WGBG-FM (107.7

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, "Big 107.7") is an American

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licensed to serve the community of

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with studios and cluster offices located in

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. The station's 23,000 watt signal can be heard at or near its transmitter on

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. Its tower is located in Pittsville,

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. The station broadcasts as a

classic rock Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...

music formatted station branded as "Big 107.7". Programming features The Free Beer and Hot Wings Morning Radio Show, Doc West and Nights with Alice Cooper.

History

Prior to moving to Fruitland, the station was licensed to

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, and broadcast on a frequency of 107.5 FM. While in Exmore, the station had the call letters WKRE-FM, broadcast with 50,000 watts of power, and featured a

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format. Prior to February 4, 2009, the station broadcast an Adult hits format as "Joe FM". On September 4, 2015, the then-WKHI changed their format from classic rock to country, branded as "Your Country K107-7". On August 17, 2018 at 5 p.m., WKHI changed their format from country to a simulcast of classic rock-formatted

WGBG-FM WGBG-FM (107.7 MHz, "Big 107.7") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Fruitland, Maryland with studios and cluster offices located in Salisbury, Maryland. The station's 23,000 watt signal can be heard at or near its ...

98.5 Seaford, Delaware, branded as "Big 107.7" under new WGBG-FM calls.K107.7 Gives Way to Big Classic Rock in Delmarva
Radioinsight - August 17, 2018

Transmitter

The transmitter is a class B1 transmitter, 23,000 watts, HAAT 104.8 meters, located in Pittsville, Maryland. Facility ID 4107. Located at coordinates

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