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WBBG

  • ️Sun May 15 1988
WBBG
Broadcast area Youngstown, Ohio
Frequency 106.1 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding 106.1 the Bull
Programming
Format Country music
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Ohio State Sports Network
Ownership
Owner
WAKZ, WKBN, WMXY, WNCD, WNIO
History

First air date

May 15, 1988 (1988-05-15)

Former call signs

WNCD (1988–2000)

Call sign meaning

former "BiG" branding
Technical information
Facility ID 73309
Class A
ERP 3,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)

Transmitter coordinates

41°15′50″N 80°45′36″W / 41.264°N 80.760°W / 41.264; -80.760
Links
Webcast Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website 1061thebullyoungstown.iheart.com

WBBG (106.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in Youngstown, Ohio, market with a country music format. The station is licensed to Niles, Ohio. WBBG is also a local affiliate for the Ohio State Sports Network football games.

The station first signed on the air as WNCD, licensed on October 29, 1987 (it signed back on May 15, 1988). It changed its call sign to WBBG on October 30, 2000, after the two stations swapped signals on August 30, 2000.

The WBBG call letters were used on a Cleveland AM station (at 1260-AM) from 1978 until 1987; the current WBBG picked them up on June 27, 1988, also as a reflection of its former AM sister station, WBBW 1240 kHz.

In January 2016, WBBG shifted their format to classic hits, branded as "Big 106".

On April 25, 2016, WBBG dropped the classic hits and flipped to country as "106.1 The Bull".[1]

  1. ^ WBBG Flips to Country Radioinsight - April 26, 2016