WBBG
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WBBG is a commercial FM
radio station
in Youngstown, Ohio
market broadcasting at 106.1 MHz with an oldies
format. The station is licensed to Niles, Ohio
, with programming similar to fellow Clear Channel
stations WWSW-FM
in Pittsburgh
and WMJI
in Cleveland
.
The station first signed on the air as WNCD, licensed on October 29, 1987 (it formally signed on back on May 15, 1988). It changed to WBBG on October 30, 2000, when the two stations swapped signals.
The WBBG call letters were previously used on a Cleveland AM station (at 1260-AM
) from 1978 until 1987, the current WBBG picked them up on June 27, 1988, also as a reflection of its former AM sister station, WBBW
1240 kHz.
Sister WMJI
afternoon drive personality Don "Action" Jackson uses computerized voicetracking from WMJI's Cleveland area studios to cover the same shift on WBBG.
The music for each weekend has a theme. Classic American Top 40
with Casey Kasem
is aired Saturday mornings at 6:00 and Sunday mornings at 8:00. A special program, called the "Sunday Night Cruise" featuring Doo Wop hosted by Thomas John, airs Sunday evenings from 6:00 to 11:00 PM.
WBBG carries NASCAR during the racing season. Local high school sports such as football
and basketball
are also featured.
Frequency modulation
In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency. This contrasts with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
in Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
market broadcasting at 106.1 MHz with an oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
format. The station is licensed to Niles, Ohio
Niles, Ohio
Niles is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The city's population was 20,932 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, with programming similar to fellow Clear Channel
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
stations WWSW-FM
WWSW-FM
WWSW-FM , is a classic hits radio station based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Clear Channel Communications station broadcasts at 94.5 MHz with an ERP of 50 kW. Its transmitter is located in Pittsburgh...
in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
and WMJI
WMJI
WMJI — branded Majic 105.7 — is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio broadcasting a classic hits format. The station serves Cleveland, Akron and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio....
in Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
.
The station first signed on the air as WNCD, licensed on October 29, 1987 (it formally signed on back on May 15, 1988). It changed to WBBG on October 30, 2000, when the two stations swapped signals.
The WBBG call letters were previously used on a Cleveland AM station (at 1260-AM
WWMK
WWMK — branded Radio Disney AM 1260 — is the Cleveland, Ohio affiliate of Radio Disney. Owned by ABC Radio, the station's studios are located at 175 Ken Mar Industrial Parkway in Broadview Heights, and its five-tower transmitter is located about 2.2 miles away on Snowville Road in front of I-77...
) from 1978 until 1987, the current WBBG picked them up on June 27, 1988, also as a reflection of its former AM sister station, WBBW
WBBW
WBBW is an AM radio station in Youngstown, Ohio broadcasting at 1240 kHz with a sports talk format. The station carries the programming of ESPN Radio...
1240 kHz.
Programming
On weekday mornings, the Big Morning Show is aired with Jeff Kelly and Carol King from 5:00 AM to 10:00 AM.Sister WMJI
WMJI
WMJI — branded Majic 105.7 — is a commercial radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio broadcasting a classic hits format. The station serves Cleveland, Akron and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio....
afternoon drive personality Don "Action" Jackson uses computerized voicetracking from WMJI's Cleveland area studios to cover the same shift on WBBG.
The music for each weekend has a theme. Classic American Top 40
American Top 40
American Top 40 is an internationally syndicated, independent radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs. Originally a production of Watermark Inc...
with Casey Kasem
Casey Kasem
Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40, and for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.Kasem, along with Don Bustany and...
is aired Saturday mornings at 6:00 and Sunday mornings at 8:00. A special program, called the "Sunday Night Cruise" featuring Doo Wop hosted by Thomas John, airs Sunday evenings from 6:00 to 11:00 PM.
WBBG carries NASCAR during the racing season. Local high school sports such as football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
and basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
are also featured.