{"id":950465,"date":"2026-11-03T00:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T00:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/950465\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T00:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T00:42:09","slug":"98-9-the-gulf-launches-with-classic-hits-format-in-naples-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/950465\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201898.9 The Gulf\u2019 Launches With Classic Hits Format In Naples. | Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Renda Media has rebranded talk WGUF as \u201c98.9 The Gulf,\u201d introducing a new format featuring classic pop, soft rock and timeless standards to listeners in Naples, Marco Island and Southwest Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The station officially adopted the new name and format Nov. 1, offering a mix of familiar hits from artists including Frank Sinatra, the Eagles, the Carpenters, Billy Joel, Neil Diamond and Whitney Houston.<\/p>\n<p>Operating under the slogan \u201cGreat Songs. Still Cool.\u201d The new outlet is designed to provide a relaxed listening experience that reflects the lifestyle of Southwest Florida, according to the company.<\/p>\n<p>The station\u2019s music lineup includes selections from Barry Manilow, Barbra Streisand, Lionel Richie, Kenny Rogers, Michael Bubl\u00e9 and Celine Dion, along with other established performers.<\/p>\n<p>Renda Media said the format is intended to bring back songs that have become increasingly difficult to find on the radio.<\/p>\n<p>The rebranding adds another format to Renda Media\u2019s Southwest Florida portfolio, which includes country \u201cGator Country 101.9\u201d WWGR, adult hits \u201c102.9 Bob FM\u201d WJGO, and hot AC \u201c104.7 The Mix\u201d WSGL, all in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Renda Media has rebranded talk WGUF as \u201c98.9 The Gulf,\u201d introducing a new format featuring classic pop, soft&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,17846,136,44],"class_list":["post-950465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-free","tag-music","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}