Global InformationWBZC information
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| Broadcast area | Southern New Jersey, Metro Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley region |
| Frequency | 88.9 MHz |
| Branding | Word FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Four Rivers Community Broadcasting Corporation |
Sister stations | WBYO |
| History | |
First air date | January 1995 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 7844 |
| Class | B1 |
| ERP | 10,000 watts |
| HAAT | 67 meters (220 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°50′34.00″N 74°32′40.00″W / 39.8427778°N 74.5444444°W |
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Public license information |
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| Website | [1] |
WBZC (88.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Four Rivers Community Broadcasting Corporation in Pemberton, New Jersey, United States. At 10,000 watts, the station serves Burlington County, New Jersey, and the metro Philadelphia region. When it was a college radio station, it was one of the most powerful college radio stations in the country. WBZC's frequency allocation was made possible after The University of Pennsylvania's WXPN in Philadelphia moved from 88.9 FM to its present frequency of 88.5 FM in 1991. Previously owned by Rowan College at Burlington County, the station is now fully owned by Four Rivers Community Broadcasting Corporation airing a Christian radio format.
WBZC began broadcasting in January 1995, and in early 1996 was named the number one college radio station in America based on listenership, large coverage area in the nation's 9th largest radio market and unique programming and content. The award was bestowed by the National Association of College Broadcasters in Providence, Rhode Island. The station was a platform launching many careers of prominent broadcasters in the industry today.
With the moving of the Pemberton campus of Burlington County College, the station ceased its regional programming and transmission on January 18, 2018.
After being sold to Four Rivers Community Broadcasting Corporation in March 2019, WBZC came back on the air with Word FM and Rowan College's part of the radio station became a popular online music and information radio station known as RCBC Radio with a downloadable app heard worldwide on TuneIn and Amazon Alexa. Today, WBZC broadcasts 10,000 watts of Christian radio across the Delaware Valley.[2]
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBZC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WBZC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.