FM Technical Profile: WBFA

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Station Name:

98.3 The Beat

Frequency:

98.3

Format:

Hip-Hop

Transmitter Location:

[map] [street view] About 1 mile west of AL-165 on Nichols Road in the Fort Mitchell area.

Power (ERP):

6 kW

Antenna:

Omnidirectional

Antenna HAAT:

328 feet

Other Information:

60 dBu protected contour map, from the FCC.
:PS-TheBeat Time-[?] Text-[?] PTY-[?] PI-WBFA-FM

More Information:

[FCC]

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[Studio] Street View imagery of the iHeartMedia studios in Columbus.

Owner:

RCG Media

History:

The station came on the air in 1988 as WAGH, with a Hip-Hop format.  The call sign swapped with WBFA in Smiths in August 2007.  In 2008 iHeart Media put this station was put into the Aloha Station Trust.  It was sold in November 2017 to RCG Media for $1.1 million.  The owner of RCG Media is the son of one of the principals of Columbus' PMB Broadcasting.