Ĭumulus sold WBBQ in 2000 to Clear Channel Communications (now known as iHeartMedia).Īfter spending more than 20 years as an Adult Contemporary-formatted station, WBBQ in the early 2000s began leaning more Hot AC in its musical style.

The money was used to establish the Weiss Endowment for Research for cancer research. MCG, in turn, sold the stations to Cumulus Broadcasting for $14 million. In 1997, Weiss donated WBBQ and WZNY to the Medical College of Georgia shortly before he died due to cancer. WBBQ became an adult contemporary station and WZNY switched to Top 40. In August 1994, the new station manager Birnie Florie (a former news reporter and salesman) ordered that WBBQ swap formats with newly acquired sister FM WZNY. Both WBBQ AM and WBBQ FM were owned by George Weiss under his company, Savannah Valley Broadcasting. In addition, the station had a top-notch news department. WBBQ-AM-FM was the #1 station in the Augusta market for over 35 years. Both stations switched to Top 40 hits under the guidance of Edward H. The two stations simulcast their programming through the 1960s and 70s. In 1958, WBBQ-FM signed on as the sister station to WBBQ 1340 AM (now WYNF). Route 278) in Beech Island, South Carolina. The transmitter is off Pine Log Road near Williston Road ( U.S. WBBQ-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 80,000 watts. The radio studios and offices are located at the Augusta Corporate Center on Perimeter Parkway, near the I-20/ I-520 interchange in Augusta. For much of November and December, WBBQ-FM switches to Christmas music. It carries an adult contemporary radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. WBBQ-FM (104.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Augusta, Georgia.

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