WRHD

WRHD
City Farmville, North Carolina
Broadcast area Greenville, North Carolina
Branding 94.3 The Game
Slogan Pirate Nation's FM Station
Frequency 94.3 MHz
Translator(s) 97.9 W250CJ (Winterville, relays HD2)
First air date 1974 (as WRQR)
Format Sports
HD2: Urban AC "Fresh 97.9"
ERP 3,900 watts
HAAT 124 meters
Class A
Facility ID 26020
Former callsigns WRQR (1974-1996)
WGPM (1996-2004)
WWGL (2004-2005)
WWNK (2005-2008)
WTIB (2008-2010)[1]
Owner Inner Banks Media
Sister stations WRHT, WNBU, WTIB
Webcast Listen Live
Website 943thegame.com
fresh979.com/Fresh 97.9 Facebook page (HD2)

WRHD (94.3 FM, "94.3 The Game") is a sports radio station in Farmville, North Carolina.

History

In 1989, Henry Hinton started New East Communications of Greenville, North Carolina. The company's stations were WGPM 94.3, WCZI and WKQT. WKQT was sold in 1996.[2] In 2003, Archway Broadcasting Group, LLC, bought WGPM and WCZI and announced its acquisition of four Greenville market stations--WRHT, WCBZ, WNBR and WZBR--from Eastern North Carolina Broadcasting Company, Inc for $6.5 Million.[3]

This station was once called WRQR. Later, with the letters WWGL, together with WWEA (formerly WNBR), this was a country music station as "Eagle 94". Then WWEA became WWHA and WWGL became WWNK. The stations were "Hank FM". Inner Banks Media LLC Bought WWHA and WWNK as part of a cluster of stations from Archway for $4.5 million in March 2007.[4] WWHA and WWNK were hot adult contemporary for a short time before switching to new letters and separate formats. WTIB moved to 103.7 FM on March 15, 2010 with WRHD taking the 94.3 frequency.[1][5]

On August 11, 2014 WRHD flipped to sports talk as 94.3 The Game.[6]

HD radio

WRHD-HD2 aired a variety hits format as "G97.9" early in 2016, and a soft adult contemporary format as "Easy 97.9". On November 20, 2016, the station switched to urban adult contemporary "Fresh 97.9" (relayed on FM translator W250CJ 97.9 FM Winterville). Russ Parr and Keith Sweat will air on the station starting in January 2017.[7]

Broadcast translators of WRHD
Call sign Frequency
(MHz) 		City of license ERP
W 		Class FCC info
W250CJ 97.9 Winterville, North Carolina 250 D FCC

References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History (WRHD)". Retrieved 2011-03-22.
  2. ↑ http://www.talk1070.com/hinton-media-group.asp, Retrieved on 2008/08/26.
  3. ↑ "Archway Broadcasting Group, LLC Completes First Three Acquisitions". The Free Library by Farlex. 2003-03-12. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
  4. ↑ "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. 2007-01-14. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
  5. ↑ "Call Sign history (WTIB)". Retrieved 2011-03-22.
  6. ↑ "Game Headed to Eastern NC".
  7. ↑ Venta, Lamce (2016-11-18). "Urban AC Fresh 97.9 To Launch In Greenville NC". radioinsight.com. Retrieved 2016-11-21.

Coordinates: 35°36′25″N 77°28′05″W / 35.607°N 77.468°W / 35.607; -77.468

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