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George 104 WXGG-FM
Broadcast area	Washington, D.C.
Branding	"George 104"
First air date	January 22, 2007 (as George 104)
Frequency	103.9 MHz (Braddock Heights, Md.) 104.1 MHz (Waldorf, Md.)
Format	Adult Hits
Callsign meaning	W X GeorGe
Former callsigns	WWZZ (1996-2006) WGMS (2006-07)
Owner	Bonneville International
Website	www.george104.com

WXGG, known on air as George 104, is an adult hits radio station in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The station broadcasts from Braddock Heights, Maryland at 103.9 MHz FM, and from Waldorf, Maryland, at 104.1 MHz.

The station uses "George FM" (as in George Washington) instead of the usual "Jack FM" for this format, because Jack FM is owned by Big Sticks Broadcasting and is licensed almost exclusively to CBS Radio.

Owned by Bonneville International, the station began broadcasting on the afternoon of January 22, 2007 at 3 PM EST, after the announcement of the end of classical music station WGMS, which had aired on the two frequencies since early 2006 and maintained a classical music format in Washington for 60 years. At the time of the format change, Bonneville announced that it had reached a deal with public radio station WETA-FM to return the latter station to a classical format. WETA hired Jim Allison, the longtime program director of WGMS, and Bonneville donated its 15,000-disc WGMS music library to WETA. Bonneville also gave WETA the right to use the WGMS call sign.^[1]

Bonneville said at the time of the format change that it planned to broadcast commercial-free on George 104 for 104 continuous days, in order to give the station time to establish itself.^[2]

The format change took place after an abortive effort by Bonneville in late 2006 to sell the two frequencies to Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder. Snyder planned to buy WGMS to convert it to a sports radio format, adding its frequencies to the Triple X ESPN Radio network.^[3] Snyder withdrew from the preliminary purchase agreement, however, citing "a change in the radio climate" and hopes that "a better signal will soon become available in the market." News accounts suggested that a comment to the The Washington Post from an unnamed Bonneville executive, who said Snyder had offered "50 percent more than [WGMS] was worth," had stalled the negotiations.^[4]

• "George 104" website
• The end of WGMS classical programming (audio)
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WXGG

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