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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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W297BG

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. 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.

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".

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".

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 2010-04-04.
  4. ^ "WNBT-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
  5. ^ Seven Mountains Media Shuffles Northern PA Formats Radioinsight - May 31, 2017
  6. ^ Bigfoot Expands in North Central Pennsylvania Radioinsight - July 10, 2018