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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".

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

External links

• Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 21200 (WNBT-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WNBT-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 743697 (WZBF) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WZBF in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 140305 (W297BG) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W297BG at FCCdata.org

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