WBBG

WBBG

Niles, Ohio
Broadcast area	Youngstown, Ohio
Frequency	106.1 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	106.1 the Bull
Programming
Format	Country music
Affiliations	Premiere Networks Ohio State Sports Network
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WAKZ, WKBN, WMXY, WNCD, WNIO
History
First air date	May 15, 1988 (1988-05-15)
Former call signs	WNCD (1988–2000)
Call sign meaning	former "BiG" branding
Technical information
Facility ID	73309
Class	A
ERP	3,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°15′50″N 80°45′36″W / 41.264°N 80.760°W / 41.264; -80.760
Links
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	1061thebullyoungstown.iheart.com

WBBG (106.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in Youngstown, Ohio, market with a country music format. The station is licensed to Niles, Ohio. WBBG is also a local affiliate for the Ohio State Sports Network football games.

The station first signed on the air as WNCD, licensed on October 29, 1987 (it signed back on May 15, 1988). It changed its call sign to WBBG on October 30, 2000, after the two stations swapped signals on August 30, 2000.

The WBBG call letters were used on a Cleveland AM station (at 1260-AM) from 1978 until 1987; the current WBBG picked them up on June 27, 1988, also as a reflection of its former AM sister station, WBBW 1240 kHz.

In January 2016, WBBG shifted their format to classic hits, branded as "Big 106".

On April 25, 2016, WBBG dropped the classic hits and flipped to country as "106.1 The Bull".^[1]

References

External links

• WBBG in the FCC FM station database
• WBBG in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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