WBGF

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WBGF
City	Belle Glade, Florida
Branding	93.5 The Bar
Frequency	93.5 MHz
First air date	June 1978, 10 (10-06-1978)
Format	Mainstream rock
ERP	15,500 watts
HAAT	127.8 meters
Class	C3
Facility ID	59661
Transmitter coordinates	26°42′43.00″N 80°40′59.00″W / 26.7119444°N 80.6830556°W / 26.7119444; -80.6830556
Former callsigns	WSWN-FM (1978-1989)
Owner	JVC Media, LLC (JVC Media of South Fla, LLC)
Sister stations	WSWN
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	93.5 The Bar

WBGF is a radio station serving the West Palm Beach, Florida market. Owned by JVC Media and licensed to Belle Glade, Florida, it broadcasts a mainstream rock format branded as 93.5 The Bar.

History

The station went on the air as WSWN-FM on October 10, 1978. On June 19, 1989, the station changed its call sign to the current WBGF.^[1]

The station previously broadcast a regional Mexican format branded as Radio Lobo; on September 22, 2014, WBGF was acquired by JVC Media from its previous owner BGI Broadcasting. On September 23, 2014, shortly after the completion of the purchase, WBGF flipped to a mainstream rock format branded as 93.5 The Bar, opening with a day-long marathon of the Bubba the Love Sponge show, followed by 10,000 songs commercial-free.^[2]

References

↑ "WBGF Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "JVC Media Opens 93.5 The Bar". Radio Insight. Retrieved 24 September 2014.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WBGF

Radio-Locator information on WBGF

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WBGF

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