WJQB is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting ABC Radio's True Oldies

The True Oldies Channel

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 format. Licensed to Spring Hill, Florida

Spring Hill, Florida

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, USA, it serves the northern Tampa Bay area, including Hernando

Hernando County, Florida

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 and Citrus

Citrus County, Florida

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 Counties (part of the Gainesville/Ocala market). The station is currently owned by WGUL-FM, Inc. (named after the station's former call sign; see WGUL

WGUL

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).

History

The station went on the air on 97.1 MHz as WEOA

WEOA

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 on 1989-10-31. On 1990-01-05, the station changed its call sign to WPDS, on 1992-08-14 to WXOF

WXOF

WXOF is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Hits format. Licensed to Yankeetown, Florida, USA. The station is currently owned by Wgul-FM, Inc and features programing from ABC Radio and Jones Radio Network.-History:...

.

As WXOF, then a country music

Country music

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

Holiday, Florida

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-based WLVU-FM 106.3 (now WSUN-FM

WSUN-FM

WSUN-FM is a commercial modern rock music radio station in Tampa, Florida, broadcasting on 97.1 FM.-History:The station signed on sometime in the late-1970 on the 106.3 FM frequency as WHBS, a station that served primarily Pasco and northern Pinellas Counties. The station later became WVTY, then...

), in order for the latter station to get a stronger signal in the Tampa Bay area.

At 106.3 MHz, on 1999-01-11, the station changed its call sign to WGUL-FM and format to the Music of Your Life

Music of Your Life

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, and on 2005-01-01 the calls changed to the current calls, WJQB.

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