WCTG

WCTG
City Chincoteague, Virginia
Broadcast area Chincoteague, Virginia
Accomac, Virginia
Pocomoke City, Maryland
Branding "92-5 and 96-5 CTG"
Slogan "The Variety Station"
Frequency 96.5 FM MHz
First air date 2004[1]
Format Adult Hits[2]
Power 5,300 Watts
HAAT 105 meters (344 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 88405
Transmitter coordinates 37°55′14.0″N 75°23′7.0″W / 37.920556°N 75.385278°W / 37.920556; -75.385278
Callsign meaning W ChincoTeaGue
Former callsigns WCTG (2002-Present)[3]
Affiliations AccuWeather
FOX News Radio
Owner GSB Broadcasting
(Sebago Broadcasting Company)
Sister stations WICO-FM, WOWZ
Webcast WCTG Webstream
Website WCTG Online

WCTG is an Adult Hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Chincoteague, Virginia, serving Chincoteague and Accomac in Virginia and Pocomoke City in Maryland.[2] WCTG is owned and operated by GSB Broadcasting.[4]

History

WCTG signed on in 2004.[1] On March 7, 2016, Sebago Broadcasting Company, under the licensee of GSB Broadcasting, LLC, closed on the sale of WICO-FM.[5] On the same date, WICO-FM began simulcasting WCTG and the station's Adult Hits format.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-562. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ "WCTG Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Venta, Lance (March 7, 2016). "WCTG Adds Salisbury Simulcast". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
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