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{{Infobox
| logo = File:WBUV NewsTalk104.9 logo.png
| area = [[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]]-[[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]]-[[Pascagoula, Mississippi|Pascagoula]]
| network = [[Fox News Radio]]
| affiliations = [[Premiere Networks]]<br>[[Westwood One]]<br>[[Compass Media Networks]]<br>[[Fox Sports Radio]]
| owner = [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]
| airdate = {{start date and age|1964|6|1}}
| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC
| sister_stations = [[WKNN-FM|WKNN]], [[WMJY]], [[WQYZ]]
| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/news-talk-1049-1237/ Listen Live]
| website = [https://newstalk1049.iheart.com/ newstalk1049.iheart.com]
}}
'''WBUV''' (104.9 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "News Radio 104.9 FM"), is a [[news radio|news]] and [[talk radio]] formatted [[radio station]] based in [[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]]–[[Biloxi, Mississippi|Biloxi]]-[[Pascagoula, Mississippi]]. The station is owned by [[Clear Channel Communications]], and they broadcast their format at 104.9 MHz with a ERP of 16 kW.▼
▲'''WBUV''' (104.9 [[
WBUV has an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 16,000 [[watt]]s. The [[transmitter]] is off [[Mississippi State Highway 57]] in [[Vancleave, Mississippi|Vancleave]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=Wbuv&nav=home Radio-Locator.com/WBUV]</ref> It shares the transmitter [[radio masts and towers|tower]] with [[sister station]] [[WMJY]].
==Programming==
On weekdays, most of WBUV's programming is [[radio syndication|nationally syndicated]] shows. Weekdays begin with "[[This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal]]," followed by [[Glenn Beck]], "[[The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show]]," [[Sean Hannity]], [[The Jesse Kelly Show|Jesse Kelly]], [[Mark Levin]] and "[[Coast to Coast AM]] with [[George Noory]]."
WBUV carries [[Southern Miss Golden Eagles football|Southern Miss Football]] and [[New Orleans Pelicans]]' [[NBA|Basketball]] as well as [[Fox Sports Radio]] on weekends. Weekend syndicated political shows include "[[Michael D. Brown|The Weekend with Michael Brown]]" and "[[Bill Cunningham (talk show host)|Sunday Night Live with Bill Cunningham]]." Most hours begin with an update from [[Fox News Radio]].
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The station first [[sign-on|signed on]] the air on {{start date and age|1964|6|1}}. It was a [[country music]] station, WBUB, based in [[Mobile, Alabama]]. In 1998, the station was acquired by [[Clear Channel Communications]] (forerunner to today's iHeartMedia).<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 2010] page D-318, [[Broadcasting & Cable]]</ref> Clear Channel moved the signal to the Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula market.
It became WBUV, which started as an [[urban contemporary]] outlet known as "V104.9." The station played [[Hip Hop]], [[R&B]], and on Sundays, [[Urban Gospel]]. The station also hosted the nationally syndicated [[Doug Banks]] Morning Show and later the [[Russ Parr]] Morning Show. The station competed with [[WJZD]] ([[Gulfport, Mississippi]]) and [[WBLX]] ([[Mobile, Alabama]]) in the Alabama/Mississippi [[Gulf Coast]]'s urban contemporary market.
Following [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005, the station began to broadcast 24-hour news and information to keep the community up-to-date on the storm recovery efforts. That prompted iHeartMedia to continue the talk format even after most communities had returned to normal. The station has risen to be one of the top-ranked stations along the Coast.
Since Hurricane Katrina, the station has undergone various talk show host changes. Kipp Gregory left the station in 2012 and moved to FM 103.1. He was replaced by Steve Taylor and Mike Mankiewicz. Shortly after Kipp left, the [[Michael Savage]] show, [[Clark Howard]], and [[Todd Schnitt]] were removed from the lineup. New programs at the time were Sean Hannity and Andy Dean. The Andy Dean Show was removed after one year in 2014 and replaced with the Joe Pags show from 5-8 pm, followed by the 8-11 pm Mark Levin show introduced during the winter of 2014-15. Joe Pags last show on 104.9 was in July 2015 when it was replaced with the Megan McCain show.
In August 2018, Steve Taylor and Mike Mankiewicz departed the show for the station as the local Gulfcoast Morning Show came to an end. It replaced by Gordon Deal and America's First News. The station now has syndicated shows all day on weekdays, with local inserts of Gulf-area news and weather.
==References==
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