WBHV-FM (94.5

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licensed to serve

State College, Pennsylvania State College is a home rule municipality in Centre County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is a college town, dominated economically, culturally and demographically by the presence of the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania Sta ...

. The station is owned by Kristin Cantrell's Seven Mountains Media, through licensee Southern Belle, LLC. The Program Director is Angela Steco.

History

In 1987, WBHV was born as a Rock-40 alternative to WQWK – which aired at that time as a top-40 station. Shortly thereafter, WQWK switched back to its "QWK Rock" format and B103 moved into the top-40 niche in

. During the 1980s and 1990s, the station was generally referred to as B-103 (The Beaver), as its prior frequency was at 103.1 FM, where

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is currently broadcasting from. In terms of branding, WBHV initially identified itself as "B103 – The Beaver." In the late '90s, the station changed its branding to "Beaver 103." In the early 2000s, the branding changed back to "103.1 – The Beaver" with an on-air lineup including mornings with Joe Thomas and Pam Bunch, middays with Glenn Turner and afternoons with Rob Tanner taking over the top spot in the State College ratings. In 2006, after a few years off the air, WBHV was reborn in State College at 94.5 FM. Notable air talent at "The Original Bee" included Mike Maze, Paul Kraimer, "Doc" Livingston, Ronnie Fox, Dave Dallow, Marc Bishop, John Lorinc, Jeff Daniels, Joe Myers, Benjy Bronk, Jim Richards, Timmy D, Kevin Kral, David Hilton, Ross Cannon, Tommy Edwards, Captain Kevin Collins, Pat Kain and Steve Hilton. On December 30, 2022 it was announced that top 40/CHR format would move to WRSC as "Pop Radio" within days. On January 3, 2023 WBHV-FM dropped its top 40/CHR format and began stunting.

Frequency history

Previous stations broadcasting to State College on the 94.5 FM frequency include WGGY (1991–1992), WFGI (1992–2001),

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WLTS (2001–2006), and WSMO (February–August 2006). The call letters were officially changed to WBHV-FM on August 29, 2006.

Previous Weekday programming

*6 a.m. to 10 a.m. - The Morning Getaway with Angela *10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Sam Jordan *2 p.m. to 7 p.m. - Kyle *7 p.m. to 12 a.m. - Pop Crush Nights with Lauryn Snapp

Previous Saturday Programming

*8 a.m. to 12 p.m. - American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest *7 p.m. to 11 p.m. - The Weekend Throwdown with Jagger

Previous Sunday Programming

*10 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Throwback 2K with Chris Cruise *6 p.m. to 8 p.m. - La Mezcla Fuego with DJ Xtreme

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References

External links

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On the Radio – State College, PA
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