For the AM radio station in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, United States, which formerly used the call sign WNBT from 1955 to 2017, see WNDA. For the Flagship NBC Station in New York City, New York that used WNBT from 1941 to 1954, see WNBC.

WNBT-FM and WZBF
Broadcast area
Frequencies
  • WNBT-FM: 104.5 MHz
  • WZBF: 96.9 MHz
BrandingBigfoot Country 96 - 104 - 107
Programming
FormatCountry
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
WNDA, WOGA
History
First air date
  • WNBT-FM: July 2, 1969 (1969-07-02) (as WGCR)
  • WZBF: 1991 (1991) (as WMKB)
Former call signs
  • WNBT-FM: WGCR (1969–1983)
  • WZBF:
    • WMKB (1988–1998)
    • WREQ (1998–2009)
    • WZKN (2009–2016)
    • WVYS (2016–2018)
Technical information[1][2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID
  • WNBT-FM: 21200
  • WZBF: 40383
Class
  • WNBT-FM: B
  • WZBF: A
ERP
  • WNBT-FM: 50,000 watts
  • WZBF: 3,200 watts
HAAT
  • WNBT-FM: 116 meters (381 ft)
  • WZBF: 139.7 m (458 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
Translator(s)107.3 W297BG (Ulster)
Repeater(s)96.9 WZBF-FM2 (Towanda)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitebigfootcountry1045.com

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.[3] WNBT-FM is licensed to Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, and WZBF is licensed to Ridgebury Township, 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 Seven Mountains Media, through licensee Southern Belle, LLC.[4]

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".[5]

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".[6]

Translator and booster

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info Notes
W297BG 107.3 FM Ulster, Pennsylvania 140305 235 134 m (440 ft) D LMS WZBF translator
WZBF-FM2 96.9 FM Towanda, Pennsylvania 185614 1,200 88 m (289 ft) D LMS WZBF booster

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNBT-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WZBF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Spring 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
  4. ^ "WNBT-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
  5. ^ Seven Mountains Media Shuffles Northern PA Formats RadioInsight - May 31, 2017
  6. ^ Bigfoot Expands in North Central Pennsylvania RadioInsight - July 10, 2018
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