WBGR-FM

WBGR-FM

City	Monroe, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Madison, Wisconsin
Branding	Big Oldies 93.7
Frequency	93.7 MHz
First air date	1959 (as WEKZ-FM)
Format	Oldies
ERP	36,000 watts
HAAT	177 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	25132
Transmitter coordinates	42°34′35.00″N 89°41′35.00″W / 42.5763889°N 89.6930556°W / 42.5763889; -89.6930556
Former callsigns	WEKZ-FM (1959-2016)
Owner	Big Radio
Sister stations	WEKZ, WFPS, WFRL, WQLF
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wekz.com

WBGR-FM (93.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Monroe, Wisconsin, United States, the station is owned by Big Radio.^[1] Their studios are east of Monroe, at W4765 Radio Lane. The transmitter site is southwest of Monroe, on Franklin Road. Co-owned WEKZ broadcasts at 1260 AM and features a Classic Country format.

History

Until December 2010, WEKZ-FM was known as "The Big Easy 93.7" for many years and had broadcast an Adult Contemporary format. Prior to Adult Contemporary, WEKZ-FM ran a Beautiful Music format as "EZ 93".

On January 14, 2013, it was announced in a joint press conference between Sly Sylvester and WEKZ-FM management that Sly would join the station after being laid off from WTDY.^[2]

On October 9, 2014, a thief stole wire and components from the station's tower, however was arrested and charged with felony theft.^[3]

The station changed its call sign to WBGR-FM on January 4, 2016.

References

↑ "WBGR-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WEKZ-FM adds Sly Sylvester to line-up".
↑ "Monroe radio tower wire stolen, suspect arrested". Madison.com. October 17, 2014.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WBGR

Radio-Locator information on WBGR

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WBGR

Radio stations in the Madison, Wisconsin market

By FM frequency	88.7 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.9 91.1 91.3 91.7 92.1 93.1 93.7 94.1 94.9 95.9 96.3 97.1 98.1 99.1 99.3 99.9 100.1 100.5 100.9 101.5 101.9 102.5 103.3 104.1 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.3 107.9

By AM frequency	810 970 1070 1190 1240 1310 1350 1480¹ 1550 1580¹ 1670

By callsign	W215AQ W216BL W265CV W270AU W277AE W300BM WBGR-FM WBKY WCNP WDDC WDMP WDMP-FM WERN WHA WHFA WHIT WHHI WIBA WIBA-FM WIDE-LP WIXL-LP WJJO WJQM WJVL WJWD WLMV WMAD WMGN WMHX WMMM-FM WNWC WNWC-FM WOLX-FM WORT WOZN WOZN-FM WPDR WSJY WSUM WTMJ WTTN WTLX WTSO WWHG WWQM-FM WXJ87 WXXM WZEE

NOAA Weather Radio	162.550

Nearby radio markets Dubuque Fox Cities Janesville–Beloit–Jefferson County La Crosse Milwaukee–Racine Rockford Wisconsin Dells–Baraboo See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin ¹Broadcast in Spanish (fulltime)

Radio stations in the Rockford, Illinois market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.5 90.5 91.1 91.7 91.9 92.1 93.3 93.7 95.3 95.7 96.7 97.5 98.5 99.3 99.9 100.5 100.9 103.1 104.9 106.3 107.3

By AM frequency	1330 1380 1440 1490 1520

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475

By callsign	KZZ57 W220BL W263BJ WBEL WBGR-FM WFEN WFPS WGEZ WGFB WHJG-LP WILV WJVL WKGL-FM WLUV WNIE WNIJ WNIU WNTA WQFL WROK WRTB WSEY WSJY WTPB-LP WXRX WXXQ WYRB WZKL WZOK

Nearby radio markets Chicago Dubuque Janesville–Beloit LaSalle–Peru Madison Milwaukee–Racine Quad Cities See also List of radio stations in Illinois

Oldies radio stations in the state of Wisconsin

By frequency	740 910 1010 1050 1150 1170 1230 1260 1290 1350 1360 1450 1450 1460 1490 1540 1590 93.7 94.5 106.5

By callsign	WBGR-FM WBOG WDGY WDLB WEAQ WFDL WGBW WGEZ WHRY WHSM WKCH WLIP WPCN WPDR WRJO WTKM WVRQ WXCE WXCO WZTI

By city	Amery Beloit Chippewa Falls Denmark Eagle River Greenfield Hartford Hudson Hurley Hayward Kenosha Marshfield Monroe Portage Stevens Point Tomah Viroqua Waupun Wausau Whitewater

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Wisconsin See also Oldies Classic Hits

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