WUBG

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.

History

In March 1964, James Thomas Barlow received the approval of the Federal Communications Commission to build a 3,000-watt radio station in Plainfield. The station signed on August 16, 1964 as WJMK, broadcasting a Variety format. It was the first station in Hendricks County and (in August 1964) one of the four FM stations in the Indianapolis area that broadcast in stereo.

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. On December 15, 1980 it changed the call sign to WXIR.

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 Federal Communications Commission 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.