WGBG-FM

WGBG-FM
City Fruitland, Maryland
Broadcast area Salisbury-Ocean City, Maryland
Branding Big Classic Rock 107.7
Slogan Delmarva's Classic Rock
Frequency 107.7 MHz
First air date 1972 (1972) (as WEXM-FM at 107.5)
Format Classic rock
ERP 23,000 watts
HAAT 104.8 meters
Class B1
Facility ID 4107
Transmitter coordinates 38°23′00.00″N 75°24′52.00″W / 38.3833333°N 75.4144444°W / 38.3833333; -75.4144444Coordinates: 38°23′00.00″N 75°24′52.00″W / 38.3833333°N 75.4144444°W / 38.3833333; -75.4144444
Callsign meaning W G BiG
Former callsigns WEXM-FM (1972-1983)
WKRE-FM (1983-1996)
WKHI (1996-2018)
Former frequencies 107.5 MHz (1972-2008)
Affiliations Westwood One, Citadel Media Networks
Owner Adams Radio Group, LLC
(Adams Radio of Delmarva Peninsula, LLC)
Sister stations WZBH, WOCQ, WUSX
Webcast Listen Live
Website bigclassicrock.com

WGBG-FM (107.7 FM, "Big Classic Rock 107.7") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Fruitland, Maryland with studios and cluster offices located in Salisbury, Maryland. The station's 23,000 watt signal can be heard at or near its transmitter on route 50. Its tower is located in Pittsville, Maryland. The station broadcasts as a classic rock music formatted station branded as "Big Classic Rock 107.7".

History

Prior to moving to Fruitland, the station was licensed to Exmore, Virginia, and broadcast on a frequency of 107.5 FM. While in Exmore, the station had the call letters WKRE-FM, broadcast with 50,000 watts of power, and featured a country music format. Prior to February 4, 2009, the station broadcast an Adult hits format as "Joe FM".

On September 4, 2015, the then-WKHI changed their format from classic rock to country, branded as "Your Country K107-7".[1]

On August 17, 2018 at 5 p.m., WKHI changed their format from country to a simulcast of classic rock-formatted WGBG-FM 98.5 Seaford, Delaware, branded as "Big Classic Rock 107.7" under new WGBG-FM calls.[2]

Transmitter

The transmitter is a class B1 transmitter, 23,000 watts, HAAT 104.8 meters, located in Pittsville, Maryland. Facility ID 4107. Located on coordinates 38°11′54.00″N 75°40′50.00″W / 38.1983333°N 75.6805556°W / 38.1983333; -75.6805556

References

  1. ↑ WKHI Salisbury-Ocean City Flips to Country as "Your Country K107.7"
  2. ↑ K107.7 Gives Way to Big Classic Rock in Delmarva Radioinsight - August 17, 2018


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