WNBT-FM

Radio station in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania

41°44′17.00″N 77°21′50.00″W / 41.7380556°N 77.3638889°W / 41.7380556; -77.3638889Links

Public license information

Public file
LMS

WebcastListen LiveWebsitebigfootcountry1045.comSimulcastWZBF

Ridgebury, Pennsylvania
United States

Frequency96.9 MHzOwnershipOwner

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 ID40383ClassAERP3,200 wattsHAAT139.7 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

Public file
LMS

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

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

^ "Facility Technical Data for WNBT-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "Facility Technical Data for WZBF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Spring 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
^ "WNBT-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
^ Seven Mountains Media Shuffles Northern PA Formats Radioinsight - May 31, 2017
^ Bigfoot Expands in North Central Pennsylvania Radioinsight - July 10, 2018

External links

Official website
WNBT in the FCC FM station database
WNBT in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
WZBF in the FCC FM station database
WZBF in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
W297BG in the FCC FM station database
W297BG at FCCdata.org

Radio stations in Elmira and Corning, New York and Sayre, Pennsylvania (central Twin Tiers)

By AM frequency

820
960
1000
1230
1310
1380
1410
1450
1480
1490
- WNDA
- WNGZ
1600

By FM frequency

88.1
88.3
88.5
88.7
90.3
91.1
92.1
92.3
92.7
94.3
94.7
95.3
96.1
96.9
97.1
97.7
98.3
98.7
99.5
100.3
100.9
102.1
104.5
104.9
105.3
106.1
107.7

Translators	88.9 89.5 90.5 90.7 91.7 92.1 93.1 W226AP W226CG 93.5 W228DM W228DN 93.9 95.1 95.7 W239BK W239BQ 97.5 97.9 99.9 100.3 101.3 103.5 106.5 107.3 107.9

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel

96.1-1
96.1-2
96.1-3

By call sign

Defunct

WCEB (91.9 FM)
WHHO (1320 AM)
WWHG (1320 AM, 95.3 FM)¹
WCBA (1350 AM)

Radio stations in the Twin Tiers: Binghamton; Elmira-Corning; Olean–Bradford

Other nearby regions: Ithaca; Rochester; Scranton/Wilkes-Barre; Syracuse; Williamsport

See also: List of radio stations in New York; List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Notes: 1. Call letters now used by a completely different station in Wisconsin

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