WBGG-FM
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| City | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
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| Broadcast area | South Florida |
| Branding | Big 105.9 |
| Slogan | South Florida's Classic Rock |
| Frequency | 105.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | July 1960 (as WFLM) |
| Format |
Classic rock HD2: News/Talk (WIOD simulcast) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 314 meters (1030 feet) |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 11965 |
| Callsign meaning | W BiG G |
| Former callsigns | WFLM (1960-1970) WIXX-FM (1970-1971) WAXY (1971-1983) WAXY-FM (1983-1994) |
| Affiliations | None |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WHYI-FM, WINZ, WIOD, WMIA-FM, WMIB, WZTU |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.big1059.com |
WBGG-FM, branded as Big 105.9, is a commercial radio station licensed to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and serving the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale media market. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., the station airs a classic rock radio format. WBGG is licensed for HD Radio and carries the talk radio format of sister station WIOD 610 AM on its HD2 channel. WBGG's studios are located on Rivera Boulevard in Miramar and the transmitter site is off Fifth Street in Pembroke Park.
The station first signed on the air in July 1960. Its call sign was WFLM, Broward County's first all-stereo station, with an easy listening format. It was sold to the owners of AM 1520 WIXX (today WEXY), continuing the easy format with the new call letters WIXX-FM, while the AM was country music. The station switched to the call letters WAXY just before RKO General's purchase. The combo was WEXY-WAXY after the AM switched to a contemporary format. When the stations were sold to RKO General, the AM switched to gospel music.
In the early 1970s, the station had an album rock format, but flipped to automated oldies in 1975. In 1990, RKO sold WAXY-FM to Ackerley Communications, an outdoor advertising company, which later sold the station to Clear Channel Communications after the Federal Communications Commission relaxed its rules against one company owning numerous stations in the same market. On January 17, 1992, WAXY-FM dropped its then-Adult contemporary format and began stunting with a loop of various versions of "Louie, Louie". On January 20, at 6 a.m., the station flipped to oldies as simply "WAXY 106."
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