WBBG

WBBG is a commercial FM radio station in Youngstown, Ohio market broadcasting at 106.1 MHz with a country music format. The station is licensed to Niles, Ohio. WBBG is also a local affiliate for the Ohio State IMG Sports Network football games.

WBBG

City	Niles, Ohio
Broadcast area	Youngstown, Ohio
Branding	106.1 the Bull
Slogan	Youngstown's #1 For New Country
Frequency	106.1 MHz (HD Radio)
First air date	August 30, 2000 (at 106.1 MHz) June 1959 (at 93.3 MHz)
Format	Country music
ERP	3,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	73309
Call sign meaning	"W-B-BiG" former FM sister station to W B B W
Former call signs	1987-2000: WNCD
Former frequencies	1959-2000: 93.3 MHz
Affiliations	Ohio State IMG Sports Network
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	WAKZ, WKBN, WMXY, WNCD, WNIO
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	1061thebullyoungstown.iheart.com

The station first signed on the air as WNCD, licensed on October 29, 1987 (it signed back on May 15, 1988). It changed its call sign to WBBG on October 30, 2000, after the two stations swapped signals on August 30, 2000.

The WBBG call letters were used on a Cleveland AM station (at 1260-AM) from 1978 until 1987; the current WBBG picked them up on June 27, 1988, also as a reflection of its former AM sister station, WBBW 1240 kHz.

In January 2016, WBBG shifted their format to classic hits, branded as "Big 106".

On April 25, 2016 WBBG dropped classic hits and flipped to country as "106.1 The Bull".[1]

Programming

The station is launching with multiple two-hour commercial-free blocks. Charley Connolly, Program Director/afternoon host of sister 99.5 WGAR Cleveland adds oversight of WBBG to his duties, while airstaffers from other iHeart stations will fill the on-air lineup. WGAR night/WMJI midday host Kat Jackson will host 6am-12pm, WNCO Mansfield OH afternoon host Matt Appleby will air 12pm-6pm, and WKDD Canton morning co-host Tony "Captain Tony" McGinty from 6pm-12am.

References

WBBG Flips to Country Radioinsight - April 26, 2016

External links

Radio stations in the areas of Youngstown, Ohio and New Castle, Pennsylvania
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By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 90.1 90.7 91.1 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.1 94.7 95.1 95.9 96.7 98.9 99.7 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.5 102.9 103.9 105.1 106.1 107.1 107.9
By callsign	W234CH W272EI WAKZ WBBG WBBW WDJQ WGFT WGRP WHBC-FM WHKZ WHOT-FM WHTX WKBN WKPL WKTL WKST WKTX WLLF WLOA WSHH WLVX WMXY WNCD WNIO WOHI WPIC WQXK WRQX WSAJ-FM WSRU WUZZ WVMN WWIZ WWNW WYCL WYFM WYLE WYLR WYSU WYTN
Defunct	WSAJ (1340 AM) WASN (1500 AM)
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Country music radio stations in the state of Ohio
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By callsign	WBBG WBCO WBGI-FM WBLL WBZI WCHO-FM WCIT WCJO WCKY-FM WCLI-FM WCLT-FM WCOL-FM WEDI WFGA WFGF WGAR-FM WHKO WHTH WILE WIMT WIZE WJEH-FM WKFI WKFM WKKJ WKKO WKKY WKLM WKNA WKXA-FM WLIE WLOH WMJK WMRN-FM WNCO-FM WNKN WNNF WNUS WOBL WPFX-FM WQKT WQMX WQXK WRAC WRQX WSEO WSRW WTGR WTNS WTUZ WUBE-FM WWKC WXBW WXIZ WYBL WYDB WYGY WZOM WZVL
By city	Ashland Ashtabula Bellaire Bellaire Bellefontaine Belpre Bucyrus Caldwell Cambridge Chillicothe Cincinnati (WNNF) Cincinnati (WYGY) Cincinnati (WUBE-FM) Cleveland Clyde/Sandusky Columbus Coshocton Dayton Defiance Eaton Englewood/Dayton Enon/Dayton Findlay Fostoria Gallipolis Geneva Heath Hicksville Hillsboro Huron/Sandusky Jackson Lancaster Lima (WCIT) Lima (WFGF) Lima (WIMT) Logan Luckey/Toledo Marion Medina/Akron Middletown Millersburg Nelsonville Newark Niles Oberlin Pemberville/Toledo Philo Racine Salem (WQXK) Salem (WRQX) Springfield Toledo Uhrichsville Union City Waverly Washington Court House West Union Wilmington Wooster Xenia
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