WBHB-FM

WBHB-FM

Waynesboro, Pennsylvania United States
Broadcast area	South Central Pennsylvania Western Maryland Northern Shenandoah Valley Northern Virginia Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia Potomac Highlands of West Virginia
Frequency	101.5 MHz
Branding	101.5 Bob Rocks
Programming
Format	Active rock
Affiliations	United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner	M. Belmont Verstandig, Inc.
Sister stations	WAYZ, WLIN, WIKG
History
First air date	1959; 66 years ago (1959)
Former call signs	WAYZ-FM (1959–2000) WWMD (2000–2005) WEEG (2005–2005) WFYN (2005–2009)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	27401
Class	B
ERP	50,000 watts (horizontal) 48,000 watts (vertical)
HAAT	70 meters (230 ft)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	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]

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.[2] After a few days of dueling "Eagle"s, WWMD ceded the branding, briefly going with "The New 101.5".[3] 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.[4][5]

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

1. "Facility Technical Data for WBHB-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. Hughes, Dave (February 27, 2005). "Two Eagles Land In Hagerstown". DCRTV. Archived from the original on March 1, 2005.
3. Fybush, Scott (March 7, 2005). "["And speaking of Nassau,..."]". Northeast Radio Watch. Archived from the original on March 18, 2005.
4. Hughes, Dave (March 14, 2005). "WEEG Becomes WFYN". DCRTV. Archived from the original on March 22, 2005.
5. Fybush, Scott (March 14, 2005). "["And there are new calls (again) for the former WWMD..."]". Northeast Radio Watch. Archived from the original on March 23, 2005.

External links

• Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 27401 (WBHB-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WBHB-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

39.829°N 77.552°W / 39.829; -77.552