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 WIKZ changed to adult contemporary in 1992.
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 August 2025, Verstanding Media announced that WBHB-FM active rock format will moved to 92.1 on September 1, and WAYZ country format will moved back to the old 101.5 on September 15 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