WOBR-FM

WOBR-FM
City of license Wanchese, North Carolina
Broadcast area Outer Banks
Branding "Pirate 95.3"
Slogan "Rock Without Rules"
Frequency 95.3 MHz
First air date 1973
Format Mainstream Rock
Power 25,000 watts
HAAT 90 meters
Class C3
Facility ID 73366
Transmitter coordinates 35°51′52″N 75°39′01″W / 35.86444°N 75.65028°W
Callsign meaning Where the Outer Banks Rocks
Outer Banks "R" (as in a pirate saying, "arrr")
Owner East Carolina Radio
Website WOBR-FM Online

WOBR-FM (95.3 FM, "The Pirate") is a radio station broadcasting a Mainstream Rock format. Licensed to Wanchese, North Carolina, USA, it serves the Outer Banks. The station is currently owned by East Carolina Radio, Inc.

History

Logo used until November 2012.

The station was the Outer Banks' 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 full-time 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".

On December 5, 2012 at 10 am WOBR relaunched as "Pirate 95.3 - Rock Without Rules" the next day, playing a mix of classic rock and active rock.[1]

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.

References

  1. ↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/79876/wobr-nags-head-stunting/

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