WGNE-FM is a commercial
radio station located in
Middleburg, Florida, broadcasting to the
Jacksonville, Florida area on 99.9
FM. WGNE-FM airs a
country music format branded as "Gator Country".99.9 FM began as 100,000-watt
Beautiful Music WIYD-FM in
Daytona Beach in December
1973. The station switched to a country format in
1979. In
1981, Stan Kaplan, owner of
WAPE-AM in Jacksonville, announced plans to move WIYD-FM to
Penney Farms and change it to WAPE-FM, but later scrapped the plan amidst personal legal troubles (
WAPE-FM finally materialized in
1986 at 95.1 FM, the former WJAX). Then, in
1982, WIYD-FM was sold, and the new owners intended to refashion the station as a
CHR outlet to compete with
WDOQ-FM "Q102." The new station debuted in the summer of 1982 as WNFY, "Y-100", then became WNFI, "I-100", the following year following a threat of legal action by
WHYI in Miami, which had service-marked the "Y-100" name. With a
Rhythmic CHR format and the talents of
Bill Bailey (
WLS Chicago) as program director and morning show host, the new "I-100" quickly became one of the Daytona area's most popular radio stations.
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