WRBD (AM)
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| Facility ID | 72101 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
| Translator(s) | 92.1 W221DX (Gainesville) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | powerstation92.com |
WRBD (1230
urban contemporary format with WMOP (900 AM) in Ocala. They are owned by the Urban One Broadcasting Network headed by radio personality William Johnson. (It is not affiliated with Urban One, Inc., based in the Washington, D.C.
area.) WRBD has studios and offices on SW 6th Avenue in Ocala.
WRBD is a
FM translator W221DX at 92.1 MHz
. It uses the translator's frequency for its moniker, "Power 92.1."
History
The station
signed on the air in February 1948 as WGGG. It started with 250 watts of power. The station was owned by Alachua County Broadcasting Company.[3] The offices, studios, transmitter and tower were located near the Gainesville Regional Airport
at 1230 Waldo Road, northeast of downtown Gainesville.
On November 13, 2017, the station re-branded as The Goat.CBS Sports Radio Network.
The station flipped to Christmas music from November 2021 until June 2022.[5] It was planning a new format and played the holiday tunes until the new sound was ready.
The station eventually flipped to
urban contemporary
music in October 2022 under ownership of William Johnson's Urban One Broadcasting Network, LLC. In 2023, it switched its callsign to WRBD.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRBD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WRBD
- ^ "WGGG, Gainesville, Fla., Is Launched On 1230 kc" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 8, 1948. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
- ^ "Florida Sportstalk Begins Shift To Talk". RadioInsight. November 5, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
- ^ "Christmas Music Continues On In Chattanooga & Gainesville". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
External links
- WRBD in the FCC AM station database
- WRBD in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W221DX in the FCC FM station database
- W221DX at FCCdata.org
29°40′56.88″N 82°24′47.39″W / 29.6824667°N 82.4131639°W
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