WGBR

Coordinates: 35°22′26.00″N 78°0′42.00″W / 35.3738889°N 78.0116667°W / 35.3738889; -78.0116667

WGBR
City Goldsboro, North Carolina
Branding 1150 AM 98.3 FM WGBR
Slogan Goldsboro's Greatest Hits
Frequency 1150 kHz
Translator(s) 98.3 W252CL (Goldsboro)
First air date 1939 (at 1370)
Format Classic hits
Power 5,000 watts day
800 watts night
Class B
Facility ID 48370
Transmitter coordinates 35°22′26.00″N 78°0′42.00″W / 35.3738889°N 78.0116667°W / 35.3738889; -78.0116667
Former frequencies 1370 kHz (1939-1941)
1400 kHz (1941-1950s)
Owner Curtis Media Group
(New Age Communications, Ltd.)
Website curtismedia.com/wgbr/

WGBR (1150 AM) is a radio station licensed to Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States. The station is owned by New Age Communications, Ltd.[1][2]

WGBR's format is classic hits.

History

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WGBR went on the air in 1939 as a 250 watt AM radio station in Goldsboro, North Carolina broadcasting on 1370 AM, one of a few radio stations in eastern North Carolina. The frequency changed to 1400 AM in 1941 and to its current frequency of 1150 AM in the 1950s. Its last move increased the power to 5,000 watts daytime.[3]

Johnny Grant began his career at WGBR when it signed on.[4] Carl Kassell worked as a DJ there on two separate stints in the 1950s, before eventually moving to Washington, DC to focus on news reporting and a lengthy career with NPR.[5]Johnny Hood and Frank Taylor were DJs at WGBR before becoming DJs at North Carolina's 50,000 watt flagsip station, WPTF in Raleigh. Vassie Balkum, a voice associated many years with WGBR, was inducted into the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters in 2004.[6] Curtis Media Group purchased WGBR in 1989 alongside sister station WEQR-FM.[7]

Prior to 2015, WGBR operated a translator at 98.3 FM that simulcast the news-talk format before switching to the Jack FM format on WSSG.[8] 98.3 went back to WGBR when WSSG operated its on translator on 92.7 a year later.

On June 12, 2017 WGBR changed their format from news/talk to classic hits, closely resembling sister station WELS-FM in Kinston.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "WGBR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "WGBR Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ↑ http://www.geocities.ws/rduhistory/wgbr.html
  4. ↑ http://www.geocities.ws/rduhistory/wgbr.html
  5. ↑ https://www.npr.org/2014/05/16/312817863/ive-enjoyed-every-minute-of-it-carl-kasell-on-his-60-years-in-radio
  6. ↑ http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=205472460
  7. ↑ http://www.geocities.ws/rduhistory/wgbr.html
  8. ↑ Venta, Lance (August 26, 2015). "Jack-FM Launches In Goldsboro, NC". radioinsight. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  9. ↑ WGBR Flips to Classic Hits Radioinsight - June 12, 2017


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