves the Haitian-American community of Asbury Park and the greater New York City area with religious, community involvement, and information programming. The station broadcasts in French, English, and Creole.

Maureen Nevin Duffy created and hosted a weekly public affairs talk show called "Asbury Radio — The Radio Voice of Asbury Park" for more than six years.cite news |date=2008-02-17 |url=http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080217/ENT/802170318/1031 |work=Asbury Park Press |title=Goldenseal, WRSU make a connection]

Ownership

In December 1998, Minority Business and Housing Development Inc. (Abner Louima, president), reached an agreement to purchase WYGG from Evangelical Crusade of Fishers of Men, Inc., for $1.cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=1999-02-15 |first=Alisa |last=Holmes |title=Changing Hands] "United Press International" characterized this as "a financial formality for what amounts to a gift."cite news |work=United Press International |title=Louima to Buy NJ Radio Station |date=1999-02-08] The FCC approved the transfer to MBHD in May 2000.cite web |work=Federal Communications Commission |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=279231 |title=Application Search Details]

References

External links

* [http://www.radiobonnenouvelle.com/ WYGG official website]
*FMQ|WYGG
*FML|WYGG
*FMARB|WYGG