WNBT-FM

WNBT-FM/WZBF
City WNBT-FM: Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
WZBF: Ridgebury, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Wellsboro-Mansfield, PA
Elmira-Corning, NY
Branding Bigfoot Country 96 - 104 - 107
Frequency WNBT-FM: 104.5 MHz
WZBF: 96.9 MHz
Translator(s) 107.3 W297BG (Ulster, relays WZBF)
Repeater(s) 96.9 WZBF-FM2 (Towanada, WZBF booster)
First air date WNBT-FM: July 2, 1969 (as WGCR)
WZBF: 1991 (as WMKB)
Format Country
ERP WNBT-FM: 50,000 watts
WZBF: 3,200 watts
HAAT WNBT-FM: 116 meters (381 ft)
WZBF: 139.7 m (458 ft)
Class WNBT-FM: B
WZBF: A
Facility ID WNBT-FM: 21200
WZBF: 40383
Transmitter coordinates WNBT-FM:
41°44′17.00″N 77°21′50.00″W / 41.7380556°N 77.3638889°W / 41.7380556; -77.3638889Coordinates: 41°44′17.00″N 77°21′50.00″W / 41.7380556°N 77.3638889°W / 41.7380556; -77.3638889
WZBF:
41°53′55.0″N 76°43′8.0″W / 41.898611°N 76.718889°W / 41.898611; -76.718889 (WVYS)
Former callsigns WNBT-FM:
WGCR (1969-1983)
WZBF:
WMKB (1988-1998)
WREQ (1998-2009)
WZKN (2009-2016)
WVYS (2016-2018)
Owner Kristin Cantrell
(Southern Belle, LLC)
Sister stations WNDA, WOGA
Webcast Listen Live
Website bigfootcountry1045.com

WNBT-FM (104.5 FM) and WZBF (96.9 FM), "Bigfoot Country 96 - 104 - 107") are a pair of radio stations broadcasting a country music format.[1] Licensed to Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, United States, the stations serve the Northern Tier communities of Wellsboro and Mansfield, PA. Its signal also stretches into the Elmira-Corning, NY area. The station is currently owned by Kristin Cantrell, through licensee Southern Belle, LLC.[2]

In May 2017, WNBT-FM changed their format from hot adult contemporary (branded as "The Buzz") to country, branded as "Bigfoot Country 104.5".[3]

On July 9, 2018, WNBT-FM began simulcasting on WZBF 96.9 FM Ridgebury (formerly adult contemporary-formatted WVYS "Yes FM").[4]

Translator and booster

Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseFacility
ID		ERP
W		Height
m (ft)		ClassFCC infoNotes
W297BG107.3Ulster, Pennsylvania140305235134 m (440 ft)DFCCWZBF translator
WZBF-FM296.9Towanda, Pennsylvania1856141,20088 m (289 ft)DFCCWZBF booster

References

  1. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Spring 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
  2. ↑ "WNBT-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
  3. ↑ Seven Mountains Media Shuffles Northern PA Formats Radioinsight - May 31, 2017
  4. ↑ Bigfoot Expands in North Central Pennsylvania Radioinsight - July 10, 2018


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