WRHD (94.3

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, "94.3 The Game") is a

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. It is owned by Inner Banks Media and airs a

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. WRHD carries programming from the Fox Sports Radio Network and airs the syndicated " Dan Patrick Show" middays.

History

In 1989, Henry Hinton started New East Communications of Greenville, North Carolina. The company's stations were WGPM 94.3, WCZI and WKQT. WKQT was sold in 1996. In 2003, Archway Broadcasting Group, LLC, bought WGPM and WCZI and announced its acquisition of four Greenville market stations--

WRHT WRHT (96.3 FM), also known as "Talk 96.3", is a radio station, broadcasting with 100,000 watts that cover the Greenville/New Bern/Jacksonville area with a talk format. WRHT is licensed to Morehead City. WRHT is owned and operated by Inner Bank ...

, WCBZ, WNBR and

WZBR WZBR (1410 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station broadcasting a jazz music format. Licensed to Dedham, Massachusetts, United States, the station serves the Greater Boston area. The station is owned by Langer Broadcasting Group, LLC, which also o ...

—from Eastern North Carolina Broadcasting Company, Inc for $6.5 Million. This station was once called WRQR. Later, with the letters WWGL, together with WWEA (formerly WNBR), this was a

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station as "Eagle 94". Then WWEA became WWHA and WWGL became WWNK. The stations were "Hank FM". Inner Banks Media LLC Bought WWHA and WWNK as part of a cluster of stations from Archway for $4.5 million in March 2007. WWHA and WWNK were

hot adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...

for a short time before switching to new letters and separate formats. WTIB moved to 103.7 FM on March 15, 2010 with WRHD taking the 94.3 frequency. On August 11, 2014, WRHD flipped to sports talk as ''94.3 The Game''.

HD radio

WRHD-HD2 aired a variety hits format as "G97.9" early in 2016, and a

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format as "Easy 97.9". On November 20, 2016, the station switched to

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"Fresh 97.9" (relayed on FM translator W250CJ 97.9 FM Winterville).

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and Keith Sweat will air on the station starting in January 2017. On February 19, 2019, WRHD-HD2 changed their format from urban adult contemporary to a simulcast of oldies-formatted

WNBU WNBU (94.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a rhythmic oldies format. Licensed to Oriental, North Carolina, United States, the station serves the Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville area. The station is currently owned by Inner Banks Media, LLC ...

94.1 FM Oriental, branded as "Groovin' Oldies 94.1 & 97.9".Inner Banks Flips ENC Pair to Groovin' Oldies
Radioinsight - February 27, 2019

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