WHGV

Radio station in LaCrosse, Florida

WHGV: Gainesville, Florida
WCYZ: Ocala, Florida

Broadcast areaWHGV: Gainesville, Florida
WCYZ: Ocala, FloridaFrequencyWHGV: 99.5 MHz
WCYZ: 99.7 MHzBrandingWHGV: Hot 95.9
WCYZ: Z88.3ProgrammingFormatWHGV: Christian hip hop
WCYZ: Christian adult contemporaryOwnershipOwner

(Central Florida Educational Foundation, Inc.)

OperatorZ Ministries, Inc.History

First air date

WHGV: 1999; 25 years ago (1999)

Former call signs

WHGV: WBEQ (7/1998–10/1998)
WWFX (1998–1999)
WQVR (3/1999–4/1999)
WRKG (4/2/1999)
WBXY (1999–2014)
WGMW (2014–2022)
WCYZ: WGMA (2013–2022)

Call sign meaning

WCYZ: CathY Z88.3
(Name of long serving volunteer and employee)
WHGV: Hot GainesVilleTechnical informationFacility IDWHGV: 76433
WCYZ: 191546ClassWHGV & WCYZ: both AERPWHGV: 2,200 watts
WCYZ: 2,000 wattsHAATWHGV: 144 meters (472 ft)
WCYZ: 174.5 meters (573 ft)LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsiteWHGV: hot959.com
WCYZ: zradio.com

WHGV (99.5 FM) is a Christian hip hop radio station licensed to Gainesville, Florida

WCYZ (99.7 FM) is a Christian adult contemporary radio station licensed to Ocala, Florida.

History

Prior to June 1, 2013, the then-WBXY programmed a news/talk format as 99.5 The Star. At that time, following the station's sale from Asterisk Communications to JVC Media, it changed to a dance format billed as "Party 99.5,"^[1] whose direction was patterned after its sister station in Long Island, New York, WPTY. On December 26, 2013, WBXY's dance format moved to WXJZ;^[2] the two stations simulcast until January 2014, when JVC announced the sale of WBXY to RDA Broadcast Holdings, LLC.^[3] The sale to RDA Broadcast Holdings, at a price of $3.5 million, was consummated on June 3, 2014; on June 4, 2014, RDA flipped WBXY to a simulcast of the then-WGMA, a new adult standards station in Ocala that had signed on at 99.7 in March.^[4] WBXY changed its call sign to WGMW on June 5, 2014. WGMW and WGMA changed their format from adult standards to soft adult contemporary on June 6, 2016.

On August 1, 2022, WGMW changed its format to Christian hip hop as a simulcast of WPOZ-HD2, and WGMA changed its format to Christian adult contemporary as a simulcast of WPOZ. Both switches are part of an acquisition by the station's operator Central Florida Educational Association.^[5] On September 1, 2022, WGMW changed its call sign to WHGV and WGMA changed its call sign to WCYZ.

Central Florida Educational Foundation closed on the swap for WCYZ ^[6]and WHGV ^[7] in September 30,2022 and owns both stations.

Previous logo

References

^ Clark, Anthony (May 30, 2013). "New owners swiftly pull the plug on local political talk show". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
^ Gainesville's Party On The Move from Radio Insight (December 19, 2013)
^ JVC Spins Off WBXY Gainesville from Radio Insight (January 20, 2014)
^ Venta, Lance (June 4, 2014). "Gold 99 Expands To Gainesville". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
^ "Z88 Expanding Into Gainesville/Ocala With Gold Acquisition". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
^ "FCC license for WCYZ". FCC.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
^ "FCC license for WHGV". FCC.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-21.

External links

Official Website
‹The template FMQ is being considered for deletion.› WHGV in the FCC FM station database
WHGV in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
‹The template FMQ is being considered for deletion.› WCYZ in the FCC FM station database
WCYZ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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