WRBT

Frequency	94.9 mhz
First broadcast	September 30, 1962
Original call letters	WMSP
Original owner	Market Square Presbyterian Church (hence the call letters)
Original format	Classical, jazz, religious, community service
Original power	1700 watts
First studio location	Market Square Presbyterian Church, Market Square, Harrisburg
First transmitter location	Market Square Presbyterian Church, Market Square, Harrisburg
Worthy of note	The station was non-commercial and operated by volunteers until 1986
Present owner	Clear Channel
Present format	Country (as of 1997)
Present studio location	600 Corporate Circle, Harrisburg
Present transmitter location	Blue Mountain, north of East Pennsboro Township
Other call letters	WHKS, WWKL, WYMJ
Other studio locations	Vartan Way, Harrisburg (under Barnstable ownership)
Other transmitter locations	360 Poplar Church Rd., Wormleysburg (1973-1988)

December 1975 program guide - PDF file - This is one of the most festive and beautifully illustrated monthly program guides in WMSP's history.  (Portzline collection)

September 20, 1982 article - Station's 20th anniversary.  (Portzline collection)

April 1981 article - Damaged transmission line takes station off the air.  (Portzline collection)

Coverage map (Portzline collection)

1976 volunteer ad (Portzline collection)

April 21, 1976 article - Yours truly as a very young (and licensed) board operator (Portzline collection)

Production room - Two shots of WMSP's production room in 1981 (Portzline collection)

 

TechnoZone (for the technically curious)

Air studio console during the 1970's - The first console I ever used on the air.  (See April 1976 article.)  It's now part of my equipment collection.  (Portzline collection)

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