WGBR

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WGBR

| logo = WGBR 1150-98.3 logo.jpg

| logo_size = 200px

| city = Goldsboro, North Carolina

| area =

| branding = 1150 AM 98.3 FM WGBR

| frequency = 1150 kHz

| translator = {{Radio Relay|98.3|W252CL|Goldsboro}}

| airdate = 1939 (at 1370)

| format = Classic hits

| power = {{ubl|5,000 watts day|800 watts night}}

| class = B

| licensing_authority = FCC

| facility_id = 48370

| coordinates = {{coord|35|22|26.00|N|78|0|42.00|W|region:US-NC_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns =

| former_frequencies = {{ubl|1370 kHz (1939–1941)|1400 kHz (1941-1950s)}}

| affiliations =

| owner = Curtis Media Group

| licensee = New Age Communications, Ltd.

| sister_stations = WELS-FM, WFMC, WPLW-FM, WSSG, WWMC, WZKT

| webcast =

| website = {{URL|http://curtismedia.com/wgbr/}}

}}

WGBR (1150 AM) is a radio station licensed to Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States. The station is owned by New Age Communications, Ltd.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WGBR |title=WGBR Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WGBR|title=WGBR Station Information Profile|publisher=Arbitron}}

WGBR's format is classic hits.

History

WGBR went on the air in 1939 as a 250-watt AM radio station in Goldsboro, North Carolina, broadcasting on 1370 AM, one of a few radio stations in eastern North Carolina. The frequency changed to 1400 AM in 1941 and to its current frequency of 1150 AM in the 1950s. Its last move increased the power to 5,000 watts daytime.{{Cite web|url=http://www.geocities.ws/rduhistory/wgbr.html|title = Raleigh-Durham Radio Waves}}

Johnny Grant began his career at WGBR when it signed on.{{Cite web|url=http://www.geocities.ws/rduhistory/wgbr.html|title = Raleigh-Durham Radio Waves}} Carl Kassell worked as a DJ there on two separate stints in the 1950s, before eventually moving to Washington, DC to focus on news reporting and a lengthy career with NPR.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/05/16/312817863/ive-enjoyed-every-minute-of-it-carl-kasell-on-his-60-years-in-radio|title='I've Enjoyed Every Minute of It': Carl Kasell on His 60 Years in Radio|website=NPR }} Johnny Hood and Frank Taylor were DJs at WGBR before becoming DJs at North Carolina's 50,000-watt flagship station, WPTF in Raleigh. Vassie Balkcum, a voice associated many years with WGBR, was inducted into the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters in 2004.{{Cite web|url=http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=205472460|title = Woody Durham to be Inducted into NCAB Hall of Fame}} Curtis Media Group purchased WGBR in 1989 alongside sister station WEQR-FM.{{Cite web|url=http://www.geocities.ws/rduhistory/wgbr.html|title = Raleigh-Durham Radio Waves}}

Prior to 2015, WGBR operated a translator at 98.3 FM that simulcast the news-talk format before switching to the Jack FM format on WSSG.{{cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/94252/jack-fm-launches-in-goldsboro-nc/|title=Jack-FM Launches In Goldsboro, NC|last=Venta|first=Lance|publisher=radioinsight|date=August 26, 2015|accessdate=August 28, 2015}} 98.3 went back to WGBR when WSSG operated its on translator on 92.7 a year later.

On June 12, 2017 WGBR changed their format from news/talk to classic hits, closely resembling sister station WELS-FM in Kinston.[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/118319/wgbr-flips-classic-hits/ WGBR Flips to Classic Hits] Radioinsight - June 12, 2017

References

External links

{{FCC-LMS-Facility|157060|W252CL}}
{{FXL|W252CL}}

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Category:Classic hits radio stations in the United States

Category:Radio stations established in 1939

Category:1939 establishments in North Carolina