Radio station in Micanopy, Florida
WSKY-FM
(97.3
MHz
) is a
commercial
radio station
licensed
to
Micanopy, Florida
, and serving the
Gainesville
-
Ocala
radio market
. The station airs a
talk radio
format
and is owned by
Audacy, Inc.
[2]
[3]
WSKY carries a local weekday morning talk and information show, followed by
nationally syndicated
talk programs. They include
Brian Kilmeade
,
Sean Hannity
,
Mark Levin
,
Ben Shapiro
,
Coast to Coast AM
with
George Noory
and
This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal
. Weekends feature shows on money, health, real estate, law, gardening, horses, computers and cigars, some of which are paid
brokered programming
. Hosts include
Kim Komando
,
Bill Handel
,
Clark Howard
and
Bill Cunningham
. Most hours begin with world and national news from
ABC News Radio
.
History
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On September 7, 1985, the station first
signed on
at 97.7 FM as WGLV, an
adult contemporary music
station known as "Gainesville's Love 98." WGLV was co-owned with
WGGG
, a longtime legendary
Top 40
station in the market, and tried to take advantage of the connection by hiring legendary WGGG personality "Boomer" Hough as its first morning show host. However, Hough's show lasted only a few months. WGLV tried to further bank on the legendary WGGG
call sign
in 1987 by adopting a 1970s-based
oldies
format as WGGG-FM and declaring "The Legend is Back!"
[4]
This, too, proved short-lived. After WGGG-AM-FM were sold in 1989, WGGG-FM became WLCL, a
soft AC
station branded as "Clear FM".
From 1993 until the debut of WSKY in 1998 (except for a brief period during which it programmed
oldies
as WGGO "Go 97.7"), the station was known as WRRX "97-X". At that time, the station featured an
adult album alternative
format which was partially programmed via satellite from an outside provider, and locally in certain dayparts, featuring an eclectic variety of music. 97-X had a small yet loyal following in the local Gainesville music scene.
97-X was sold to Entercom in March 1998, for a price tag of $2.8 million.
[5]
Entercom switched the call letters to WSKY-FM and changed frequencies to 97.3 MHz on June 7, 1998, boosting the signal to 13,500
watts
from its previous 2,600 watts. The antenna height was nearly doubled to 948 feet from its previous 495-foot tower. This gave WSKY better coverage of the Gainesville-Ocala radio market, putting a high-quality signal over both cities. The station also switched to its current talk radio format. WSKY has since boosted its power to 50,000 watts
effective radiated power
(ERP) but reduced its
height above average terrain
(HAAT) to 492 feet.
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