Broadcast area Cincinnati, Ohio HAAT 279 meters Facility ID 10140 City of license Cincinnati Owner Hubbard Broadcasting Branding B-105.1 | ERP 14,500 watts Class B Frequency 105.1 MHz Format Country music Area Cincinnati Slogan Get Your Country On! | |
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First air date April 1, 1969 (as WCPO-FM) | ||
WUBE-FM (105.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, the station serves the Cincinnati area. The station is currently owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. The station is also broadcast on HD radio and airs a separate country format on its HD-2 side channel. Its studios and transmitter are located just northeast of Downtown Cincinnati two blocks from one another.
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WUBE hosts the "Free Music Stage" At Taste of Cincinnati and Jammin' in the Country in neighboring Clermont County. Both events bring national known country music artists as well as local and emerging artists to the Tri-State area.
History
The station was originally known as WCPO-FM, owned by E.W. Scripps Company, owner of the Cincinnati Post, along with WCPO (1230 AM, now WDBZ) and WCPO-TV (channel 9). One of the WCPO-FM announcers identified the frequency in the legal ID as 10-51 (ten-fifty-one) which was unique at the time. A video with audio of a WCPO-FM legal ID can be seen on YouTube.
On January 18, 2007, almost as soon as it entered the Cincinnati radio market, Entercom Communications announced its exit from the market by trading its entire Cincinnati cluster, including WUBE, to Bonneville International together with three radio stations in Seattle, Washington, for all three of Bonneville's FM radio stations in San Francisco, California, and $1 million cash. In May 2007, Bonneville officially took over control of the Cincinnati radio cluster through a local marketing agreement, with Bonneville acquiring Entercom's remaining interest in the stations outright on March 14, 2008. WUBE was one of the winners in the 2008 NAB Crystal Radio Awards.
On January 19, 2011, it was announced that Bonneville International will sell WUBE and several other stations to Hubbard Broadcasting for $505 million. The sale was completed on April 29, 2011.
Air staff
The weekday lineup begins from 6 a.m to 10 a.m with The Big Dave Show with Chelsie & Jason Statt. Duke Hamilton presides over the 10 a.m to 3 p.m shift. From 3 p.m. to 7 p.m, Amanda and Jesse are on the air for the homeward commute. Matt Cooper finishes the day from 7 p.m to midnight. And Ryan Jacobs host the overnight show from midnight to 5:30 a.m. Saturday mornings, WUBE-FM airs In and Around the House hosted by Tony Works and Ernie Brown, and Sunday mornings from 8 a.m to noon, the station airs the Country Top 40, hosted by Bob Kingsley.