WBGF

For the airport in Long Lellang, Sarawak, Malaysia assigned the ICAO code WBGF, see Long Lellang Airport.

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
Callsign meaning	W Belle Glade Florida
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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