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WUBG (98.3 FM) is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Plainfield, Indiana, serving the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The station, which began broadcasting in 1964, is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. The WUBG broadcast license is held by Capstar TX LLC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WUBG Facility Record )〕 ==History== The station signed on August 16, 1964 as WJMK-FM, broadcasting a Variety format, and was owned by James Barlow and his wife, Mabel Wiatt.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Descendants of Enoch Barlow )〕 WJMK-FM was one of the first FM stations to broadcast in stereo. The calls WJMK stood for "James, Mabel and Karen Barlow". In 1974, the station was sold to A&R Broadcasting, Inc. and changed the call sign to WART-FM.〔 In 1980, A&R Broadcasting sold the station to Radio One Five Hundred Inc. (the owner of WBRI) for $500.000 and changed its format to Christian radio.〔 On December 15, 1980 it changed the call sign to WXIR.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WUBG Call Sign History )〕 On March 5, 2003, WXIR was sold to ABC, Inc. (a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company) for $5.75 million. The application was Accepted for Filing on March 20 and approved by the FCC on May 6. The sale was consummated on July 1〔 and the station became the Radio Disney affiliate on the Indianapolis metropolitan area.〔 On August 19, 2003, Disney changed the call sign to WRDZ-FM.〔 In 2004, WRDZ-FM started to broadcast in the HD Radio format〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WRDZ-FM Digital Notification )〕 and since then, is licensed to broadcast under that format.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FCC status page for WUBG )〕 On August 13, 2014, it was announced that Radio Disney planned to sell all of its remaining owned-and-operated stations (including WRDZ-FM and with the lone exception of KDIS in Los Angeles) in order to focus more on the network's programming, co-branded events, and digital outlets. Disney originally planned to temporarily shut down the stations in question on September 26, 2014. However, Disney changed their plans at the last minute, and all stations would remain on the air, continuing to broadcast Radio Disney programming until each were sold.〔 〕 As of April 2015, rumors abound online that iHeartMedia would buy the station, the last remaining FM station in Radio Disney's portfolio, and flip it to Country as "Big 98.3", matching similar stations in Pittsburgh and Chicago under the branding. These rumors only heated up as the company registered the domain Big983Indy.com the same month. The rumors were confirmed on May 29, 2015; on that day, Radio Disney Group (the Disney subsidiary that held the station's license) filed an application to sell WRDZ-FM to iHeart's Capstar TX LLC. iHeart bought WRDZ-FM (and KWDZ) for $1.95 million and would operate the station under an Local marketing agreement (which did not happen).〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=iHeartMedia To Acquire Indianapolis Station )〕 The sale was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on July 14, 2015. The sale was completed on July 17, 2015 and the call letters were changed to WUBG.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WUBG」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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