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WBHB-FM

Coordinates: 39°49′44″N 77°33′07″W / 39.829°N 77.552°W / 39.829; -77.552
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WBHB-FM
Broadcast area
Frequency101.5 MHz
Branding101.5 Bob Rocks
Programming
FormatActive rock
AffiliationsUnited 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 ID27401
ClassB
ERP
  • 50,000 watts (horizontal)
  • 48,000 watts (vertical)
HAAT70 meters
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Website1015bobrocks.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).

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

History

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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.

References

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  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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39°49′44″N 77°33′07″W / 39.829°N 77.552°W / 39.829; -77.552