WNBT-FM

For the AM radio station in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, United States, which formerly used the call sign WNBT from 1955 to 2017, see WNDA.
For other uses, see WNBT.
WNBT-FM
Broadcast area
Frequency104.5 MHz
BrandingBigfoot Country 96 - 104 - 107
Programming
FormatCountry
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Kristin Cantrell
  • (Southern Belle, LLC)
WNDA, WOGA
History
First air date
July 2, 1969 (1969-07-02) (as WGCR)
Former call signs
WGCR (1969–1983)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID21200
ClassB
ERP50,000 watts
HAAT116 meters (381 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°44′17.00″N 77°21′50.00″W / 41.7380556°N 77.3638889°W / 41.7380556; -77.3638889
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitebigfootcountry1045.com
Simulcast
WZBF
  • Ridgebury, Pennsylvania
  • United States
Frequency96.9 MHz
Ownership
Owner
  • Kristin Cantrell
  • (Southern Belle, LLC)
History
First air date
1991 (as WMKB)
Former call signs
  • WMKB (1988–1998)
  • WREQ (1998–2009)
  • WZKN (2009–2016)
  • WVYS (2016–2018)
Call sign meaning
sounds like "Bigfoot"
Technical information[2]
Facility ID40383
ClassA
ERP3,200 watts
HAAT139.7 m (458 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°53′55.0″N 76°43′8.0″W / 41.898611°N 76.718889°W / 41.898611; -76.718889 (WZBF)
Translator(s)107.3 W297BG (Ulster)
Repeater(s)96.9 WZBF-FM2 (Towanda)
Links
Public license information

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, 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.[4]

History

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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

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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

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  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
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