WROZ

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WROZ
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CityLancaster, Pennsylvania
Broadcast areaSouth Central Pennsylvania
Frequency101.3 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingAir1
Programming
FormatContemporary worship music
Ownership
OwnerEducational Media Foundation
WKHL
History
First air date
1947
Former call signs
WGAL-FM (1947–1977)
WNCE (1977–1992)
Former frequencies
45.5 MHz (1944–1946) (CP)
92.7 MHz (1946–1947)
Call sign meaning
"Rose" (previous branding)
Technical information
Facility ID25865
ClassB
ERP7,400 watts (analog)
74 watts (digital)[1]
HAAT379 meters (1,243 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
40°02′4.3″N 76°37′6.9″W / 40.034528°N 76.618583°W / 40.034528; -76.618583
Links
Websitewww.air1.com

WROZ (101.3 FM), is an FM radio station licensed to serve Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The station is owned and operated by Educational Media Foundation. WROZ's studios and offices were formerly located off Route 283 at 1996 Auction Road in Manheim. Its antenna is on the WGAL-TV broadcast tower located in Hellam Township, York County at (40°02′4.0″N 76°37′7.0″W / 40.034444°N 76.618611°W / 40.034444; -76.618611).[2][3]

History[]

On February 5, 1944, the Federal Communications Commission granted WGAL, Inc. (owned by John Steinman[4] and James Steinman[5]), a construction permit for a new station on 45.5 MHz[6] on the original 42-50 MHz FM broadcast band. After the FCC created the current FM band on June 27, 1945,[7] the station was reassigned to 92.7 MHz on July 29, 1946.[6] On January 22, 1947, the station was assigned the WGAL-FM call sign, and on June 27, 1947 the station was reassigned to 101.3 MHz.[6]

The FCC granted WGAL-FM its first license on November 16, 1951.[6]

WGAL-FM was a sister station to WGAL (1490 AM, now WRKY). In 1949, the region's first TV station also went on the air, WGAL-TV. The three stations were owned by the Steinman Family, which also owned two local daily newspapers, the Intelligencer Journal and the Lancaster New Era.[8][9] At first WGAL-FM simulcast its AM counterpart.

On May 21, 1959, WGAL, Inc., was granted a construction permit by the FCC to install a new transmitter for the station at the WGAL-TV tower in Hellam Township, York County and side-mount a new antenna on the TV tower. A new license with the updated facilities was granted on July 28, 1960.[6]

By the 1970s, the station had switched its format to beautiful music, a format of soft instrumentals with limited talk and commercials. It competed with several other beautiful music outlets in the Lancaster and surrounding radio markets, including WHP-FM in Harrisburg (97.3 FM, now WRVV) and WSBA-FM in York (103.3 FM, now WARM-FM).

In March 1976, WGAL, Inc. sold WGAL-FM, along with WGAL (AM), to Hall Communications for $850,000.[10] The effective date of the sale was February 17, 1977, when the FM station's license was voluntarily assigned to Hall Communications. The station's call sign was changed from WGAL-FM to WNCE that day.[6] The station's branding was changed to Nice 101.[11] The station's easy listening format was not changed.[12]

As the 1980s were ending, most easy listening stations around the country were trying to update their format. WSBA-FM in nearby York had switched to soft adult contemporary as WARM-FM.[13] In response, WNCE began adding more vocals to its playlist.

In 1992, the easy listening format came to an end. The station changed its call sign to WROZ on November 15, 1992.[14] That was coupled with a switch to soft adult contemporary music, rebranding as The Rose.[15] Competitor WHP-FM in nearby Harrisburg had already abandoned the easy listening format in March 1992, switching to Rock Adult Contemporary as WRVV The River.[16][17]

On May 14, 2015, at Noon, WROZ rebranded as fun 101.3, with a move to a more uptempo AC format.[15] In addition, it promised to play "Always Six Songs In a Row, Always."

On July 13, 2021, Hall Communications announced it would sell WROZ to the Educational Media Foundation (EMF) for $1.725 million. EMF already maintained a presence in South Central Pennsylvania through K-Love station WKHL (92.1) and a translator station in Carlisle for the Air1 network, but neither of those stations' signals reach the Lancaster or York areas.[18][19] On September 2, EMF filed an application with the FCC to modify the status of the station's license from commercial to non-commercial.[20] The FCC subsequently granted a reassignment of the station's license to EMF on September 15.[21] The sale consummated on September 30, 2021.[22] At 5 p.m. that day, after the station ran a "Farewell to Fun" week (also hammering in the finality, the DJs, who helmed the station right up to the final song, declared the celebration, and the final day specifically, as the "series finale" of Fun), WROZ temporarily went silent. The final song played on WROZ as fun 101.3 was "These Are Days" by 10,000 Maniacs, followed by one final station identification.[23]

Later in October, WROZ signed back on the air, this time broadcasting EMF's Air1 network.

Christmas music[]

WROZ changed its format to all Christmas music each year in mid-November and rebranded as "The Christmas Station."[24] It returned to its regular format on December 26.

Signal note[]

WROZ is short-spaced to three other Class B stations:

WBEB B101.1 (licensed to serve Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and WWDC DC101 (licensed to serve Washington, D.C.) both operate on 101.1 MHz, a first adjacent channel to WROZ. The distance between WROZ's transmitter and WBEB's transmitter is 73 miles, while the distance between WROZ's transmitter and WWDC's transmitter is 75 miles, as determined by FCC rules.[25] The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on first adjacent channels according to current FCC rules is 105 miles.[26]

WGGY Froggy 101 (licensed to serve Scranton, Pennsylvania) operates on the same channel as WROZ and the distance between the stations' transmitters is 106 miles as determined by FCC rules.[25] The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on the same channel according to current FCC rules is 150 miles.[26]

Previous logos[]

  • "The Rose"

  • "Fun 101.3" (2015-2021)

References[]

  1. ^ "APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF BROADCAST STATION LICENSE, Exhibit 15 [WROZ]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. January 30, 2014. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  2. ^ "FM Query Results for WROZ". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  3. ^ "TV Query Results for WGAL". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  4. ^ "John Frederick Steinman, Ph. B., LL. D." HMdb.org. The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  5. ^ "James Hale Steinman, A.B., LL. B., LL.D." HMdb.org. The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "History Cards for WROZ". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  7. ^ "In the Matter of Allocation of Frequencies to the Various Class of Non-Governmental Services in the Radio Spectrum from 10 Kilocycles to 30,000,000 Kilocycles (Docket No. 6651)" (PDF). fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. June 27, 1945. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  8. ^ "The National Broadcasting Company Radio Affiliates". Billboard. Lancaster, PA. December 1, 1951. p. 50. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  9. ^ "WGAL 30 Years of Public Service". Billboard. Lancaster, PA. June 7, 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  10. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. Washington, DC. March 29, 1976. p. 37. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  11. ^ "Readers' Reports and FM Industry News" (PDF). VHF-UHF Digest. Worldwide TV-FM DX Association: 10. May 1977. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  12. ^ "New Call Letters". Billboard. Lancaster, PA. April 2, 1977. p. 33. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  13. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1991 page B-288
  14. ^ Venta, Lance (May 13, 2015). "WROZ Completes Fun Relaunch". radioinsight.com. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  15. ^ a b Negley, Erin (May 15, 2015). "WROZ changes format to Fun 101.3". lancasteronline.com. LNP. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  16. ^ Portzline, Timothy (2011). Harrisburg Broadcasting. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia. p. 109. ISBN 9780738575070.
  17. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1993 page B-302
  18. ^ "Educational Media Foundation Acquires WROZ". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  19. ^ "Final Listen: WROZ (Fun 101.3) Lancaster". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  20. ^ "Modification of a License for FM Application [WROZ]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. September 2, 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  21. ^ "Assignments [WROZ]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. September 15, 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  22. ^ "Notification of Consummation [WROZ]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. October 4, 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  23. ^ Stairiker, Kevin (September 30, 2021). "End of an era: Fun 101.3 goes off the air, after spending a day full of fan memories". LNP. Lancaster, PA. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
  24. ^ Frankows, Megan (November 20, 2014). "Too early for Christmas music? Susquehanna Valley radio station now playing it". wgal.com. LNP. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  25. ^ a b "Reference points and distance computations. 47 CFR § 73.208". Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  26. ^ a b "Minimum distance separation between stations. 47 CFR § 73.207(b)(1)" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-07-17.

External links[]

Coordinates: 40°02′04″N 76°37′07″W / 40.034528°N 76.618583°W / 40.034528; -76.618583

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