WBUK
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| City of license | Ottawa, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area | Lima, Ohio |
| Branding | 106.3 The Fox |
| Frequency | 106.3 MHz |
| First air date | February 4, 1977 |
| Format | Classic Rock |
| ERP | 1,400 watts |
| HAAT | 149 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 40172 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 40°57′21.00″N 83°54′42.00″W / 40.9558333°N 83.9116667°W |
| Callsign meaning | In reference to its previous moniker, "The Big BUcK" |
| Owner | Blanchard River Broadcasting Company |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.1063thefox.com |
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WBUK "106.3 The Fox" is a commercial rock FM station at 106.3 MHz licensed to Ottawa, Ohio with studios in Lima and transmitter located near Pandora in southeastern Putnam County north of Bluffton which borders in Allen and Hancock counties.
Until January 2008, as "The Big Buck," the station aired a satellite-fed oldies format spotlighting the 1960s/early 70s Top 40 era. In January 2008 the station became the new home of the "Fox" rock format formerly featured on WPFX 107.7 FM North Baltimore, Ohio, which flipped to an adult contemporary format (and has since gone silent), thus marking the end of "The Big Buck." WBUK is a former sister station of WIMA (AM) and WIMT-FM located on West Market Street in Lima.
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[edit] History
WBUK launched in 1991 under the ownership of the late Charles Hutchinson's CHH Corporation, and under the direction of Jake Phillips as General Manager and Michael Waite as program director. Phillips was also the General Manager that launched 92Zoo in the same market in the mid 80's.
Over the years, The Big Buck played home to many well known Lima radio personalities. The Breakfast Bunch with Steve McCoy and Todd Walker, Michael Waite(Now OM of WJBR Wilmington, Delaware), Adam Wright, Mike Edwards, Phil Austin, Renee Scott, Betsy Winget, Dave (Mark) Ryan, Spark Simon, "The Roger Ride" Roger Foreman, Eric Hansen, Cori Paige, Jim Edwards, Tony Day, and many many others.
WBUK "The Big Buck" originally broadcast from 1991 to 2002 at 107.5 in the city of license of Ft. Shawnee with studios located on South Metcalf Street near the Ottawa River. It became part of the Lima cluster of Clear Channel Communications in the late 1990s. The 107.5 frequency is now occupied by active rock WZRX-FM.
The 106.3 frequency originally was home to WPNM (with the calls standing for Putnam, the station's county of license) and was founded in 1977 by Bellefontaine-based Triplett Broadasting which owned the former WTOO AM & FM (now WBLL(AM) and WPKO-FM respectively) and WYNT when it was still in Upper Sandusky. Financial difficulties forced Triplett to sell its properties in the 1980s. WPNM's studios were originally located in its city of license of Ottawa which at first tried a contemporary hit format, then for many years employed a jazz format until 1986 when it became WQTL. The WBUK calls and format moved to 106.3 in 2002.
The "WPNM" calls have been revived for a micropower AM station broadcasting at 1620 kHz in Ottawa, which plays oldies and nostalgia music as well as old-time radio shows and local high school sports. (1))
[edit] WBUK Today
Until 106.3 became the new home of "The Fox", long time Lima area broadcast veteran Spark Simon was the morning personality on "The Big Buck"; the rest of the on-air broadcasts was provided by Jones Radio Networks' Good Time Oldies format. Renee Scott was previously an air personality.
WBUK also simulcasts on translator W283AX at 104.5 FM in Findlay.
As part of a divesture among Clear Channel's small-market radio stations, WBUK was initially sold to Florida based GoodRadio.TV LLC in May 2007, but the deal soon collapsed prior to FCC approval. In September 2008, Clear Channel Communications sold WBUK to the Blanchard River Broadcasting subsidiary of Findlay Publishing Company, which owns and operates WFIN AM and WKXA-FM. Blanchard's purchase of WBUK has since earned FCC approval.[1]
As WBUK's format is a competitor to the classic hits format of WKXA, it is unclear as to what Blanchard River's plans are for the 106.3 frequency.
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
- Official WBUK site (with streaming audio)
- "WPNM"-AM 1620 site (with streaming audio)
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WBUK
- Radio Locator information on WBUK
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WBUK
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W283AX
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