WRBT
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WRBT is a country music
radio station
broadcasting in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications
and broadcasts with a power
of 25 kilowatts
from a transmitter site in Enola, Pennsylvania
.
format. The station was sold in 1988 to Barnstable Broadcasting, who changed the format to a bland Adult Contemporary first, then an Oldies
format, KOOL 94.9. In 1995, Barnstable switched formats and call letters with its 99.3 signal, turning the 94.9 signal into WYMJ Magic 94.9. The generic mix format never did well and Barnstable put all of its Harrisburg market stations for sale in late 1996.
In 1997, the sale was consummated with Dame Media the call letters were changed to WRBT and Dame launched the country format that is heard on the radio today.
Brad Chambers (from KPLX in Dallas) was hired as the program director. Bob 94.9 was well received in the community. Through hard work and many promotions, remote broadcasts and other local involvement, it took over the "top country spot" from (Cat Country 106.7). The original staff with the station was as follows:
Country music
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radio station
FM broadcasting
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broadcasting in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 49,528, making it the ninth largest city in Pennsylvania...
. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
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and broadcasts with a power
Effective radiated power
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of 25 kilowatts
Kw
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from a transmitter site in Enola, Pennsylvania
Enola, Pennsylvania
Enola is a census-designated place located along the Susquehanna River in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,627 at the 2000 census. Norfolk Southern operates Enola Yard, a large rail yard and locomotive shop in Enola...
.
History
The station signed on the air on September 30, 1962, then owned by the Market Square Presbyterian Church, hence the original call letters WMSP. It was run as a volunteer radio station, parishioners volunteered to do air shifts, broadcasting a Classical MusicClassical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
format. The station was sold in 1988 to Barnstable Broadcasting, who changed the format to a bland Adult Contemporary first, then an Oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
format, KOOL 94.9. In 1995, Barnstable switched formats and call letters with its 99.3 signal, turning the 94.9 signal into WYMJ Magic 94.9. The generic mix format never did well and Barnstable put all of its Harrisburg market stations for sale in late 1996.
In 1997, the sale was consummated with Dame Media the call letters were changed to WRBT and Dame launched the country format that is heard on the radio today.
Brad Chambers (from KPLX in Dallas) was hired as the program director. Bob 94.9 was well received in the community. Through hard work and many promotions, remote broadcasts and other local involvement, it took over the "top country spot" from (Cat Country 106.7). The original staff with the station was as follows:
- Mornings: Todd Jeffers, Nancy Ryan (Nancy & Buzz 1999-2001)
- Mid-days: Shelly Easton (at Cat Country 96WCTOWCTO is a radio station based in Easton. WCTO is owned by Cumulus Media and serves the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania.The station offers a country music format, playing country music from the 1980s through to the present...
in Allentown, Pa) - Afternoons: Brad Chambers, PD (now working in Los Angeles)
- Evenings: Wes & Ang (Wes is John Beaston on the morning show on Wink 104WNNKWNNK-FM is a hot adult contemporary music formatted radio station serving the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area. Its studio is located in Linglestown, Pennsylvania and its transmitter is located on an Antenna farm alongside WHTM-TV in Enola, Pennsylvania.-History:Wink 104 actually began life with the...
, and Ang is currently the morning show co-host at the Beach 96.5KLTGKLTG is a radio station broadcasting an adult top 40 music format. Licensed to Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, the station serves the Corpus Christi area...
in Corpus Christi, TX) - Overnights: "After Midnite" With Blair Garner (show still on the station)
On-air personalities
- Nancy Ryan
- Newman
- Holly Love
- JT Bosch
- Matt Meyer http://www.bob949.com/pages/mattmeyer.html