WBHB-FM

WBHB-FM

WBHB-FM

Radio station in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania


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).

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

History

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

  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.
  3. Fybush, Scott (7 March 2005). "["And speaking of Nassau,..."]". Northeast Radio Watch.
  4. Hughes, Dave (14 March 2005). "WEEG Becomes WFYN". DCRTV.
  5. Fybush, Scott (14 March 2005). "["And there are new calls (again) for the former WWMD..."]". Northeast Radio Watch.

39.829°N 77.552°W / 39.829; -77.552


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