City | WBHT: Mountain Top, Pennsylvania WBHD: Olyphant, Pennsylvania |
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Broadcast area | WBHT: Wilkes-Barre/Hazelton WBHD: Scranton |
Frequency | WBHT: 97.1 MHz WBHD: 95.7 MHz |
Branding | Hot 97.1/95.7 |
Programming | |
Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC) |
WBSX, WMGS, WSJR | |
History | |
First air date | WBHT: September 1992 (as WYRM) WBHD: 1991 (as WZZV) |
Former call signs | WBHT: WYRM (3/1992-11/1992) WYXY (1992-1993) WBHD: WZZV (1991-1993) WINH (4/1993-8/1993) WKQV (1993-1999) WXAR (1999-2001) WEOZ (2001-2002) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | WBHT: 20465 WBHD: 43521 |
Class | WBHT: A WBHD: A |
ERP | WBHT: 500 watts WBHD: 600 watts |
HAAT | WBHT: 336 meters (1,102 ft) WBHD: 308 meters (1,010 ft) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | hot971radio.com |
WBHT and WBHD are co-owned commercial FM radio stations serving the Wilkes Barre - Scranton - Hazleton area of Northeast Pennsylvania. The two stations simulcast a Top 40 (CHR) radio format and are owned by Cumulus Media. They use the moniker "Hot 97.1 and 95.7." The stations carry the syndicated wake up program, "The Bert Show," from co-owned WWWQ in Atlanta.
WBHT is licensed to Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, and has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 500 watts. WBHD is licensed to Olyphant, Pennsylvania, and has an ERP of 600 watts. Both stations have their transmitters on 1000 foot tall mountains, so their signals can be heard around much of Northeast Pennsylvania.