WBHB-FM

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WBHB-FM
WBHB-FM 2009.PNG
Broadcast area
Frequency 101.5 MHz
Branding101.5 Bob Rocks
Programming
Format Active rock
Affiliations United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
OwnerM. Belmont Verstandig, Inc.
WAYZ, WLIN, WIKG
History
First air date
1959;65 years ago (1959)
Former call signs
  • WAYZ-FM (1959–2000)
  • WWMD (2000–2005)
  • WEEG (2005–2005)
  • WFYN (2005–2009)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 27401
Class B
ERP
  • 50,000 watts (horizontal)
  • 48,000 watts (vertical)
HAAT 70 meters
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website 1015bobrocks.com

WBHB-FM is an active rock music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, serving "Four-State" area (Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia).

Contents

WBHB-FM is owned and operated by M. Belmont Verstandig, Inc.

History

Beginning in the late 1970s, then WAYZ 101.5 FM was a country-formatted station.

VerStandig bought FM 104.7 from John Staub (Hagerstown Broadcasting) and moved the WAYZ country format there in 2000, leaving it with FM 101.5; it broadcast an audio CNN headline news format for three weeks.[ citation needed ]

Top 40 "Magic 101.5" debuted on August 28, 2000, and operated until March 2005.

On February 27, 2005, Hagerstown-based WARX flipped to classic hits as "106.9 The Eagle", a few hours before Verstandig flipped WWMD to classic rock as "Eagle 101.5" with the callsign WEEG. [2] After a few days of dueling "Eagle"s, WWMD ceded the branding, briefly going with "The New 101.5". [3] The following week, it became "Classic Rock 101.5" with the callsign WFYN. Local media observers noted the similarity of the new callsign, which had no obvious meaning, to a profane insult ("fuck you, Nassau") over the branding conflict. [4] [5]

On September 17, 2007, WFYN flipped from classic rock to active rock as Rock 101.5.

On March 16, 2009, WFYN became WBHB-FM and changed its Rock 101.5 branding to 101.5 Bob Rocks; it continues to broadcast an active rock format.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WBHB-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Hughes, Dave (27 February 2005). "Two Eagles Land In Hagerstown". DCRTV. Archived from the original on 2005-03-01.
  3. ↑ Fybush, Scott (7 March 2005). "["And speaking of Nassau,..."]". Northeast Radio Watch. Archived from the original on 2005-03-18.
  4. ↑ Hughes, Dave (14 March 2005). "WEEG Becomes WFYN". DCRTV. Archived from the original on 2005-03-22.
  5. ↑ Fybush, Scott (14 March 2005). "["And there are new calls (again) for the former WWMD..."]". Northeast Radio Watch. Archived from the original on 2005-03-23.

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