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{{Short description|Radio station in LaCrosse, Florida}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox radio station dual | name1 = WHGV | name2 = WCYZ | city1 = Gainesville, Florida | city2 = Ocala, Florida | country = US | branding = {{ubl|'''WHGV:''' Hot 95.9|'''WCYZ:''' Z88.3}} | frequency1 = {{Frequency|99.5|MHz}} {{HD Radio}} | frequency2 = {{Frequency|99.7|MHz}} | airdate1 = {{start date|1999}} | airdate2 = {{start date|2014}} | format1 = Christian hip hop | format2 = Christian adult contemporary | subchannels = '''WHGV''': HD2: WCYZ simulcast | erp1 = 2,200 watts | erp2 = 2,000 watts | haat1 = {{convert|144|m|ft|sp=us}} | haat2 = {{convert|174.5|m|ft|sp=us}} | class1 = A | class2 = A | facility_id1 = 76433 | facility_id2 = 191546 | callsign_meaning1 = Hot Gainesville | callsign_meaning2 = "Cathy", named for volunteer/employee | former_callsigns1 = {{ubl|WBEQ (1998)|WWFX (1998–1999)|WQVR (1999)|WRKG (1999)|WBXY (1999–2014)|WGMW (2014–2022)}} | former_callsigns2 = WGMA (2013–2022) | owner = Z Ministries, Inc. | licensee = Central Florida Educational Foundation, Inc. | webcast = [https://zradio.org/stream.php?sid=H Listen live] | website = {{ubl|'''WHGV:''' {{URL|https://hot959.com}}|'''WCYZ:''' {{URL|zradio.com}}}} | licensing_authority = FCC | coordinates1 = {{coord|29|44|24|N|82|23|11.7|W|type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC}} | coordinates2 = {{coord|29|10|59.5|N|82|2|17.1|W|type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC}} }} '''WHGV''' (99.5 FM) is a Christian hip hop radio station licensed to Gainesville, Florida

'''WCYZ''' (99.7 FM) is a Christian adult contemporary radio station licensed to Ocala, Florida.

==History== Prior to June 1, 2013, the then-WBXY programmed a news/talk format as 99.5 The Star. At that time, following the station's sale from Asterisk Communications to JVC Media, it changed to a dance format billed as "Party 99.5,"<ref>{{cite news|last=Clark|first=Anthony|title=New owners swiftly pull the plug on local political talk show|url=http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130530/ARTICLES/130539955?p=1&tc=pg|access-date=May 30, 2013|newspaper=The Gainesville Sun|date=May 30, 2013}}</ref> whose direction was patterned after its sister station in Long Island, New York, WPTY. On December 26, 2013, WBXY's dance format moved to WXJZ;<ref>[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/87038/gainesvilles-party-on-the-move/ Gainesville's Party On The Move] from Radio Insight (December 19, 2013)</ref> the two stations simulcast until January 2014, when JVC announced the sale of WBXY to RDA Broadcast Holdings, LLC.<ref>[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/87442/jvc-spins-off-wbxy-gainesville/ JVC Spins Off WBXY Gainesville] from Radio Insight (January 20, 2014)</ref> The sale to RDA Broadcast Holdings, at a price of $3.5 million, was consummated on June 3, 2014; on June 4, 2014, RDA flipped WBXY to a simulcast of the then-WGMA, a new adult standards station in Ocala that had signed on at 99.7 in March.<ref name="ri-wbxytowgmw">{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=Gold 99 Expands To Gainesville |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/88082/gold-99-debuts-in-ocala/ |access-date=December 28, 2019 |work=RadioInsight |date=June 4, 2014}}</ref> WBXY changed its call sign to WGMW on June 5, 2014. WGMW and WGMA changed their format from adult standards to soft adult contemporary on June 6, 2016.

On August 1, 2022, WGMW changed its format to Christian hip hop as a simulcast of WPOZ-HD2, and WGMA changed its format to Christian adult contemporary as a simulcast of WPOZ. Both switches are part of an acquisition by the station's operator Central Florida Educational Association.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Z88 Expanding Into Gainesville/Ocala With Gold Acquisition |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/234893/z88-expanding-into-gainesville-ocala-with-gold-acquisition/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}</ref> On September 1, 2022, WGMW changed its call sign to WHGV and WGMA changed its call sign to WCYZ.

Central Florida Educational Foundation closed on the swap for WCYZ <ref>{{cite web|title=FCC license for WCYZ|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/lm/authorization/25076ff38bd01f3c018bde42f74307ae |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=FCC.gov| language=en-US}}</ref> and WHGV <ref>{{cite web|title=FCC license for WHGV|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/lm/authorization/25076f918d319bbb018d5b6c35110d54 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=FCC.gov| language=en-US}}</ref> in September 30, 2022 and owns both stations.

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==External links== *[http://www.gold99fm.com/ Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219194105/http://www.gold99fm.com/ |date=December 19, 2014 }} *{{FM station data|76433|WHGV}} *{{FM station data|191546|WCYZ}}

Category:Radio stations established in 1999 Category:1999 establishments in Florida HGV Category:Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States HGV