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WRBT
WRBT (94.9 FM, "Bob 94.9") is a country music radio station broadcasting in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and broadcasts with a power of 25 kilowatts from a transmitter site in Enola, Pennsylvania. WRBT broadcasts in the HD Radio format.https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=65 HD Radio Guide for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania History The station signed on the air on September 30, 1962, then owned by the Market Square Presbyterian Church, hence the original call letters WMSP. It was run as a volunteer radio station, parishioners volunteered to do air shifts, broadcasting a Classical Music format. The station was sold in 1988 to Barnstable Broadcasting, who changed the format to a bland Adult Contemporary first, then an Oldies format, KOOL 94.9. In 1995, Barnstable switched formats and call letters with its 99.3 signal, turning the 94.9 signal into WYMJ Magic 94.9. The generic mix format never did well and Barnstable put all of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHKF
WHKF (99.3 FM, "Real 99.3") is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Owned by iHeartMedia, the station broadcasts a mainstream urban format. History The station first signed on the air in July 1965 by Hudson Broadcasting Corp. as WSFM. The studios and transmitter were co-located with WCMB on Poplar Church Road () in Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania. Through the 1960s and early 1970s the station's format was MOR like its sister station, but it did not duplicate WCMB. In 1978, the station rebranded as ''Rock 99'' with a format change to CHR ("Top 40") and began competing with WKBO and WQXA-FM in York. In 1981, the format was changed to adult contemporary and the branding to ''WSFM-99'', then ''Sunny 99-FM''. In 1987, it switched back to CHR, branded as ''99 HIT-FM'' with the WHIT call sign. In 1988, Barnstable Broadcasting purchased the station. The call sign was changed to WIMX, the branding to ''Mix 99.3'' and the format changed several times over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the 9th largest city and 15th largest municipality in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg is situated on the east bank of the Susquehanna River. It is the larger principal city of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area, also known as the Susquehanna Valley, which had a population of 591,712 as of 2020, making it the fourth most populous metropolitan area in Pennsylvania after the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Lehigh Valley metropolitan areas. Harrisburg played a role in American history during the Westward Migration, the American Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. During part of the 19th century, the building of the Pennsylvania Canal and later the Pennsylvania Railroad allowed Harrisburg to develop into one of the most industrialized cities in the Northeastern United States. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area
The Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area, officially the Harrisburg–Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and also referred to as the Susquehanna Valley, is defined by the Office of Management and Budget as an area consisting of three counties in South Central Pennsylvania, anchored by the cities of Harrisburg and Carlisle. As of the 2020 census, the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) had a population of 591,712, making it the fourth-most-populous metropolitan area in Pennsylvania, after the Delaware Valley, Greater Pittsburgh, and the Lehigh Valley. Since 2012, it has been defined as part of the Harrisburg–York–Lebanon combined statistical area, which also includes York, Lebanon and Adams counties. Components The Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Area consists of three counties, located entirely within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The following three counties are designated as being part of the greater Harrisburg–Carlisle area: * Cum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRVV
WRVV (97.3 FM, "The River 97.3") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and broadcasts a classic rock format. The station's studios and offices are located at 600 Corporate Circle in Harrisburg. WRVV has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 15,000 watts. The transmitter antenna is on the WHP-TV broadcast tower on Blue Mountain in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County at (). It uses the slogan is "Real. Rock. Variety." WRVV broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel simulcasts the talk radio programming on sister station WHP 580 AM. History WHP-FM On January 10, 1945, WHP, Inc. applied to the Federal Communications Commission for a construction permit for a new station on 43.5 MHz on the original 42-50 MHz FM broadcast band. After the FCC created the current FM band on June 27, 1945, the Commission granted the permit on November 21, 1945, while modifying it by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLAN-FM
WLAN-FM (96.9 MHz, "FM 97 WLAN") is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC. WLAN-FM broadcasts a contemporary hit radio music format. Studios are located on Crown Avenue in Lancaster and the station's broadcast tower is located near Prospect Road in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County at (). History On December 5, 1945, the Federal Communications Commission granted Peoples Broadcasting Company a construction permit for a new station on 92.3 MHz. Sam Altdoerffer owned Peoples Broadcasting. The station was assigned the WLAN-FM call sign by the FCC on February 27, 1947. On May 14, 1947, the FCC reassigned the station to 96.9 MHz. The station went through several changes in transmitter location, effective radiated power (ERP) and antenna height above average terrain (HAAT) by the time its first license was granted on April 14, 1952. WLAN-FM was a companion to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLAN (AM)
WLAN (1390 kHz, "Rumba 100.5") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC, and airs a Spanish tropical music format. History WLAN signed on for the first time on August 9, 1946. The station was originally owned by The Altdoerffer Family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In January 1948, the Federal Communications Commission authorized WLAN to change from 1000 watts (daytime only) to 1000 watts (full-time), concurrent with a change in frequency from 1320 kHz to 1390 kHz. In 1949, a companion FM station was added, WLAN-FM. In the 1960s and 70s, WLAN offered a Top 40 format and was an affiliate of the ABC Radio Contemporary Network. As Top 40 music listening switched to FM, WLAN became an Adult contemporary music station, and by the early 2000s it switched to adult standards. On January 4, 2010, WLAN changed its format from standards to classic hits. Then, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHP (AM)
WHP (580 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, serving the Harrisburg=Carlisle region of South Central Pennsylvania. It broadcasts a talk radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios are on Corporate Circle in Harrisburg. Weekdays begin with a local talk show hosted by R.J. Harris followed by nationally syndicated conservative talk shows from Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Jesse Kelly, Clay Travis & Buck Sexton and "Coast to Coast AM with George Noory." WHP is powered at 5,000 watts, non-directional during the day. But to protect other stations on 580 AM from interference at night, it is uses a directional antenna with a six-tower array. The transmitter is on Tower Road near Interstate 81 in East Pennsboro Township near Enola, Pennsylvania. Programming is simulcast on FM translator 103.7 W279EC and on the HD2 digital subchannel of sister station 97.3 WRVV. History WHBG and WMBS The Department of Commerce granted John S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTKT
WTKT (1460 AM, "Fox Sports 1460") is a radio station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The station broadcasts with 5,000 watts power daytime non-directional and 4,200 watts night time power from a three tower antenna array in Summerdale, Pennsylvania. WTKT is the AM flagship station for Hershey Bears AHL hockey. WTKT is licensed to broadcast in the HD Radio format.https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=65 HD Radio Guide for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania History WTKT first signed on the air on February 19, 1948 as WCMB on 960 kHz with the city of license listed as Lemoyne, Pennsylvania. (Harrisburg Evening News, February 19, 1948, page 21) The transmitter and antenna were located on Poplar Church Road() across the river from Harrisburg, in Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania. The studios were in Lemoyne on the second floor of the Lemoyne Theatre building in the 300 block of Market Street. WCMB was founded by Edgar T. Shepard and Edgar K. "Ed" Smith under the Rossmoyne Corpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was formed by the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries of North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budget of US $388 million. It has 1,482 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enola, Pennsylvania
Enola is a census-designated place (CDP) located along the Susquehanna River in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The population was 6,111 at the 2010 census. Norfolk Southern operates Enola Yard, a large rail yard and locomotive shop in Enola. It is situated in Cumberland County, directly across the Susquehanna River from Harrisburg and is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area. History The town came into existence due to the building of rail lines through the area. Local farmers Francis and Wesley Miller sold to the Pennsylvania Railroad to be used as a flag station. Mr. Miller was given the honor of naming the train station. He named the station "Enola", after his daughter. Miller at the time was the only resident living in the area. Eventually, when more people moved to the area the local post office and surrounding town adopted the name as well. In the fall of 1902, the Pennsylvania Railroad made the decision to build a cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNNK
WNNK-FM (104.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Owned by Cumulus Media it carries a hot adult contemporary format. The station's studios are on Vartan Way in Harrisburg, with its transmitter atop Blue Mountain in East Pennsboro Township. History The station signed on for the first time in 1962 as WTPA-FM under ownership of Newhouse Broadcasting, owner of WTPA-TV (today's WHTM-TV with a beautiful music format. It switched to an AOR format in 1980. Until the 2000s, its ownership was less settled. Newhouse sold WTPA to Foster Media in 1982, who then sold it to Keymarket Communications in 1984. In January 1985, the call sign was changed to WNNK, the station's branding changed to ''Wink 104'' and the format changed to CHR. Throughout the 80s and 90s, Wink 104 was consistently ranked #1 in the Arbitron ratings for the Harrisburg / Carlisle / Lebanon market. Keymarket Communications sold WNNK to Capstar Broadcasting Corporation in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCTO
WCTO (96.1 FM, "Cat Country 96 & 107") is a radio station licensed to serve Easton, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and serves the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Cat Country 96.1 is simulcasted on 107.1 WWYY-FM in Belvidere, New Jersey to cover Western New Jersey and the Poconos. The station offers a country music format, playing country music from the 1980s through to the present. The station is part of the Philadelphia Eagles Radio Network, and broadcasts all Eagles games. History 96.1 FM began in 1947 as WEST-FM. For decades, the station simulcast WEST's middle of the road popular music format. In 1973, though, 96.1 became WLEV and began offering a soft rock/adult contemporary format that was very automated. It played the softer rock hits of the 1960s and 1970s, along with a lot of current music. It was known as "Hit Parade Music" at one point. The station was owned by Sound Media and then by Telemedia Group. Through the 1970s and into the 1980s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
