WNBU

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Field	Value
name	WNBU
city	Oriental, North Carolina
area	New Bern, North Carolina
branding	Oldies 94.1 & 102.7
frequency	94.1 MHz
airdate	(as WNBR)
translator	See
repeater
format	Oldies
erp	11,000 watts
haat	148 meters
class	C2
facility_id	13651
licensing_authority	FCC
former_callsigns
owner	Inner Banks Media
sister_stations	WTIB, WRHT, WRHD, WNCT-FM
webcast
website	oldiesnc.com/
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WNBU (94.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Oriental, North Carolina, United States, the station serves the Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville area. The station is currently owned by Inner Banks Media, LLC. The station has obtained a construction permit from the FCC for a power increase to 35,000 watts.

History

With the call letters WNBR, the station was "Bear 94". Back in 1993 the station played 70s music. In 1998 the station played classic country.

In 2003, Archway Broadcasting Group, LLC announced its acquisition of WNBR and three other Greenville market stations: WRHT, WCBZ, and WZBR—from Eastern North Carolina Broadcasting Company, Inc. for $6.5 million. Also that year, Archway bought WGPM and WCZI.

Later the station switched to WWEA, and together with WWGL (94.3 FM, formerly WGPM), this was a country station known as "Eagle 94". Then WWEA became WWHA, and WWGL became WWNK. The stations were "Hank FM".

Inner Banks Media LLC bought WWHA and WWNK as part of a cluster of stations from Archway for $4.5 million in March 2007.

WWHA and WWNK were hot adult contemporary for a short time before switching to new letters and separate formats January 1, 2008. WWHA became oldies WKOO "Kool 94.1", using letters that two other area stations (now WRMR and WBKZ) had used for the same format. WWNK became WTIB and later moved to 103.7 FM.

On November 5, 2018, WNBU changed its format from talk, (which moved to WRHT (96.3 FM), to country, branded as "Thunder Country 94.1".

On March 1, 2019, WNBU changed its format from country to rhythmic oldies, branded as "Groovin' Oldies 94.1 & 97.9". The “Groovin” portion of the name has since been dropped.

Past Personalities & Present Dan Miller, Clark Willis, Michael Buscemi, Bill Cozart

Translators

| callsign = WRHD-HD2

Previous logo

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References

"Call Sign history".
"WKOO Facility Record". United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division.
"WKOO Station Information Profile". [[Arbitron]].
(2003-03-12). "Archway Broadcasting Group, LLC Completes First Three Acquisitions". The Free Library by Farlex.
(2007-01-14). "Deals". [[Broadcasting & Cable]].
[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/171781/inner-banks-swaps-talk-and-thunder-country-in-new-bern/ Inner Banks Swaps Talk and Thunder Country in New Bern] Radioinsight - November 5, 2018
[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/174601/inner-banks-flips-enc-pair-to-groovin-oldies/ Inner Banks Flips ENC Pair to Groovin' Oldies] Radioinsight - February 27, 2019

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