WBHB-FM
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WBHB-FM
| logo = WBHB-FM 2009.PNG
| logo_size = 200px
| city = Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
| country = US
| area = {{ubl|South Central Pennsylvania|Western Maryland|Northern Shenandoah Valley|Northern Virginia|Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia|Potomac Highlands of West Virginia}}
| branding = 101.5 Bob Rocks
| frequency = 101.5 MHz
| airdate = {{start date and age|1959}}
| format = Active rock
| erp = {{ubl|50,000 watts (horizontal)|48,000 watts (vertical)}}
| haat = {{convert|70|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = B
| licensing_authority = FCC
| facility_id = 27401
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WAYZ-FM (1959–2000)|WWMD (2000–2005)|WEEG (2005–2005)|WFYN (2005–2009)}}
| affiliations = United Stations Radio Networks
| owner = M. Belmont Verstandig, Inc.
| sister_stations = WAYZ, WLIN, WIKG
| webcast = {{listenlive|https://www.1015bobrocks.com/}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.1015bobrocks.com/}}
}}
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).
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|date=December 2023}}
Top 40 "Magic 101.5" debuted in October 2000, and operated until February 27, 2005. This returned the format for the first time since WKMZ changed back to classic rock in August 1993.
On February 27 of that year, 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.{{cite web |last1=Hughes |first1=Dave |title=Two Eagles Land In Hagerstown |url=http://www.dcrtv.com/ |website=DCRTV |date=27 February 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301033439/http://www.dcrtv.com/ |archive-date=2005-03-01 }} After a few days of dueling "Eagle"s, WWMD ceded the branding, briefly going with "The New 101.5".{{cite web |last1=Fybush |first1=Scott |title=["And speaking of Nassau,..."] |url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050307/nerw.html |website=Northeast Radio Watch |date=7 March 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050318072821/http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050307/nerw.html |archive-date=2005-03-18 }} 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.{{cite web |last1=Hughes |first1=Dave |title=WEEG Becomes WFYN |url=http://www.dcrtv.com/ |website=DCRTV |date=14 March 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050322003945/http://www.dcrtv.com/ |archive-date=2005-03-22 }}{{cite web |last1=Fybush |first1=Scott |title=["And there are new calls (again) for the former WWMD..."] |url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050314/nerw.html |website=Northeast Radio Watch |date=14 March 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050323094848/http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050314/nerw.html |archive-date=2005-03-23 }}
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
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.1015bobrocks.com/}}
- {{FM station data|27401|WBHB-FM}}
{{Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro Radio}}
{{Active Rock Radio Stations in Pennsylvania}}
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Category:1959 establishments in Pennsylvania
Category:Active rock radio stations in the United States