WRBR-FM (103.9
MHz
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) is a
radio station
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in
South Bend, Indiana
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, United States, broadcasting an
active rock format. The station is owned by
Federated Media. WRBR-FM hosts several concerts and activities in the South Bend area. WRBR-FM was formerly an
oldies
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Since 2 ...
station before switching to an active rock format.
History
The station was first licensed as WJVA-FM on August 5, 1964; it became WRBR in 1968.
Its
Top 40
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format lasted until 1981 when its call letters changed to WXMG and flipped to
adult contemporary
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. In 1984, the call letters were changed to WZZP; four years later, the station returned to a
Top 40/CHR format, competing against
WNDU-FM. A few years later, in 1991, the station returned to the WRBR-FM call letters. WRBR dropped CHR in 1993 for an
oldies
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music.
Since 2 ...
format which lasted until flipping to rock in 1998.
References
*http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=27145
External links
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RBR-FM
Active rock radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1964
1964 establishments in Indiana
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