WGYL

WGYL (93.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Vero Beach, Florida, and serving the radio markets of Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa and Ft. Pierce-Stuart. WGYL airs a hot adult contemporary radio format. The station is owned by Treasure and Space Coast Broadcasters, with the license held by Vero Beach Broadcasters, LLC. The offices and studios are on 16th Street in Vero Beach. The transmitter is off First Place, near Old Dixie Highway, also in Vero Beach.[1]

WGYL
CityVero Beach, Florida
Broadcast areaMelbourne-Titusville-Cocoa, Ft. Pierce-Stuart
Branding93.7 GYL
SloganToday's Best Music!
Frequency93.7 MHz
First air dateNovember 1970
FormatHot AC
ERP50,000 watts
HAAT146 meters (479 ft)
ClassC2
Facility ID58946
Transmitter coordinates27°36′4.00″N 80°23′33.00″W
OwnerTreasure & Space Coast Radio
(Vero Beach Broadcasters, LLC)
Sister stationsWJKD, WOSN, WTTB
WebcastListen Live
Website937WGYL.com

The station partners with Channel 5 WPTV in West Palm Beach, an NBC Network affiliate, to provide weather information.

History

WGYL signed on the air in November 1970.[2] It originally was a Class A station, broadcasting on 93.5 MHz, a frequency reserved at that time for lower powered FM stations. WGYL's effective radiated power was 3,000 watts, a fraction of the 50,000 watts it runs today. It broadcast a beautiful music format of mostly soft instrumental remakes of popular songs.

In 1987, the station was sold to Treasure Coast Broadcasters, teamed up with AM 1490 WTTB, and the two stations remain co-owned.[3] During the late 1980s, WGYL gradually increased the number of vocal songs and decreased the instrumentals, so that by the early 1990s, the station had made the transition to a soft adult contemporary format. It called itself "The Breeze." In the early 1990s, the station got a big boost in power, increasing to 50,000 watts, coupled with a move one spot up the dial to 93.7 MHz.[4]

Through the early 2000s, the tempo of the songs picked up, moving the station to a mainstream AC sound. Then on September 15, 2015, WGYL changed its format to hot adult contemporary, branded as "93.7 WGYL."[5] The station's moniker became "Today's Best Music!"

References
  1. Radio-Locator.com/WGYL-FM
  2. Broadcasting Yearbook 1972 page B-48
  3. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1990 page B-77
  4. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1995 page B-95
  5. WGYL Loses its Breeze


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