WGGC
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| City | Bowling Green, Kentucky |
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| Broadcast area |
Bowling Green and surrounding areas |
| Branding | Goober 95.1 WGGC |
| Slogan | THE Country Station! |
| Frequency | 95.1 MHz |
| First air date | June 23, 1961 [1] [2] |
| Format | Country |
| Audience share | 9.8 (Sp'07 R&R) (, [3]) |
| Power | 100,000 Watts |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 27007 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°54′43.00″N 86°11′21.00″W / 36.9119444°N 86.1891667°W |
| Callsign meaning | W Giant Goober of Country |
| Former callsigns | WPRX (1980?-1993) |
| Affiliations | UK IMG Sports Network |
| Owner | Heritage Communications, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WLCK, WQXE, WULF, WVLE |
| Website | WGGC.com |
WGGC (95.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. It is licensed to Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA, and serves the Bowling Green area of south-central and west-central Kentucky. The station is currently owned by Heritage Communications, Inc.[4]
Its transmitter is located in northern Allen County on Kentucky Route 101 near the Warren/Allen County line. Its broadcasting studio is located at 1727 US 31W Bypass in Bowling Green.[5]
History
The station's application history dates back to 1959-60, when the call letters were going to be WKAY-FM to match with WKAY-AM, but the WGGC call letters were assigned by the FCC in July 1960.[6] Originally licensed to and located in Glasgow, Kentucky, the station first signed on the air in 1961 under ownership of Glasgow Broadcasting Company (now Heritage Communications, Inc.), which also owned WKAY-AM radio (now WCLU-AM). At the time of its inception, WGGC was the first FM radio station ever to sign on in south central Kentucky as all other FM signals came from either Nashville, Louisville, Central City, or Owensboro. Both WGGC and WKAY shared studios at 510 Happy Valley Road in Glasgow (Kentucky Route 351, now Kentucky State Route 90), which was demolished in November 2014 to make room for a new drug store.[2] To date, this station never changed its callsign, nor has it ever changed its programming format.[7]
In 1988, WGGC's signal origination was moved to its present transmitting site in Allen County.[2] At one point in 1989, the station's callsign was changed to WPRX,[8] but reverted to the WGGC callsign in either 1992 or 1993, and until 2002, it was known on air as "Country 95."
In October 1997, the station was acquired by Heritage Communications. [1] Then at some point in the mid-2000s, WGGC moved its broadcasting license to Bowling Green, where the station's broadcast facilities are currently located. From 2002 until 2010, the station was branded as "95.1 WGGC." It began branding itself as "Goober 95.1" in late 2010.
WGGC has often been involved in community service; most recently in June 2014, when the station, in conjunction with the southern Kentucky chapter of United Way, hosted a radio-thon to raise money for country music superstar Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.[9] It became an annual event beginning in 2015.
Programming and format
WGGC broadcasts a country music format, therefore competing with three other country formatted stations in the same market: WBVR-FM 96.7, WHHT 103.7, and Glasgow-based WLYE-FM 94.1 for ratings. WGGC also competes with out-of-market contru stations like WSM-AM and WSM-FM in Nashville, along with WBKR-FM in Owensboro for the allegiances of the local listener due to Bowling Green's close proximity to both nearby cities. In fact, both cities can pick up at least Grade B coverage of the station thanks to WGGC's 100,000 watts of power and its tower height of almost 1,000 feet (300 m), thereby covering many areas in west-central Kentucky, northern middle Tennessee, and a small sliver of southern Indiana.[10]
In addition to country music, WGGC also broadcasts Kentucky Wildcats football and men's basketball games by the UK Sports Radio Network.
WGGC's morning show, "The Moose Lodge," airs from 6 to 10 weekday mornings. Hosted by Moose Michaels, the show features talk on a variety of topics as well as games, entertainment news and local news and weather.
References
- 1 2 2010 Broadcasting Yearbook, page D-237
- 1 2 3 Overstreet, Melinda J. (November 21, 2014). "Ely Drugs plans new location, will take over spot where radio stations once were". Glasgow Daily Times. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
- ↑ "Bowling Green Market Rankings". Radio & Records
- ↑ "WGGC Call Sign History" United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division
- ↑ http://www.wggc.com/contactus.html
- ↑ Changing Hands. Broadcasting, August 1, 1960, page 96.
- ↑ "WGGC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division
- ↑ Changing Hands. Broadcasting, June 19, 1989, page 72.
- ↑ "Hometown Hero: Goober 95.1 WGGC - WBKO | Bowling Green, KY". WBKO-TV (June 27, 2014). Retrieved April 14, 2015.
- ↑ Advertising. WGGC.com. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WGGC
- Radio-Locator information on WGGC
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WGGC
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