WBHB-FM
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| Broadcast area | |
| Frequency | 101.5 MHz |
| Branding | 101.5 Bob Rocks |
| Programming | |
| Format | Active rock |
| Affiliations | United Stations Radio Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | M. Belmont Verstandig, Inc. |
| WAYZ, WLIN, WIKG | |
| History | |
First air date | 1959 |
Former call signs |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 27401 |
| Class | B |
| ERP |
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| HAAT | 70 meters (230 ft) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
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).
WBHB-FM is owned and operated by M. Belmont Verstandig, Inc.
History
[edit]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 in October 2000, and operated until February 27, 2005. This returned the format for the first time since WKMZ changed back to album-oriented rock in 1993.
On February 27 of that year, 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.
In July 2025, Verstanding Media announced that WBHB-FM active rock format will moved to 92.1, and WAYZ country format will moved back to the old 101.5 since 2000.
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBHB-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Hughes, Dave (February 27, 2005). "Two Eagles Land In Hagerstown". DCRTV. Archived from the original on March 1, 2005.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (March 7, 2005). "["And speaking of Nassau,..."]". Northeast Radio Watch. Archived from the original on March 18, 2005.
- ^ Hughes, Dave (March 14, 2005). "WEEG Becomes WFYN". DCRTV. Archived from the original on March 22, 2005.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (March 14, 2005). "["And there are new calls (again) for the former WWMD..."]". Northeast Radio Watch. Archived from the original on March 23, 2005.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 27401 (WBHB-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WBHB-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database