FM Radio (88.1 - 107.9 MHz)

88.1 WXPH HARRISBURG PA Adult Album Alternative
Relays AAA WXPN (88.5 Philadelphia). WXPN is a service of the University of Pennsylvania; the station airs a blend of rock, folk, alternative country, R&B, world, and jazz music. The station’s signature program, "World Cafe," airs 2 to 7 p.m. weekdays on Public Radio International. WXPH runs 540 watts.

88.3 WDCV CARLISLE PA college/sports
"The Freq" Dickenson College radio. Came on the air more than 40 years ago. On the air from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily with underrepresented music, Dickinson Red Devils sports coverage, and public affair programming like the "Bill Durden Show" hosted by the Dickinson College president. WDCV has 450 watts and streams online. Best heard west of Harrisburg.

88.3 WWEC ELIZABETHTOWN PA college
"The Sound of Elizabethtown" Runs 100 watts from a 76-foot antenna. Originally came on the air as carrier current campus only station at 640 AM. Added FM service in 1990. Best heard southeast of Harrisburg.

88.7 WSYC SHIPPENSBURG PA college
"Your New Music Source" Owned and operated by the students of Shippensburg University. Was Rock 89 until the early 1990s. Since then the station moved slowly to an alternative format. The Rock 89 moniker was dropped in the late ‘80s. Now uses the slogan "College Radio for the Unafraid." Runs 130 watts.

88.7 W204AG YORK PA religious//WKDN
This 8 watt translator relays Family Radio, one of the largest Christian radio networks.

89.1 WFNM LANCASTER PA college
Franklin and Marshall College station. Runs 100 watts. Best heard near Lancaster.

89.1 WETH HAGERSTOWN MD classical/NPR
A full power relay of WETA (90.9 Washington DC). The signal covers central Maryland, as far north as York, north-west Virginia, and north-east West Virginia. Has National Public Radio fare in the morning and evening hours, with classical music the rest of the time. Shares a transmitter site near Cascade, Md., with WAYZ (104.7).

89.5 WITF HARRISBURG PA classical/NPR
This is central Pennsylvania's classical music station as well as a National Public Radio affiliate. Came on the air 1971 as central Pennsylvania's first classical station. WITF calls stand for "Where It’s Top Flight." Its mission statement is to "create a shared civic and cultural life for the communities of our region, connecting us to each other and to opportunities for lifelong learning." Signal reaches parts of 17 Pennsylvania counties. Relayed into Lancaster on a 10-watt translator at 99.7. WITF, Inc., also owns WITF-TV (33 Harrisburg), a PBS station, the Radio Pennsylvania network and Central PA magazine.

90.1 W211AA HARRISBURG PA country gospel//WTRM
This 6-watt translator is owned by Timber Ridge Ministries, the same group that owns WTRM (91.3 Winchester MD). A relay of WTRM's country gospel programming.

90.3 WJTL LANCASTER PA Contemporary Christian
"Today's Christian Mix" Unlike WDAC (94.5 Lancaster), WJTL has an upbeat contemporary Christian format. Before 1984 90.3 had a Southern gospel and inspirational music lean as WPTG. Then-owners Joy Public Broadcasting switched format to appeal to a younger demo. In 1990 the station was sold to local Creative Ministries.

90.5 WCRH WILLIAMSPORT MD religious
"Where Christ Reaches Hearts" Bible-centered talk with variety instrumental and adult Christian contemporary music. Carries SRN news at :55 along with regional and local news coverage. Some of the more famous programs the station carries are "Focus on the Family,” "WCRH Prayer Line,” "Mid-Day Connection,” and "Money Matters.” Came on the air in 1976. Serves western Maryland, south-central Pennsylvania, West Virginia's eastern panhandle and the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Owned by Cedar Ridge Ministries as an extention of its Children's Home & School. Transmitter site near Clear Springs, Md.

90.7 WRTL EPHRATA PA Classical/jazz
Relays Philly's WRTI. Owned by Temple University. 850 watts. Best heard north of Lancaster.

90.7 WVMM GRANTHAM PA Contemporary Christian/college
"V-90.7" Messiah College student radio. Has a Contemporary Christian format with some emphasis on local bands. Was a campus only station between 1970 and 1983. The station resumed operations in 1989 as a 100-watt operation, allowing the signal to be heard off-campus. The station is used by students to gain experience in radio and as an outlet for instructional radio programming. The studio is in Miller Dormitory, with the transmitter located behind Kelley Residence. Covers a 10-mile radius around the college.

90.7 W214AC YORK PA classical/jazz//WRTI
Relays the jazz format of Philadelphia's WRTI, as does WRTL Ephrata. Runs 19 watts. Owned by Temple University.

91.1 WMSS MIDDLETOWN PA alternative/sports
"The Super Sound of Middletown" Programming includes a wide variety of music (mostly alternative) and sports. Covers a myriad of high school sports. Owned by the Middletown Area School District. Not only do high school students work at the station, but so do middle school students. Came on the air in 1976 with 10 watts, but over the years increased power to 1,350 watts (more than most college stations!). Located in the Feaser Building

91.1 WZBT GETTYSBURG PA college
Owned and operated by Gettysburg College. Signed on in 1948. Runs 180 watts and is located in the basement of the Plank Student Activity Center. On the air 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily, except when school is out. Heard best west of York.

91.3 WLCH LANCASTER PA Spanish
"Radio Centro" Programs Latino-centered programming for south central Pennsylvania's growing Hispanic population. Runs 160 watts. Owned by Spanish American Civic Assoc. for Equality

91.7 WIXQ MILLERSVILLE PA college/variety
"The Ville" Has a college variety format with urban, metal, indie, and much more. Music varies from the good to the bad. Original calls for the station were WMSR. Serves the Millersville/Lancaster area with 130 watts. Owned by Millersville University; the station is student-run.

91.7 WJAZ SUMMERDALE PA Classical/jazz//WRTI
Relays Philly's WRTI. Owned by Temple University. 140 watts.

92.1 WWKL-FM PALMYRA PA rythmic contemporary
"Hot 92, The Beat Of Harrisburg" This station went urban in March 2002. Before that it was oldies "Fun 92.1". 92.1 use to be WCTX with oldies until 1993, then was easy listening until 1998. Then went talk as "Nice 92.1" WNCE until September 2000 when a WTPA relay began. Spent a year as a simulcast of WTPA's "Classic Rock That Really Rocks" until September 2001 when the station went off the air for repairs, and came back late September with an oldies format. Oldies "Fun 92.1" WWKL had a '70s leaning oldies format. The WWKL calls use to be at "Kool Oldies" 99.3 in Harrisburg (see below). 92.1 has a limited signal really only covering the Lebanon area and the eastern suburbs of Harrisburg. With urban the station hopes to challenge "Kiss 99.3" Owned by Cumulus along with WTPA and WNNK-FM.

92.1 WSRT MERCERSBURG PA hot adult contemporary/classic rock
"Radio's Rockin' Hits, Star 92.1" Had a mostly classic hits format until September 2001 when the playlist was expanded to include more modern rock. Simulcast daytime on WHGT 1380. WSRT is the valley's new source for NASCAR Racing along with co-owned WCBG and WHGT. 92.1 first hit the air on date March 6, 1976, as WRCV. The original format was MOR and was patterned after WASH in Washington. (we are talking the Bob Hughes programmed MOR version of the early 70’s when it was owned by MetroMedia). It was originally owned by some people that were affiliated with WASH although they were not Air Staff. The station had a nice sound when they came on the air, the studio was originally located at the transmitter site. (WSRT’s transmitter is still at the same location, about halfway between Mercersburg and Greencastle.) The signal is pretty good for a Class A FM and it has a good signal in Hagerstown, Waynesboro and Chambersburg. Today owned by VerStandig along with WHGT, WWMD, and WAYZ.

92.7 WSMJ STARVIEW PA smooth jazz
"Big 92.7." Oldies as of June 2001 and, as of August 2002, the home of the Hershey Bears' hockey team. Before that it was WEGK, "The Eagle," with a classic-rock format. Before the switch, they started playing newer songs that still might be considered classics in an effort to keep up with WTPA. 92.7 was originally (in the '70s) a KSAN-style progressive rock station, not of the HFS ilk, but played album rock when that was about all FM stations did. Licensed to Starview, which is not even really a town but a collection of about 25 homes, the station was called Starview 92. The calls were WHTF. Not sure when, but they went Music-Of-Your-Life with the syndicated, automated format. In 1983/84/85 (somewhere in there), they were sold to a group that included Banana Joe Montione and flipped to contemporary hit as "92 Rock" (the calls were definitely 'HTF by this time). That lasted a couple of years until 104.1 changed into Wink 104, and they went back to classic rock. The Starview thing evolved into the Eagle positioner that they just dumped to go to oldies. Owned by Hall Communications along with WROZ and WLPA.

92.7 began life as an frequency allocated to Columbia, between York and Lancaster, in the 1960s or and early 1970s. I am told that it never got on the air from that location because WSBA-FM (103.3, now WARM-FM) wanted to locate a new transmitter along the high ridge that at that time carried the very tall tower of WGAL-TV and WGAL-FM (101.3, now WROZ). The ridge is in Hellam Township, very close to Columbia. FCC rules prevent stations separated by approximately 10.7 MHz (as in 92.7 and 103.3) from being too near each other. 92.7, then controlled by a small local company, was reallocated to Starview, an area between York and Harrisburg about 10 miles away from WSBA-FM's new transmitter site. 92.7 reached the air in 1972 as WRHY, at first an eclectic mix of music, and gradually evolved into the area's first full-time progressive/album rock station. FCC rules on legal identification were more strict then, so WRHY could not simply attach 'York' or "Harrisburg' to the legal ID, and the unusual city-of-license name Starview proved more memorable than the call letters. The rock format grew more popular over the years and at one point the programming was consulted by the highly successful Burkhart-Abrams organization, best known for leading rockers into the mainstream in the 1970's and 1980's. However, I am told that selling advertising time at high rates was sometimes challenging. The original owners sold the station in the late 1970s or early 1980s to a company controlled by Al Dame, whose other local station was the highly-successful AM Top 40 station WKBO (1230). Sometime during the Dame ownership the FM format was changed to the Music of Your Life syndication. In late 1982 or 1983, 92.7 was sold again to the Montione group and the CHR '92 Rock' format was used, and at that point the call letters changed to WHTF. 92 Rock was a well-executed and lively CHR with experienced programmers and air talent, but the CHR/hot AC market was crowded with WYCR returning to CHR after the 'Y-98' soft AC experiment, WQXA-FM as a broad spectrum CHR with AC tendencies on the York side, and WKBO, WSFM (99.3), Magic 93.5 and WXBB (97.3) on the Harrisburg side. The conversion of 104.1 to CHR with AC tendencies as Keymarket's WNNK then turned that market upside down ... 92.7 returned to rock, and the Starview name. The station was sold again, probably in the late 1980s or early 1990s, and another small local company ran it in combination with AM station WOYK. Hall Communications picked it up when ownership rules were loosened, and Starview evolved into a true classic rocker as Eagle 92.7. Interestingly, although Class A 92.7 theoretically should not have a very good signal in Lancaster, oddities of terrain and allocations have allowed it to build quite a following in the area over the years, especially during the various rock and classic rock formats, perhaps encouraging Hall to pick up the station, as it has a Lancaster-centered operation with WROZ and WLPA.

UPDATED INFORMATION - 03.01.2004:
Monday at Midnight Big 92.7 retired and a new age of radio began. Smooth Jazz 92.7 went on the air with smooth jazz. Only time will tell if this will be successful or not. Indications are that it will be successful.

93.1 WOMA-LP LEBANON PA spanish variety
"Radio Omega" South-central Pennsylvania's only station broadcasting under the new low-power FM license class. WOMA-LP runs 100 watts and serves a strong Latino population in Lebanon County and portions of Lancaster and Dauphin counties. Radio Omega has its starts in 1998 as a Part-15 broadcast operation at AM-1610, only using 1/15th of one watt. Later Radio Omega leased WPDC (1600 Elizabethtown) for two years and relayed its spanish variety programming on a more powerful AM. Radio Omega was dropped for sports talk on WPDC in May 2003. In October 2003 Radio Omega signed on at 93.1 . Radio Omega carries a unique blend of Latin pop, Salsa, Meringue, and some regional Mexican music to serve the spanish population of in SouthCentral Pennsylvania. Radio Omega is non-commercial operation and is operated by the Latino America Media Organization of Pennsylvania.

93.5 WTPA MECHANICSBURG PA classic rock
Classic rock that really rocks since September 1999. Before that it was an all-encompassing rocker. You'll hear the usual interminable Zeppelin and Pink Floyd songs, and then 1980s rock too. They seem to do a lot of Poison, which would be fitting, since that band got started in Harrisburg. Some non-makeup Kiss as well. They do Dee Snider's House of Hair on Friday nights. 93.5 was "Magic 93" in the mid-80s. They dumped the Magic 93 to take the WTPA calls and AOR format when 104.1 changed calls to WNNK-FM. What is now WTPA-FM began life around 1979 as WQVE-FM ("QV-93"). Their offices and studios were located in downtown Mechnicsburg, which is where they were licensed. Growing up in the area, it was so cool to have a hot little CHR FM right in our own backyards. WTPA-FM was a heritage easy listening station (and carried the Phillies) when they switched to AOR around 1980 or 81. When they eventually changed to CHR as WNNK, the WTPA calls got moved to 93.5. Jammin' Jeff Kaufman, who did afternoons on WTPA when it was at 104, moved over to 93.5 as the PD. I have no idea where he is now. I think TPA's studios are still located in the old Konhaus Farms grocery store on the edge of town. Owned by Cumulus along with WWKL and WNNK-FM.

94.1 WQKX SUNBURY PA contemporary
"94-QKX" Hit music with a very powerfull 50,000 watt signal that reaches northern Maryland. Came on in 1948 as WKOK-FM, rebroadcasting WKOK (1070 Sunbury). In 1975 the station went partially independent with a country music format during mornings, and in 1978 went completely seperate as WQKX-FM. Owned by Sunbury Broadcasting along with WKOK.

94.3 WQCM GREENCASTLE PA rock/classic rock
"943-QCM" On Aug. 1, 2002, changed from country mix "I-94.3" to a simulcast of rocker 96.7 WQCM out of Halfway/Hagerstown, and then assumed the calls and rock format a month later. This is kind of a unique station, playing a wide spectrum of rock, from classic rock to modern rock. For 30 years up until 1997 94.3 was WKSL-FM and had a traditional country/bluegrass/gospel format when it was owned by the Thomas family. It was known as "Your Good Campanion Station". Later the station was picked up by Chambersburg Broadcasting and assumed the "Froggy" and "Kiss" slogans. In 1997 the station were bought by Dame and the station went hot country as WCHA-FM "Kiss Country 94.3" Then in early 2001 the station revamped the format adding a classic country mix to their format as WIHR "I-94.3" Today owned by Dame Broadcasting along with WCHA, WHAG, WIKZ, and WDLD.

94.5 WDAC LANCASTER PA religious
"The Voice of Christian Radio" Beautiful Christian music and evangelical talk fill out this stations programming. The station has the distinction of being the No. 1 Christian radio station in the country and is always a top 10 station in the Lancaster ratings. Signed on in December 1959. The station's founder, evangelist Percy Crawford, put the station on the air after a Lancaster AM canceled his contract because they disapproved of one of his messages. The station is located in a replica of the Lancaster County Courthouse. Today the station is owned by Crawsford's sons Richard and Dan and WDAC Radio Corporartion, along with WBYN-FM (107.5 Boyertown PA).

94.9 WRBT HARRISBURG PA country
"Bob 94.9" Was WWKL (Kool 94.9) until moved to 99.3 6/30/95. Then was AC Mix 94.9 with Imus and Don & Mike until 1997. Became country sometime later. Syndicates "After MidNite" Owned by Clear Channel along with WRVV, WHP, WTKT, and WHKF.

95.1 WIKZ CHAMBERSBURG PA hot adult contemporary
"Mix 95.1" Plays hits from the 80's, 90's, and today. Originally came on the air in 1948 as WCHA-FM at 95.9, simulcasting then daytime WCHA 800. In the late 60's the station was moved to FM 95.1, ceased the simulcast of WCHA-AM and adopted a easy listening format as WCHM. In 1977 the station went Top-40 as WIKZ-95(pronounced "wick-sea") to compete against then successfull WEEO AM-1130 and 97Q(WQCM). WIKZ increased from 3,000 watts to 50,000 watts in 1979. In 1984 after a promotional tease the station became "Z-95" with a continuous hits format. The change payed off in 1985 when they became the #1 station in Hagerstown. In 1991 the station was slumping again and again tried to "tease" the audience with promotional format change. When the time came, the station did a different format every hour for a whole day, including: Country95, E-Z95, classic rock, comedy, disco, and oldies. But after all that the station was still loosing numbers, and the decision was made to drop Top-40. On March 23, 1995 the new "Mix 95" was born, a Top-40 station without the rap and grunge. The station became #1 again by the end of the 90's. The only change made to the station since then is adding a ".1" to the slogan, and adding Big 80's weekends and the "80's at 8" Owned by Dame Broadcasting along with WIHR, WCHA, WQCM, and WHAG.

95.9 WKMZ WILLIAMSPORT MD classic rock
"95.9 WKMZ" This was "Lite 95.9" as WLTF until late 2001 when the owners decided to swap the programming of WKMZ and WLTF. The "lite" format moved up to the much more powerfull 97.5 frequency while 97.5's former occupent was moved down to 95.9. For a long time since 1972 was country formatted "Valley Country" WYII until late 2000. The went to a brief chrismas music format as "Santa 95.9" before light adult music came along. Current morning man is "The Greaseman" Owned by Prettyman Broadcasting along with Martinsburg, WV's WLTF. Heard in the Hagerstown area.

96.1 WSOX RED LION PA oldies
"Oldies 96.1" Was religious WTHM-FM(see AM 1440) and WGCB-FM until the late 90s. Was owned by Pioneer Broadcasting until February 2003 when it was sold to Susquehanna Broadcasting who also owns WARM and WSBA.

96.7 WDLD HALFWAY/HAGERSTOWN MD urban contemporary
"WILD 96.7" Station plays "The most hip-hop and R&B" In August rocker WQCM moved from FM 96.7 to Greencastle's 94.3, and late August urban contemporary debuted here as "Wild 96.7" First came on the air in 1965 as WHAG-FM, and simulcasting what was on WHAG-AM. WQCM's transmitter is a antenna hanging off the WHAG-AM's tower. The stations later split programming, with WHAG-FM changing to WQCM and taking on a country format(Queen of Country Music) followed by a Top-40 format as 97Q in 1976, then it's current rock format. 'QCM's signal is very contained to the Washington County area, and getting next to no signal east of South Mountain. This means WQCM is very hard to receive in the east. Owned by Dame Broadcasting along with WHAG-AM, WCHA, WIKZ, and WQCM.

96.9 WLAN LANCASTER PA contemporary
"FM-97." They don't lean too far to the rap side or the rock side, but tend to shoot straight up the middle. Owned by Clear Channel with its sister WLAN-AM.

97.3 WRVV HARRISBURG PA adult rock
"The River." This is one of those stations that makes a point of "Rock Without the Hard Edge." They call it "rock AC." A lot of Journey, Hootie and the Blowfish, Couting Crows, Genesis, CCR, stuff like that. Was adult contemporary WXBB until 1991, then easy listening WHP-FM til "The River" started flowing in March 1992. Today owned by Clear Channel along with WHP, WRBT, WHKK, and WTKT. RDS "River973"

97.3 spent decades as WHP-FM in various forms of partial simulcast with WHP 580 and eventually as an automated, instrumental-based easy listening format. I believe it used Bonneville and other syndicators at various times. The conversion to WXBB and AC came during the time that many easy stations were heading to AC. A lack of ratings success led to the return of easy listening and WHP-FM, an unusual move at the time. The local families that owned the WHP Stations sold their radio stations in Harrisburg to the Dames of WKBO fame but kept the TV station for a few more years. Dame ownership brought WRVV and great success to 97.3.

97.5 WLTF MARTINSBURG WV adult contemporary
"Lite 97.5" This station spent many years as classic rocker WKMZ "The Mountain". That was the case until mid 2001 when Prettyman swapped the frequencies with co-owned 95.9, which was adult contemporary at the time. 97.5 has a very powerfull signal and it is considered part of the Hagerstown market. Owned by Prettyman along with WKMZ and WEPM-AM.

97.7 W249AA LEBANON PA religious//WKDN
Translator relays the programs of WKDN "Family Radio", a national religious network.

98.5 WYCR YORK/HANOVER PA contemporary
"98-YCR" This is a pretty eclectic Top 40, the variety may lead some to label it "inconsistent." WYCR tried an AC format in the mid-80s. They kept the call letters but went REALLY soft as "Y-98." It was awful. This is where B104s Willie B went after he got off on the stat-rape charges in the late 80s. He used the name Peter Huntington West.

This station traces roots back to an early FM station controlled by the owners of the York Gazette and Daily, the ancestor of today's York Daily Record, and may have started broadcasting in the 1950's, with different call letters and possibly an owner other than the newspaper company. The original license was to York, not York-Hanover. 98.5 was purchased in the 1960's by John Bare and his partners who had WHVR in Hanover. The programming was a mix of simulcast full-service middle-of-the-road WHVR and separately-programmed easy-listening music. WYCR used an album jukebox with an electrically-controlled, timed tape cartridge to insert legal ID's and the sign-on and sign-off statements. This box contained numerous albums and a turntable, and would track album sides without interruption. For years, WYCR ran no commercials separate from those in the simulcast with WHVR. WYCR was the first station in York County to go to maximum FM power, raising itself to the equivalent of 50kw in 1968, years before WQXA-FM and WSBA-FM did so. In February 1974, after about two months of pure simulcast, WYCR became a CHR station .... with limited simulcasting of WHVR that faded in a few months. In fact, for some time, WHVR would run WYCR programming at night when there were no sporting events to cover on the AM station.

98.9 WQLV MILLERSBURG PA adult contemporary
"Love 99" Has a soft Adult Contemporary format with some local news and high school sports. Music comes off the JSN Soft Hits carrier but some of it's local. Syndicates Bob & Sheri. Came on the air in 1992 with an AC/country format gradually becoming full AC as it is today. The former owner, Jolly Jim, use to own an WQIN-AM 1290 in Lykens. AM 1290 has since gone dark, and today WQLV is owned by Hepco. Heard best in the northern suburbs of Harrisburg.

99.3 WHKF HARRISBURG PA contemporary
"Kiss FM." Flipped to contemporary hit in June 2001. Was WWKL "Kool Oldies" before that. Back in the 80s 99.3 was AC "Sunny 99" as WYMJ and WIMX. They even did the "63 in Lancaster, 65 in York, 62 in Harrisburg and on your radio, its always Sunny and 99." On 6/30/95 adult contemporary folded and 99.3 took "kool oldies" from 94.9. Owned by Clear Channel with WHP, WTKT, WRBT, and WRVV.

99.7 WVYC YORK PA college
This is the campus radio station of York College of Pennsylvania. It couldn't claim WYCP calls because of the proximity of WYCR and the existence of an FCC rule about how call letters in the same town had to be at least two letters different from anybody else. 'VYC, of course, stands for "Voice of York College." It used to be on 88.1, but made the move to 99.7 in 1998. WVYC is student-run and has a mainly indie-rock playlist weekdays from 10 AM to 7 PM. , the kind of music often labeled "college music" because nobody but college studnents hell-bent on being "different" will listen to it. WVYC is also the home of DCRTV's own Flash Fizzgig and his rip-snortin', hard-rockin' ass-shakin' variously-titled show.

99.7 W259AA LANCASTER PA classical-NPR//WITF
10 watt translator relays WITF-FM's programming into Lancaster. Came on the air in 1992 to enhance coverage. See FM 89.5 for more information.

100.1 WQIC LEBANON PA adult contemporary
"Soft rock 100.1" Was soft rock as WUFM until 1992. 1993 through 1994 tried top 40 as "Q100," then right back to soft rock in 1995. Heard in the eastern suburbs of Harrisburg. Co-owned with AM 1270 WLBR.

101.3 WROZ LANCASTER PA adult contemporary
"The Rose" A more upbeat soft rock station. Has Delilah on in the evenings. 101.3 used to have the WNCE call letters and they were, you guessed it, "NICE 101." They played beautiful music in the style of WWMD before the format change.

101.5 WWMD WAYNESBORO PA contemporary
"Magic 101.5." Used to be country WAYZ, which moved to 104.7 in 2000. In the WAYZ change had a brief few week "CNN Headline News" format. The original plans for 101.5 was to just swap dial positions with easy listening 104.7. But the deal fell through at one end and VerStandig got control of both 101.5 & 104.7. Owned by VerStandig along with WWMD, WSRT, WCBG, and WHGT. Best heard in the Hagerstown area.

101.7 W269AS CARLISLE PA religious//WKDN
Relays Family Radio, one of the largest religious networks in the country. 5 watts that gets out pretty well.

101.9 WAVT POTTSVILLE PA contemporary
"T-102" Hit music since 1988 (except for a brief hot AC format between 6/98 through 3/00). Simulcasted sister station WPPA until the 70's, was country through 1986, and easy listening til 1988. Heard best north and east of Harrisburg. Owned by Pottsville Broadcasting.

102.3 WCAT CARLISLE PA classic country
UPDATE: 2/19/2004 - In a surprising move, Z102.3 format was dropped and a classic country format appeared on this dial. It is titled "Red 102.3" and it is classic country. All this while Cat Country 106.7 dropped their format and went to CoolPop 106.7.

"Z-102.3, Harrisburg's Rockin' Hits" Has former Wink 104 personallity Bruce Bond doing mornings. On 5/14/2002 WRKZ went from a simulcast of "Cat Country" to it's own 80's music format as "Z-102.3 The Greatest Hits Of The 80's And Beyond". Since the change has been expanding the playlist to incorporate 70's and 90's music. Early May 2002 102.3 dropped the WHYL-FM calls for WRKZ, which use to be at "Cat Country 106.7". Was a simulcast of country FM 106.7. Before country this was easy listening. Owned by Citadel Broadcasting along with WCAT and WQXA-FM.

102.5 WRFY READING PA contemporary/rock
"Rock Hits Y -102" Plays top 40 rock hits. Heard in the eastern area of Harrisburg. Owned by ClearChannel.

103.3 WARM YORK PA adult contemporary
"Warm 103." Local morning team of Rick and Kelly. They have always pulled big numbers with it in York and I think they do pretty well in Lancaster too. Owned by Susquehanna Radio.

This was the latest version of WSBA-FM. A very early version of WSBA-FM appears to have operated in the old FM band in the late 1940's or early 1950's, and then went dark. Susquehanna Broadcasting as it was known then revived the FM operation in 1962 with simulcasting of WSBA 910 and separate programming. The FM station eventually refined easy listening programming into a livelier, more foreground sound than was often used elsewhere. Susquehanna produced the easy tapes at first at the old WSBA studios on Susquehanna Trail and later in studios at the company headquarters in downtown York. Two of the young programmers who helped to develop the 'Sound of Your Life' went on to own a chain of stations based in Michigan and syndicated their own variation of this sound, and that 'KalaMusic' format appeared for a time on WFRE (Frederick,MD). Susquehanna was inspired by the success of WSBA-FM and spread the Sound of Your Life to stations it eventually purchased in Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth , Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Toledo, and possibly Akron-Canton. The Atlanta, Texas and Cincy stations are still part of Susquehanna Radio. As domestic sources of easy listening music dried up in the late 1970's, Susquehanna, KalaMusic, Bonneville, TM Productions and some high-profile local stations such as WGAY 99.5 in Washington and WDVR 101.1 in Philadelphia went overseas and authorized new recordings in the easy-listening style. Back home at FM 103, ratings sagged {remember that WNCE 101.3 and WHP-FM were also easy-listening stations using other syndicators' products} and so WSBA-FM experimented with introducing original gentle pop vocals and current hits into the easy blend, and after more than a year of transition, launched the new WARM-103 in 1983 with a vocal-dominant, soft AC 'soft rock ... less talk' format. A few years later, the station raised the antenna to the current level, building a tower that it then leased to WPMT-43, the old WSBA-TV, and a few years after that, officially changed the call letters to WARM-FM. The FM is needed because the original WARM still had the calls in Scranton PA.

103.7 WEEO MCCONNELLSBURG PA alternative rock
"1037 The Revolution" Bob and Tom in the morning. Saturday nights has an All-Request show hosted by Jason Stuart from 8 PM to midnight. WEEO-FM runs 135 watts from a mountain 15 miles west of Chambersburg giving it a rimshot of Hagerstown which misses it's primary coverage area by 5 miles. But despite the signal, 103.7 is the only commercial alternative rocker in the area and it does well in ratings. Before rock 103.7 was oldies. Locally owned by Cary Simpson along with simulacast WEEO-AM. RDS "WEEO"

104.1 WNNK HARRISBURG PA hot adult contemporary
"Wink 104 - Harrisburg's Best Music Mix" Up until March 20, 2002 WINK was the biggest top 40 station in town. That was the case until the station switched the music towards the adult crowd, after rival CHR "Kiss 99.3" came on. Owned by Cumulus along with WTPA and WNCE-FM.

104.7 WAYZ HAGERSTOWN MD country
For many years this was WWMD and it sounded like one of those "elevator music" stations from the 60s or 70s. But all that stopped when the Hagerstown Broadcasting Corporation sold the station to a group headed by VerStandig Broadcasting, which runs a bunch of Shenandoah Valley stations. In August 2000, 104.7 became WAYZ and flipped to a country music format (actually it assumed the identity of a Waynesboro PA station which took the WWMD calls). The station's original call letters were WJEJ-FM. Those are the current call letters of 1240 AM in Hagerstown. 104.7 has what is considered the best tower site in Maryland located at Mount Quirauk near Cascade, MD. WAYZ can be heard as far away as Baltimore, Washington DC, and York. WAYZ Hagerstown (formerly WWMD, formerly WJEJ-FM) is both the oldest and the most powerful FM station in Maryland. It came on the air in 1946 just days ahead of the WBAL-FM (now WIYY, 98 Rock in Baltimore). It is also grandfathered in at it’s original power, 75 Kw ERP. VerStandig also owns WSRT, WHGT, WWMD, and WCBG.

105.1 WIOV EPHRATA/READING/LANCASTER PA country
"I-105" It's a country station, and I think it's pretty straightforward, lot leaning too far in the "young country" or the "classic country" direction. WIOV has Paul Harvey and also carries NASCAR races on MRN. WIOV has been doing pretty much the same thing since the Civil War. The most interesting thing about them is that they have a studio at the Root's Market in Lancaster County that is a complete studio, and either the midday or afternoon host does the show live at the Market every Friday.

105.7 WQXA YORK PA modern rock
"105.7 The X" Actually, I think the studios are in Elizabethtown. Trace roots back to the 1950's under the Helm Coal Company as WNOW-FM, along with WNOW (today WQXA) and WNOW-TV (today WGCB-TV). WNOW-FM 105.7 was used to simulcast and continue the AM programming after dark. In 1963 for some reason the FCC allowed a station to be placed in Catonsville, MD on 105.7, only about 50 miles from WNOW. Catonsville had only 2800 watts but had the ability to go to a full 50 Kw Class B power, an ability that would later haunt Rust and subsequent owners. WNOW AM/FM became a successful country simulcast in the late 1960's and early 1970's, with rather slick formatting and Top 40 execution, perhaps because of the extreme local success of WSBA's fast-paced format playing pop hits. The monaural FM station broke away from WNOW in early 1974, around the same time as the introduction of Top 40 on stereo WYCR, and used a rigid, music-flow 'live automation' approach similar to the fully-automated CHR formats being marketed by companies such as TM and Drake-Chenault to FM stations around the country. The new WQXA called itself Q-106 and employed live announcers 24 hours a day, but they were restricted to reading scripts with lines about 'maximum music .... Q-106' or 'Q-106 with music from {artist name} and {title}....all day, all night , all rock ...Q-106'. over the ends of songs, with the intros left without talk. Initially, Q-106, despite monaural sound and a signal actually inferior to the looser, more lively WYCR , had rating success, mainly taking time spent listening away from spot-laden WSBA. A bit more than a year after the CHR format started, WQXA raised power to 50 Kw at 500 feet, but because of Catonsville, which had gone to 50kw with a lower antenna in 1971, Q-106 had to use a directional antenna, which greatly enhanced the signal over Harrisburg, reduced it in Hanover and southern York County and left Lancaster with a decent signal. The new Super Q was stereo as well, but the rigid formatics remained. Within the next year, Q-106 literally became automated with locally produced tapes and polished presentation. The next phase was one of Drake-Chenault's CHR formats, and then in the very late 70's, the station returned to live announcers, with CHR music but almost album rock formatics and delivery....except for a personality morning show. Called Q-106 again, this version gained ratings in York, Lancaster and Harrisburg well beyond the young base audience of earlier formats, and with various refinements, remained the basic format of the FM station even after Rust sold it in the 1980's. Was Hit music "Q106" in the 80's, then it became an "alternative" station in the mid-1990s, going under the name Q106. They started calling it "The X" in 1995 with added logo "The Edge". Since then, it's evolved into an active rocker, still playing some of what passes for "alternative" these days, but adding in more Van Halen and AC/DC and such to fill the void left in the wake of WTPA's change. The X has Howard Stern in the morning, and in the evenings they have a very entertaining, energetic, local guy named Nipsey, who calls himself the People's Deejay. He takes a lot of calls, acts crazy, flirts with the ladies, yells, plays pranks. The X also has a Saturday-night techno show, along with the syndicated "Out of Order." Also on weekends, they have something called the Sunday News with a guy named Bill Hanson. Owned by Citadel along with "Cat Country" duo WRKZ and WHYL-FM, sister station country WQXA-AM, and oldies WHYL-AM.

106.7 WCPP HERSHEY PA hot AC/top 40
UPDATE: 2/18/2004: After stunting with an endless songs of "Pop goes the weasel" Cool Pop 106.7 debuted tonight at 8PM. They are playing hot AC/top 40 music. Sounds like it will be a good station. Stay tuned.

"Cat Country" A hot country format here. On 4/23/2002 calls changed from WRKZ to WCAT-FM. 106.7 used to call themselves Z107 ; it has always been the type of country station you hear now. The station originally signed on in April of 1964 as WPDC-FM and was licensed to Elizabethtown, PA. And for the most part it simulcasted the M.O.R. format of sister station WPDC-AM 1600 which was a daytime only station in those days. (it was about the last FM station to go stereo, it was still mono in 1975). Somewhere along the line the call letters and City of License were changed after the station was sold away from the AM which still retains the old calls. That was when the country format was adopted. The transmitter however, remains at the original location on the north side of Elizabethtown. WRKZ is very short spaced against WWMX 106.5 in Baltimore, WARX 106.9 in Hagerstown, and co-channel WJFK in Virginia. Originally WPDC-FM’s owner would not sign onto a mutual interference agreement, that caused both WWMX and WARX to have to use directional antennas when they first went to 50 Kw. Later when WRKZ went from 20 to 50 Kw they finally signed onto the agreement and WWMX and WARX were able to get rid of the directional antennas, and WRKZ is also non-directional. However the accepted interference does have an effect on WRKZ signal to both the south and southwest. WRKZ is in a good location with the transmitter directly in the center of the diamond shaped pattern formed by the cities of Harrisburg, York, Lancaster and Lebanon. Today owned by Citadel Broadcasting along with simulcast WHYL-FM, WHYL, WQXA-FM, and WQXA. RDS:"WRKZ CAT"

106.9 WARX HAGERSTOWN MD oldies
"Oldies 106.9" Since 1982 this station is been owned by Manning Broadcasting, which also owns WARK, a AMer in Hagerstown that at night and weekend's broadcasts n-sync with WARX. This station has had many formats; in order: country(as WWCS "Sunshine 107)), rock(as WXCS "107X", then WARX "107ARX"), adult contemporary, and then oldies. In my opinion, the best all around oldies station. Carries "Imus in the Morning" and the Washington Redskins along with WARK AM 1490. The transmitter is on South Mountain, on the western border of the Frederick/Washington county line. This was the site used for 103.9 FM WMHI back in the day(today hot AC "Z-104"). Before WARX was here, it was in Hagerstown sharing a tower with WARK AM 1490. It went on the air in 1957 and was called WARK-FM, and simulacasted the AM station. Now today, it seems to be the other way around! The station's web site offers streaming audio.

107.1 W296AB HANOVER PA religious//WRBS
Translator relay's the religious programming of WRBS 95.1 from Baltimore. Best heard south of Harrisburg with it's 21 watt signal. Owned by the Calvary Bible Church of Hanover. Shares a tower with WGTY.

107.3 WEGH NORTHUMBERLAND PA classic hits
"Eagle 107" Rock N' Roll for adults, and also carries Philadelphia Eagles sports. Came on the air in 1994 as a simulcast of then soft rock WKOK 1070. Was soft rock until 1998, then the Eagle came soaring that April. Owned by Sunbury Broadcasting along with WQKX and WKOK.

107.7 WGTY GETTYSBURG PA country
"Great Country" Has evening bluegrass programming on weekends. Also has MRN "NASCAR Racing". Owned by the Gettysburg Times along with sister station AM 1320 WGET(see below).