WOGK
Encyclopedia
WOGK known as "K-Country", is a commercial radio station
in Ocala, Florida
, broadcasting to the Gainesville
-Ocala, Florida
area on 93.7 MHz. The station can also be heard as far as Lakeland
, Orlando
and Jacksonville.
/easy listening
format, with big band
shows hosted by the legendary "Big Daddy" Miles Foland. WFUZ eventually added evening country music
programming in the early 1980s, in response to the growing popularity of competitor WTRS
.
In 1985, James Kirk sold WFUZ to Dix Communications, which dumped the evening country programming and converted WFUZ to a full-time Adult Contemporary format. Then in 1986, changed the station's format to CHR
/Top 40 as WMMZ, Z93, putting the station in competition with top-rated WYKS
"Kiss 105." After a successful eight-year run as Z93, 93.7 FM changed to its current calls and format in 1994.
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 Ocala, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Ocala is a city in Marion County, Florida. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 53,491. It is the county seat of Marion County, and the principal city of the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated 2007 population of 324,857.-History:Ocala...
, broadcasting to the Gainesville
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
-Ocala, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Ocala is a city in Marion County, Florida. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 53,491. It is the county seat of Marion County, and the principal city of the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated 2007 population of 324,857.-History:Ocala...
area on 93.7 MHz. The station can also be heard as far as Lakeland
Lakeland
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, Orlando
Orlando
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and Jacksonville.
History
The station began operations in 1960 as WMOP-FM, a 4,200-watt MOR music station. Owner James Kirk instituted major changes in 1973, including changing the calls to WFUZ, increasing the power to 100,000 watts, and installing a beautiful musicBeautiful music
Beautiful music is a mostly instrumental music format that was prominent in American radio from the 1960s through the 1980s...
/easy listening
Easy listening
Easy listening is a broad style of popular music and radio format that emerged in the 1950s, evolving out of big band music, and related to MOR music as played on many AM radio stations. It encompasses the exotica, beautiful music, light music, lounge music, ambient music, and space age pop genres...
format, with big band
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
shows hosted by the legendary "Big Daddy" Miles Foland. WFUZ eventually added evening country music
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...
programming in the early 1980s, in response to the growing popularity of competitor WTRS
WTRS
WTRS, known as "Thunder Country", is a commercial radio station in Dunnellon, Florida, broadcasting to the Gainesville-Ocala, Florida area on 102.3 FM.-WTRS-FM:...
.
In 1985, James Kirk sold WFUZ to Dix Communications, which dumped the evening country programming and converted WFUZ to a full-time Adult Contemporary format. Then in 1986, changed the station's format to CHR
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
/Top 40 as WMMZ, Z93, putting the station in competition with top-rated WYKS
WYKS
WYKS is a commercial radio stations operating in Gainesville, Florida, broadcasting to the Gainesville-Ocala, Florida area on 105.3 FM...
"Kiss 105." After a successful eight-year run as Z93, 93.7 FM changed to its current calls and format in 1994.