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| City | Suffolk, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Hampton Roads |
| Branding | "92-9 The Wave" |
| Frequency | 92.9 MHz |
| First air date | December 1965 |
| Format | Classic Hits |
| ERP | 50,000 Watts |
| HAAT | 148 Meters (486 Feet) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 64000 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°52′35.0″N 76°23′28.0″W / 36.876389°N 76.391111°W |
| Callsign meaning | W Virginia Beach Wave |
| Former callsigns | WXYW (1965-1970s) WFOG-FM (1970s-1999) WWSO (1999-2003) WFOG (2003-2005) |
| Owner |
Max Broadcast Group Holdings, LLC (MHR License, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WGH, WGH-FM, WVHT, WVSP |
| Webcast | WVBW Webstream |
| Website | WVBW Online |
WVBW (92.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Suffolk, Virginia, and serving Hampton Roads. WVBW is owned and operated by Max Broadcast Group Holdings, LLC. It airs a classic hits radio format using the slogan "92-9 The Wave."
Studios and offices are on Greenwich Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The transmitter is off Greenbrook Drive in Suffolk.
WVBW first signed on the air in December 1965 as easy listening WXYW. It became WFOG-FM in the early 1970s and eventually evolved into a soft adult contemporary music format. WFOG used to be co-owned with WLPM in Suffolk (now WBVA 1450 AM), which was a Top 40 station. WFOG broadcast adult contemporary "Lite Favorites" until September 10, 1999, when it was converted to urban oldies "Soul Classics 92.9" by new owners Barnstable Broadcasting. The call sign was also changed to WWSO.
On December 16, 2001, the station changed formats again, this time going to oldies, branded as "Oldies 92-9". The first song of their new format was the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night. The WFOG call letters returned on December 5, 2003, when the Classic country format on 100.5 FM shifted to AM and displaced the adult standards format on 1050. Not long after, in 2004, the moniker changed to "92-9 WFOG", reflecting the change in call sign.
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