WBHQ
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WBHQ is a radio station
licensed to Beverly Beach, Florida
, serving Flagler County
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The station was assigned the WBHQ call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
on February 20, 2009.
On January 25, 2008, it was announced that 92.7 FM is one of several Clear Channel
radio stations to be sold, in order to remain under the ownership caps following the sale of Clear Channel to private investors. On October 21, 2008, Flagler County Broadcasting, LLC, purchased the station from Aloha Station Trust for $350,000. As a result, on November 10, 2008, the station dropped the gospel music format and became a simulcast of WSOL-FM. Flagler County Broadcasting moved the station to Flagler County which includes Palm Coast, Bunnell, Beverly Beach and Flagler Beach. Flagler County Broadcasting is owned by James Martin, who has owned and developed more than 20 radio stations, including stations in the Miami, Orlando, West Palm Beach and Naples-Fort Myers, markets, and Gary Smithwick, a Washington communications lawyer, who has participated in the ownership of five Florida stations with Mr. Martin.
On April 9, 2009, WBHQ began program tests with its new facilities which includes hybrid digital service on WBHQ-HD. The FCC granted the new license April 21, 2009. WBHQ operates with a "Variety Hits" format, playing rock music from the '60s, '70s, '80s, and '90s with some current songs. There are no on-air personalities. The station serves the area from St. Augustine to Ormond Beach, with particular emphasis on Flagler County. WBHQ provides weather information utilizing a meteorologist. Sister station WNZF is also broadcast in hybrid digital on WBHQ HD-2.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Beverly Beach, Florida
Beverly Beach, Florida
Beverly Beach is a town in Flagler County, Florida, United States. The population was 547 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Palm Coast Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Beverly Beach is located at ....
, serving Flagler County
Flagler County, Florida
Flagler County was created in 1917 from portions of Saint Johns and Volusia counties. It was named for Henry Morrison Flagler, a famous railroad builder who built the Florida East Coast Railway. Bunnell is the county seat of Flagler County....
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The station was assigned the WBHQ call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
on February 20, 2009.
On January 25, 2008, it was announced that 92.7 FM is one of several Clear Channel
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
radio stations to be sold, in order to remain under the ownership caps following the sale of Clear Channel to private investors. On October 21, 2008, Flagler County Broadcasting, LLC, purchased the station from Aloha Station Trust for $350,000. As a result, on November 10, 2008, the station dropped the gospel music format and became a simulcast of WSOL-FM. Flagler County Broadcasting moved the station to Flagler County which includes Palm Coast, Bunnell, Beverly Beach and Flagler Beach. Flagler County Broadcasting is owned by James Martin, who has owned and developed more than 20 radio stations, including stations in the Miami, Orlando, West Palm Beach and Naples-Fort Myers, markets, and Gary Smithwick, a Washington communications lawyer, who has participated in the ownership of five Florida stations with Mr. Martin.
On April 9, 2009, WBHQ began program tests with its new facilities which includes hybrid digital service on WBHQ-HD. The FCC granted the new license April 21, 2009. WBHQ operates with a "Variety Hits" format, playing rock music from the '60s, '70s, '80s, and '90s with some current songs. There are no on-air personalities. The station serves the area from St. Augustine to Ormond Beach, with particular emphasis on Flagler County. WBHQ provides weather information utilizing a meteorologist. Sister station WNZF is also broadcast in hybrid digital on WBHQ HD-2.