WGGC

WGGC-FM

City	Bowling Green, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Bowling Green and surrounding areas
Branding	Goober 951
Slogan	The New 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
HAAT	967 feet (295 m)
Class	C0
Facility ID	27007
Transmitter coordinates	36°54′43.00″N 86°11′21.00″W / 36.9119444°N 86.1891667°W / 36.9119444; -86.1891667
Callsign meaning	W Giant Goober of Country
Former callsigns	WPRX (1989-1993)
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] During the first two decades of WGGC's existence, the station began as an almost-full-time simulcast of WKAY until the late 1960s. By 1970, the station was broadasting a religious format,^[7] and later a gospel music, and eventually began broadcasting their country music format in 1975-76.^[8]

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,^[9]^[10] but reverted to the WGGC callsign in either 1992 or 1993, and until 2002, it was known on air as "Country 95."

From 1988 through the mid-1990s, both WGGC and WCLU (AM) was under ownership of Royse Radio, Inc. While the ownership of both WCLU and WCLU-FM remained in the hands of Royse Radio, WGGC was sold to Heritage Communications in October 1997.^[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 "Dolby Digital 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.^[11] 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, Cave City-licensed WHHT 103.7, and Glasgow-based WLYE-FM 94.1 for ratings. WGGC also competes with out-of-market country stations like WSM-AM, WSM-FM, WKDF and WSIX-FM in Nashville, along with WBKR 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 967 feet (295 m) , thereby covering many areas in west-central Kentucky, northern middle Tennessee, and a small sliver of southern Indiana.^[12]

In addition to country music, WGGC has also been the longtime local home Kentucky Wildcats football and men's basketball games from the UK Sports Radio Network by JMI Sports. 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.
↑ 1974 Broadcasting Yearbook, page B-82
↑ Elving, Bruce F. (1976). FM Atlas, Fourth Edition, page 61
↑ Changing Hands. Broadcasting, June 19, 1989, page 72.
↑ "WGGC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division
↑ "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.

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Radio stations in the Bowling Green, Kentucky market

By AM frequency	610 650 930 1230 1250 1340 1450 1490 1510 1570

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 90.7 91.7 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.1 95.1 95.5 95.7 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.5 97.9 98.3 99.3 100.7 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.3 102.5 102.7 103.7 104.5 105.3 105.9 106.3 107.1 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequencies	162.4 162.5

By callsign	KIH45 WNG570 W203BI W239BT W240CP W248CF W252CV W268CE W274BQ WAYD WBGN WBKR WBVR WCDS WCJK WCLU WCLU-FM WCVK WDNS WGFX WGGC WHHT WJXA WKCT WKLX WKYU WLAC WLBQ WLCK WLYE WNRQ WOVO WPRT WPTQ WQXQ WRUS WRVW WSIX WSM WSM-FM WUBT WUHU WVLE WWHR WWKU

Defunct	WBLG-LP (107.9 FM) WMJM (96.7 FM) WLBJ (1410 AM) WSMJ (800 AM)

Nearby radio markets Clarksville–Hopkinsville Cookeville Evansville Lexington–Fayette Louisville Nashville Owensboro See also List of radio stations in Kentucky

Country radio stations in the state of Kentucky

Stations	WAIN-FM – Columbia WAMZ – Louisville WANY – Albany WANY-FM – Albany WBIO – Philpot WBKR – Owensboro WBRT – Bardstown WBUL – Lexington WBVR – Auburn WCBL – Benton WCCK – Calvert City WCPM – Cumberland WCYN-FM – Cynthiana WCYO – Irvine WDGG – Ashland WDHR – Pikeville WEKG – Jackson WEZJ-FM – Williamsburg WFKN – Franklin WFKY – Frankfort WFLE – Flemingsburg WFLE-FM – Flemingsburg WFMW – Madisonville WFTG – London WGGC – Bowling Green WGKY – Wickliffe WGOH – Grayson WGRK-FM – Greensburg WHBN – Harrodsburg WHHT - Cave City WHSX – Edmonton WIKI – Carrollton WJKY – Jamestown WJRS – Jamestown WKCA – Salt Lick WKDO – Liberty WKDO-FM – Liberty WKDP-FM – Corbin WKDQ – Henderson WKDZ – Cadiz WKKS – Vanceburg WKLB – Manchester WKMO – Lebanon Junction WKVN – Morganfield WKWY – Tompkinsville WKYA – Greenville WKYQ – Paducah WKYR – Burkesville WLKS-FM – West Liberty WLLE – Mayfield WLOC – Munfordville WLSI – Pikeville WLSK – Lebanon WLVK – Fort Knox WLXO – Stamping Ground WLXX – Lexington WLYE – Glasgow WMDJ – Allen WMJL – Marion WMKZ – Monticello WMMG – Brandenburg WMMG-FM – Brandenburg WMSK-FM – Sturgis WNES – Central City WNKR – Williamstown WQNU – Lyndon WRKA – Louisville WRLV-FM – Salyersville WRUS – Russellville WRVK – Mount Vernon WSEK – Burnside WSEK-FM - Burnside WSGS – Hazard WSIP – Paintsville WSKV – Stanton WTKY – Tompkinsville WTKY-FM – Tompkinsville WUCO – Morganfield WULF – Hardinsburg WVKY – Shelbyville WVLC – Mannsville WVLE – Scottsville WVVR – Hopkinsville WWAG – Mckee WWEL – London WWKY – Providence WXAM – Buffalo WXBC – Hardinsburg WYGY – Fort Thomas WXMZ – Hartford WZAQ – Louisa

Defunct:	WFUL – Fulton

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Kentucky

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