| Broadcast area | Ashtabula, Ohio |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 98.3MHz |
| Branding | 98.3 The Bull |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country music |
| Affiliations | Cleveland Guardians Radio Network Compass Media Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WFUN,WFXJ-FM,WQGR,WREO-FM,WZOO-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | September 2005 (19 years ago) (2005-09) |
Call sign meaning | "The Bull" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 87818 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 5,300watts |
| HAAT | 105.0 meters (344.5 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°51′14.00″N80°41′20.00″W / 41.8538889°N 80.6888889°W /41.8538889; -80.6888889 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | 983thebull.com |
WYBL (98.3FM) is aradio station broadcasting acountry music format. Licensed toAshtabula, Ohio, United States. The studios are located in Ashtabula while itstransmitter is located near Benetka Rd and Plymouth Ridge Rd south ofI-90. It is one of five stations in Media One Radio Group'sAshtabula cluster, the others beingWFUN,WFXJ-FM,WQGR,WREO-FM, andWZOO-FM.
WYBL signed on in August 2005. The 98.3 FM frequency had belonged to then-ownerClear Channel Communications (now known asiHeartMedia) for a number of years. 98.3 FM andsister station 107.5 FM were purchased at auction at the same time. 107.5 FM was focused on and developed first as aClassic Rock station. 98.3 FM "The Bull" came years later. Before becoming the country station that it would become, the signal of 98.3 was used for some time to run oldies (presumable to test the frequency and market for popularity). Soon after, The Bull came to air.
In the Fall of 2007,Clear Channel Communications sold WYBL to Media One Radio Group along with its sister stationsWFUN (AM) (News/Talk at the time),WFXJ-FM (Classic Rock),WREO-FM (Hot AC at the time),WZOO-FM (Top 40 at the time).
6am-10am - McCoy in the Morning with Roger McCoy and Dave Hatfield (Scony was a later addition, however Hatfield left the show to pursue his own show on the station. Scony left the station in 2011 to move to Nashville to pursue a career in the record industry while Roger left in June 2013 to become the assistant program and music director for Clear Channel of Asheville, North Carolina at WKSF-FM )
10am-3pm - Jake Andrews (left the station in April 2008 to pursue hisphotography business)
3pm-7pm - Kristi Lee (left the station after only a few months to start her family)
7p-Midnight - Paul West (in 2006 Paul pursued a career with Clear Channel inAlbany, New York)