WFUS
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WFUS is a country music
radio station
in Tampa, Florida
. It has been the flagship station of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
since 2004.
WFUS is one of the eight stations in the Tampa Bay market owned by Clear Channel Communications
.
The station formerly went by "Thunder 103.5" as a classic rock station dating back to the mid 1990s. Ron Diaz
worked as the morning drive host at that time. Towards the end of the stations days it held a Bob and Tom affiliation.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
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 Tampa, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....
. It has been the flagship station of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...
since 2004.
WFUS is one of the eight stations in the Tampa Bay market owned by Clear Channel Communications
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...
.
The station formerly went by "Thunder 103.5" as a classic rock station dating back to the mid 1990s. Ron Diaz
Ron Diaz
Ron Diaz is an American talk show host on sports radio station WDAE-AM in Tampa, Florida. In the late 1980s and 1990s he partnered with Ron Bennington in the highly successful Florida talk radio program, The Ron and Ron Show. In May 1993, his wife Debbie was diagnosed with AIDS, leading him to...
worked as the morning drive host at that time. Towards the end of the stations days it held a Bob and Tom affiliation.