WGYL (93.7

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) is a

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, and serving the

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s of Melbourne-Titusville-Cocoa and Ft. Pierce-Stuart. WGYL airs a

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. The station is owned by Treasure and Space Coast Broadcasters, with the license held by Vero Beach Broadcasters, LLC. The offices and studios are on 16th Street in Vero Beach. The

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is off First Place, near Old Dixie Highway, also in Vero Beach. The station partners with WPTV in

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to provide weather information.

History

WGYL

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the air in November 1970. It originally was a Class A station, broadcasting on 93.5 MHz, a frequency reserved at that time for lower powered FM stations. WGYL's

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was 3,000

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s, a fraction of the 50,000 watts it runs today. It broadcast a

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format of mostly soft instrumental remakes of popular songs. In 1987, the station was sold to Treasure Coast Broadcasters, teamed up with AM 1490

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, and the two stations remain co-owned. During the late 1980s, WGYL gradually increased the number of vocal songs and decreased the instrumentals; by the early 1990s, the station had made the transition to a

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format as "The Breeze." In the early 1990s, the station got a big boost in power, increasing to 50,000 watts, coupled with a move one spot up the dial to 93.7 MHz. Through the early 2000s, the station to a mainstream AC format. On September 15, 2015, WGYL changed its format to hot adult contemporary, branded as "93.7 WGYL."WGYL Loses its Breeze
/ref> The station's moniker became "Today's Best Music!"

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* GYL Radio stations established in 1972 1972 establishments in Florida {{Florida-radio-station-stub