WOBR-FM

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WOBR-FM
WOBR-FM 2012.jpeg
Broadcast area Outer Banks
Frequency 95.3 MHz
BrandingPirate 95.3
Programming
Format Mainstream rock
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerEast Carolina Radio, Inc.
History
First air date
1973 (1973)
Call sign meaning
  • "Where the Outer Banks Rocks"
  • "Outer Banks R" (as in a pirate saying, "arrr")
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 73366
Class C3
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 90 meters (300 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 35°51′54.6″N75°38′58.6″W / 35.865167°N 75.649611°W / 35.865167; -75.649611
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.pirate953.com

WOBR-FM (95.3 MHz, "Pirate 95.3") is a radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format. Licensed to Wanchese, North Carolina, United States, it serves the Outer Banks. The station is owned by East Carolina Radio, Inc.

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History

The station was the Outer Banks' first FM station, signing on in 1973. At first the station simulcasted its adult contemporary AM sister station WOBR during the day and broadcast easy listening music after the AM signed off at night. In the early 1980s, the station became a full-time beautiful music station, but later evolved into adult contemporary, and finally an adult album alternative (AAA) format by end of the 1980s as "Beach 95FM". In the early 1990s East Carolina Radio brought the station, and the AAA format eventually developed into an alternative rock format as "The Wave". In 1997, the station adjusted the format to modern adult contemporary. By the end of the 1990s it had become classic rock as "The Rock".

On December 5, 2012, at 10 a.m. WOBR relaunched as "Pirate 95.3 - Rock Without Rules" the next day, playing a mix of classic rock and active rock. [2]

Trivia

Popular Norfolk radio personality Henry "The Bull" Del Toro, was briefly Program Director and Afternoon drive at WOBR in the late 1990s. This was Del Toro's last radio job before his death in 2002.

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WOBR-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Venta, Lance (December 6, 2012). "WOBR Nags Head Relaunches As The Pirate". radioinsight.


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