WCAT-FM
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| City of license | Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Branding | Red 102.3 |
| Slogan | "#1 for New Country and the Legends" |
| Frequency | 102.3 (MHz) |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 3,000 watts horiz 2,750 watts vert |
| HAAT | 100 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 74557 |
| Former callsigns | WHYL-FM (?-1979) WZUE (1979-1981) WHYL-FM (1981-2002) WRKZ-FM (2002-2004) |
| Owner | Potential Broadcasting LLC (divestiture trust for Cumulus Media) |
| Sister stations | WTPA |
| Website | red1023.com |
WCAT-FM is Red 102.3, a 3,000 watt country music radio station in Carlisle, Pennsylvania serving Carlisle and the surrounding communities.
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[edit] Personalities
Current air personalities include:
- Rick Sten (Mornings)
- Rich Creeger
- Val Baldwin
- Sara Sage
- Whitney Allen
[edit] History of the 102.3 Frequency
The station started as WHYL-FM airing a simulcast of WHYL, an AM station housed in the same building.
On December 31, 1979, the call sign changed to WZUE and was branded as "Zoo 102". The WZUE calls were short-lived as the call sign reverted back to WHYL-FM on October 14, 1981, branded as "Country 102."
On April 26, 2002, the call sign was changed to WRKZ-FM (which is now a station in Columbus, Ohio). It began as a simulcast of WCAT-FM, which belonged to a different frequency in the same market (106.7), and branded itself as "Cat Country 106.7" (it is currently WMHX). After a brief period, WRKZ-FM flipped formats to all-80s and re-branded itself as "Z102.3."
Another format change came shortly thereafter when WCAT-FM, on 106.7, changed its call sign to WCPP and changed its format to Top 40. The WCAT-FM call sign was then given to 102.3, the format changed to country, and it became the current "Red 102.3."
Citadel Broadcasting, the station's former owner, merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.[1] To comply with Department of Justice regulations, WCAT-FM, the license for WWKL, and the intellectual property of WTPA, along with WRSR in Flint, Michigan, were transferred to Potential Broadcasting LLC; Cumulus had previously planned to transfer WCAT-FM and WWKL to Volt Radio LLC, which acquired 12 stations from Cumulus and Citadel to comply with Federal Communications Commission regulations.[2]
[edit] Historic Photographs
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[edit] References
- ^ "Cumulus now owns Citadel Broadcasting". Atlanta Business Journal. September 16, 2011. http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2011/09/16/cumulus-now-owns-citadel-broadcasting.html. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
- ^ "Cumulus names spin-offs in Harrisburg, Flint". Radio Business Report. September 16, 2011. http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio_deals/cumulus-names-spin-offs-in-harrisburg-flint.html. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Call sign history (Official)
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WCAT
- Radio-Locator information on WCAT
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WCAT
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