WNUU (92.7 FM, "Santa 92.7") is a

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to serve Starview, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Forever Media and is stunting with a

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. WNUU's studios and offices are located at 275 Radio Road,

Hanover, Pennsylvania Hanover is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, southwest of York and north-northwest of Baltimore, Maryland and is north of the Mason-Dixon line. The town is situated in a productive agricultural region. The population was 16,429 at the ...

. Its broadcast tower is located near Copenhaffer Road in Conewago Township, York County at (). The station's service contour covers the cities of

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and

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History

On June 23, 1971, the

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granted Capital Media, Inc., a construction permit for a new station on 92.7 MHz. The station was assigned the WRHY call sign on September 7, 1971, and

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for the first time on November 22, 1971. WRHY was granted its first license by the FCC on January 20, 1972. By 1974, the station was airing a

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format. On May 13, 1976, the FCC granted a voluntary assignment of the station's license from Capital Media, Inc., to Harrea Broadcasters, Inc. By 1980, the station's format had shifted to AOR. In 1982, the format changed to "contemporary". The station's license was voluntarily transferred from Harrea Broadcasters, Inc., to Starview Media, Inc., on July 27, 1983. On August 12, 1983, the station switched

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s to WHTF. Its format changed to

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/top 40 branded as ''92 Rock''. The format evolved toward

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over the next two years, and by the summer of 1985, the station's branding changed to ''Starview 92'', then ''Starview 92.7''. In the early 1990s, the station switched to an

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format and re-branded as ''Solid Rock 92.7''. On November 13, 1995, Hall Communications, Inc., announced the purchase of station. The sale consummated on January 16, 1996. On February 23, 1996, the station returned to the classic rock format, changing the call sign to WEGK and re-branding as ''92.7 The Eagle''. On June 6, 2001, the station switched its call sign to WHBO and its format to

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, followed by another call sign change on March 1, 2004, to WSJW and a format change to

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. On July 29, 2011, the station abruptly dropped its Smooth Jazz format and began stunting, mainly with cover versions of

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's "

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". The following message was displayed on the station's website: On August 1, 2011, the station changed its call sign to WKZF, returning to classic rock, and re-branding as ''92.7 WKZF'', with the first song being "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin. Rick Everett, former Hall Communications operations manager of Cat Country 98.1

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in Providence, Rhode Island, was hired as a consultant for the transition. The syndicated ''

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'' aired weekday mornings. WLPA ESPN92

On September 1, 2014, WKZF changed its call sign to WLPA-FM, in anticipation of its format change to

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from

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, which took place at midnight on September 3, 2014. On December 2, 2015, the WLPA-FM call sign was changed to WONN-FM. On July 23, 2021, it was announced that Forever Media would purchase WONN-FM along with WLPA and its translator for a total of $400,000. This signals Hall Communications' withdrawal from the market, as the sale of 101.3

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to religious broadcaster

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was announced earlier that month. The sale was consummated on October 15, 2021. WONN-FM simultaneously switched to a Top 40 (CHR) format. The station’s call sign changed to WNUU on November 1, 2021. On November 1, 2022, WNUU dropped its top 40 (CHR) format and began stunting with Christmas music, branded as "Santa 92.7", with a new format to launch on January 2, 2023.Santa Arrives in York
Radioinsight - November 1, 2022 The station has since applied to change its callsign to WPPY, effective January 1, 2023.

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