WYHW (104.5 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the Wilmington area. WYHW is currently owned by

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History

"Gold 104" signed on in 1994 with an

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format. The original call letters were WUOY. It used a satellite fed network oldies format with a local morning show hosted by Bob Dale. Paul Knight was the Managing Partner and General Manager. Bob Dale was Program Director. When the John Boy & Billy show was signed, the station eventually evolved into a hybrid format called "Rock-Talk 'n Roll" with John Boy & Billy in the morning, The Side Show with Bob Dale mid-days and the syndicated Don & Mike Show out of Washington D.C. in the afternoons. In May 1996, Community Broadcasting sold radio stations WUOY, WMFD and WBMS to a new company called Ocean Broadcasting. At this time, WUOY changed from 1970s

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to rock from the 1960s through the 1990s but kept John Boy and Billy. For many years, this station was

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