WDGL

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>In 1941, when few people had an FM receiver, the 98.1 spot on the Baton Rouge dial was occupied by an FM station owned by <a href="/facts/AM_1150/85Ghxgdz">AM 1150</a> <a href="/facts/WJBO/2MRSBGTo">WJBO</a>.  It had the <a href="/facts/Call_sign/k3Y1upDl">call sign</a> WBGL.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>  It later moved to 101.5 as WJBO-FM.  It finally switched to 102.5 MHz and is today <a href="/facts/WFMF-FM/BN6Vf8XR">WFMF-FM</a>.
</p><p>On October 1, 1968, a new FM station <a href="/facts/Sign-on/s5S9DpWv">signed on</a> at 98.1 MHz as WAFB-FM.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>  Then, as now, it was owned by Guaranty Broadcasting, which already owned a TV station in Baton Rouge, Channel 9 <a href="/facts/WAFB-TV/PvpQtexg">WAFB-TV</a>.  WAFB-FM was <a href="/facts/Network_affiliate/SFPunbp1">affiliated</a> with the <a href="/facts/American_Broadcasting_Company/WGxg4vRX">ABC Contemporary Radio Network</a> and during that time the station aired a <a href="/facts/Contemporary_hit_radio/o7y4INYT">contemporary hits</a> format.  In the mid-1990s, it affiliated with <a href="/facts/Westwood_One_(1976%E2%80%932011)/WLMPVtfv">Unistar</a> Radio.  Some formats over the years included <a href="/facts/Easy_listening/ezgY94rq">easy listening</a>, <a href="/facts/Soft_rock/1vGvoPlW">soft rock</a> and <a href="/facts/Disco_music/BQu4rHxV">disco music</a>.  In 1985, it returned to Top 40 as WGGZ, calling itself "Z98," then <a href="/facts/Oldies/LjQo34ja">oldies</a> as "Oldies 98.1".
</p><p>In 1995, WGGZ flipped to <a href="/facts/Classic_hits/1TpXTX3C">classic hits</a> as "Eagle 98.1, Rock and Roll Classics."  A few months later, WGGZ shifted to a <a href="/facts/Classic_rock/XelnbBW3">classic rock</a> format.  In 1997, it switched to the call letters WDGL to go with its Eagle branding. After when they got rid of sister station <a href="/facts/KNXX/F8AhwNR3">104 The X</a> for them to be <a href="/facts/Classic_country/ryEEFMgN">classic country</a> for a while now as today as simulcast to <a href="/facts/Sports_radio/aItE110k">sports</a> <a href="/facts/WNXX/gMJyk7uf">ESPN 104.5</a>, this station dropped the “10-in-a-row Classic Rock” slogan to as “The Rock Station” mixing the <a href="/facts/Classic_rock/XelnbBW3">classic rock</a> to the new <a href="/facts/Rock_music/zBM2guyQ">rock</a>.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
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<li><a href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=25518">Facility details for Facility ID 25518 (WDGL)</a>   in the <a href="/facts/Federal_Communications_Commission/Ueghz8W0">FCC</a> Licensing and Management System</li>
<li><a href="https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=WI25&band=fm&callLetter=WDGL">WDGL</a> in <a href="/facts/Nielsen_Audio/gqtgXGR2">Nielsen Audio</a>'s FM station database</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>FCC.gov/WDGL <a href="https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=wdgl&fileno=&state=&city=&freq=0.0&fre2=107.9&serv=&status=&facid=&asrn=&class=&list=0&ThisTab=Results+to+This+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9" target="_blank">https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=wdgl&fileno=&state=&city=&freq=0.0&fre2=107.9&serv=&status=&facid=&asrn=&class=&list=0&ThisTab=Results+to+This+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Radio-Locator.com/WDGL <a href="https://radio-locator.com/info/WDGL-FM?loc=29.97275%2C-90.05901&locn=New%20Orleans%2C%20Louisiana" target="_blank">https://radio-locator.com/info/WDGL-FM?loc=29.97275%2C-90.05901&locn=New%20Orleans%2C%20Louisiana</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Information from the Broadcasting Yearbook 1952 page 151 <a href="https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1952/Radio-AL-MT-1952-BC-YB.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1952/Radio-AL-MT-1952-BC-YB.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Broadcasting Yearbook 1970 page B-87 <a href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1970/B%20Radio%20All%20BC%20YB%201970%20All-3.pdf" target="_blank">https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1970/B%20Radio%20All%20BC%20YB%201970%20All-3.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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