WRRK

Infobox Radio Station


name = WRRK
airdate = June 1959 (as WLOA-FM)
frequency = 96.9 MHz HD Radio
92.9 HD-2 for Bob's B-Sides
96.9 HD-3 for Local Artist's Music
city = Braddock, Pennsylvania
area = Pittsburgh metropolitan area
format = Variety Hits
owner = Steel City Media
erp = 45,000 Watts
haat = 162 meters
branding = "96.9 BOB-FM"
slogan = "We Play Anything"
class = B
facility_id = 72333
webcast = [http://wmc1.liquidcompass.cc/WRRK Listen Live]
website = http://www.bobfm969.com
callsign_meaning =
sister_stations = WLTJ

WRRK (96.9 BOB-FM) is a Variety Hits radio station serving the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania market. The station, which is owned by Steel City Media, broadcasts at 96.9 MHz with an ERP of 45 kW, and is licensed to Braddock, Pennsylvania.

History

Prior to its switch to the classic rock format in the late 1980s, WRRK's previous formats and call letters included easy listening and adult contemporary as WLOA-FM (it was also simulcast on an AM station when it was WLOA, which is now All-Talk WURP) and soft rock as WFFM and WMYG. The station originally continued to use the WMYG calls from the soft rock era when the classic rock format was launched, but eventually dropped them in favor of the WRRK calls.

As of November 1, 2005, WRRK switched to a "we play everything" format, under the moniker Bob FM 96.9. Station IDs were accompanied by claims that listening to them is like "having your radio dial stuck in scan mode". Songs such as The Eagles' "Hotel California" are played back to back with Stacie Orrico's "More to Life" or Nick Lachey's "Whats Left of Me" .

In early 2006, it was rumored that the station had changed its call sign to WBZB. However, this was not true [http://www.varietyhits.com/variety/markets/pittsburgh.shtml] , and WBON, a station on Long Island, New York, used the WBZB calls for nine months in 2007.

96.9 BOB FM is the only radio station in Pittsburgh not to have syndicated shows.Fact|date=December 2007

Some time before December 2007, BobFM96.9 started broadcasting in HD.WRRK-HD2 (Bob's B-Sides) plays a set "mix" of songs with a repeat period of less than 24 hours. WRRK-HD3 is supposed to be Local Pittsburgh Artists, but more often than not it is silent. [http://www.ibiquity.com/hd_radio/hdradio_find_a_station?state=SA&sortBy=StnFreq&theCity=68#stationlist]

John Lorinc, currently an anchor/editor at CNNRadio was a disc jockey at WRRK for five years. Other alum includes Randy McDaniels, Rich Lawrence, Gary Gunn, "The Rev" Rob Allen, Jude Sheets and Bill Knight.

External links

* [http://www.bobfm969.com/ WRRK official website]
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