WGBR

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WGBR
WGBR 1150-98.3 logo.jpg
Frequency 1150 kHz
Branding1150 AM 98.3 FM WGBR
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
Owner
WELS-FM, WFMC, WPLW-FM, WSSG, WWMC, WZKT
History
First air date
 1939 (at 1370)
Former frequencies
  • 1370 kHz (1939–1941)
  • 1400 kHz (1941-1950s)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 48370
Class B
Power
  • 5,000 watts day
  • 800 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 35°22′26.00″N78°0′42.00″W / 35.3738889°N 78.0116667°W / 35.3738889; -78.0116667
Translator(s) 98.3 W252CL (Goldsboro)
Links
Public license information
Website curtismedia.com/wgbr/

WGBR (1150 AM) is a radio station licensed to Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States. The station is owned by New Age Communications, Ltd. [2] [3]

Contents

WGBR's format is classic hits.

History

WGBR went on the air in 1939 as a 250-watt AM radio station in Goldsboro, North Carolina, broadcasting on 1370 AM, one of a few radio stations in eastern North Carolina. The frequency changed to 1400 AM in 1941 and to its current frequency of 1150 AM in the 1950s. Its last move increased the power to 5,000 watts daytime. [4]

Johnny Grant began his career at WGBR when it signed on. [5] Carl Kassell worked as a DJ there on two separate stints in the 1950s, before eventually moving to Washington, DC to focus on news reporting and a lengthy career with NPR. [6] Johnny Hood and Frank Taylor were DJs at WGBR before becoming DJs at North Carolina's 50,000-watt flagship station, WPTF in Raleigh. Vassie Balkcum, a voice associated many years with WGBR, was inducted into the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters in 2004. [7] Curtis Media Group purchased WGBR in 1989 alongside sister station WEQR-FM. [8]

Prior to 2015, WGBR operated a translator at 98.3 FM that simulcast the news-talk format before switching to the Jack FM format on WSSG. [9] 98.3 went back to WGBR when WSSG operated its on translator on 92.7 a year later.

On June 12, 2017 WGBR changed their format from news/talk to classic hits, closely resembling sister station WELS-FM in Kinston. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WGBR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WGBR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WGBR Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ "Raleigh-Durham Radio Waves".
  5. ↑ "Raleigh-Durham Radio Waves".
  6. ↑ "'I've Enjoyed Every Minute of It': Carl Kasell on His 60 Years in Radio".
  7. ↑ "Woody Durham to be Inducted into NCAB Hall of Fame".
  8. ↑ "Raleigh-Durham Radio Waves".
  9. ↑ Venta, Lance (August 26, 2015). "Jack-FM Launches In Goldsboro, NC". radioinsight. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  10. ↑ WGBR Flips to Classic Hits Radioinsight - June 12, 2017


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