WGHR (106.3

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) is an FM

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broadcasting

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's Good Time Oldies format. Licensed to

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, United States, it serves the northern

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area, including Hernando and

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Counties. The station is currently owned by WGUL-FM, Inc. (named after the station's former call sign; see

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History

The station went on the air on 97.1 MHz as WEOA on October 31, 1989. On January 5, 1990, the station changed its call sign to WPDS; on August 14, 1992, it changed to WXOF. As WXOF, then a

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-formatted station, the station would swap frequencies in 1998 with

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-based WLVU-FM 106.3 (now WSUN), in order for the latter station to get a stronger signal in the Tampa Bay area. At 106.3 MHz, on January 11, 1999, the station changed its call sign to WGUL-FM and format to the

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, and on January 1, 2005, the calls changed to WJQB. On May 27, 2014, WJQB relaunched as "Hits 106".WJQB Relaunches as Hits 106
Radioinsight - May 27, 2014 The station changed to its current WGHR call sign on June 1, 2014. On May 5, 2015, WGHR shifted its format from oldies to classic hits.

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* GHR Classic hits radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1989 1989 establishments in Florida {{Florida-radio-station-stub