WNBT-FM

{{For|the AM radio station in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, United States, which formerly used the call sign WNBT from 1955 to 2017|WNDA}}

{{Other uses|WNBT (disambiguation){{!}}WNBT}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WNBT-FM

| logo = WNBT Bigfoot96-104-107 logo.png

| logo_size = 150px

| city = Wellsboro, Pennsylvania

| country = US

| area = {{ubl|New York's Southern Tier|Pennsylvania's Northern Tier|Elmira-Corning, New York}}

| branding = Bigfoot Country 96 - 104 - 107

| frequency = 104.5 MHz

| translator =

| repeater =

| airdate = {{start date|1969|7|2}} (as WGCR)

| format = Country

| erp = 50,000 watts

| haat = {{convert|116|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = B

| licensing_authority = FCC

| facility_id = 21200

| coordinates = {{coord|41|44|17.00|N|77|21|50.00|W|region:US-PA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = WGCR (1969–1983)

| affiliations = Compass Media Networks

| owner = Kristin Cantrell

| licensee = Southern Belle, LLC

| sister_stations = WNDA, WOGA

| webcast = [https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/index.cfm?stationCallSign=WNBT Listen Live]

| website = [http://bigfootcountry1045.com bigfootcountry1045.com]

| embed_header = Simulcast

| embedded =

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WZBF

| city = Ridgebury, Pennsylvania

| country = US

| frequency = 96.9 MHz

| owner = Kristin Cantrell

| licensee = Southern Belle, LLC

| airdate = 1991 (as WMKB)

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WMKB (1988–1998)|WREQ (1998–2009)|WZKN (2009–2016)|WVYS (2016–2018)}}

| callsign_meaning = sounds like "Bigfoot"

| licensing_authority = FCC

| facility_id = 40383

| class = A

| power =

| erp = 3,200 watts

| haat = {{Convert|139.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| coordinates = {{Coord|41|53|55.0|N|76|43|8.0|W|type:landmark_region:US-PA_source:FCC|name=WZBF}}

| translators = {{Radio Relay|107.3|W297BG|Ulster}}

| repeaters = {{Radio Relay|96.9|WZBF-FM2|Towanda}}

| child = yes

}}}}

WNBT-FM (104.5 MHz) and WZBF (96.9 MHz), "Bigfoot Country 96 - 104 - 107") are two radio stations broadcasting a country music radio format.{{cite web |url=http://www.arbitron.com |date=Spring 2010 |title=Station Information Profile |publisher=Arbitron |accessdate=2010-04-04}} WNBT-FM is licensed to Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, and WZBF is licensed to Ridgebury, Pennsylvania. The stations are part of a quadcast serving Pennsylvania's Northern Tier and New York's Southern Tier, including the Elmira - Corning radio market. They are owned by Kristin Cantrell (doing business as Seven Mountains Media), through licensee Southern Belle, LLC.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WNBT-FM |title=WNBT-FM Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |accessdate=2010-04-04}}

History

WNBT-FM began as the FM sister station of Farm & Home Broadcasting Company-owned WNBT (now WNDA) with the call letters WGCR-FM. The station was initially granted a construction permit to operate at the frequency of 97.7 MHz at an effective radiated power of a thousand watts in August 1968. In 1973, the FCC granted permission for WGCR-FM to drop the 'FM' from its call letters, change its city of license from Wellsboro to "Wellsboro-Mansfield", and change its dial position from 97.7 to 104.5 MHz, with a power increase to 50,000 watts.

In May 2017, WNBT-FM changed its format from hot adult contemporary (branded as "The Buzz") to country, branded as "Bigfoot Country 104.5".[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/118153/seven-mountains-media-shuffles-northern-pa-formats/ Seven Mountains Media Shuffles Northern PA Formats] Radioinsight - May 31, 2017

On July 9, 2018, WNBT-FM began simulcasting on WZBF (96.9 FM) in Ridgebury; that station was previously adult contemporary-formatted WVYS "Yes FM".[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/169330/bigfoot-expands-in-north-central-pennsylvania/ Bigfoot Expands in North Central Pennsylvania] Radioinsight - July 10, 2018