WOBR-FM

Infobox Radio station
name = WOBR


city = Wanchese, North Carolina
area = Elizabeth City-Nags Head
branding =
slogan = "95.3 the Rock"
airdate =
frequency = 95.3 MHz
format = Classic rock
power = 25,000 Watts
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haat =
class = C3
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coordinates = coord|35|51|52|N|75|39|01|W
callsign_meaning = Where the Outer Banks Rocks We're Outer Banks Radio
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owner = East Carolina Radio
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sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://www.wobr.com WOBR Online]
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WOBR (95.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic rock format. Licensed to Wanchese, North Carolina, USA, it serves the Elizabeth City-Nags Head area. The station is currently owned by East Carolina Radio, Inc..

The station was The Outer Bank's first FM station , signing on in 1973. At first the station simulcasted their adult contemporary AM sister station during the day and broadcast easy listening music after the AM signed off at night. In the early eighties , the station became a F/T beautiful music station, but later evolved into adult contemporary, and finally an AAA format by end of the eighties as "Beach 95FM". In the early 90s East Carolina Radio brought the station, and the AAA format eventually developed into an alternative rock format as "The Wave".In 1997, the station adjusted the format to "Modern Adult Comtemporary" by the end of the 1990s it had become Classic Rock as "The Rock".

Trivia

Popular Norfolk radio personality Henry "The Bull" Del Toro, was briefly Program Director and Afternoon drive at WOBR in the late 90s. This was Del Toro's last radio job before his death in 2003.

The transition from adult contemporary to the better remembered AAA format was pioneered in the late 80s by former station Program Director John Harper.

External links

* [http://www.wobr.com 95-3 The Rock Online]
* [http://www.myspace.com/953therock 95-3 The Rock On MySpace]
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