WROZ

WROZ

City	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	South Central Pennsylvania
Branding	Fun 101.3
Slogan	More Music Less Talk The Christmas Station (Nov.-Dec.)
Frequency	101.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	1944 (as WGAL-FM)
Format	Adult contemporary Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.)
ERP	7,400 watts (analog) 74 watts (digital)^[1]
HAAT	379 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	25865
Callsign meaning	W ROZe (Rose, previous branding)
Former callsigns	WGAL-FM (1944-1977) WNCE (1977-11/15/1992)
Owner	Hall Communications
Sister stations	WLPA (AM), WONN-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	fun1013.com

WROZ (101.3 FM "Fun 101.3") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Hall Communications and broadcasts an adult contemporary format. Its antenna is on the WGAL-TV broadcast tower located in Hellam Township, York County at (40°02′4.0″N 76°37′7.0″W / 40.034444°N 76.618611°W / 40.034444; -76.618611).^[2]^[3]

History

The station signed on for the first time in 1944 as WGAL-FM, sister station to WGAL. The stations were owned by Steinman Stations.^[4]^[5]

In March 1976, Steinman Stations sold WGAL-FM (along with WGAL (AM) and WGAL-TV) to Hall Communications for $850,000.^[6]

In April 1977, the call sign was changed to WNCE, and the branding to "Nice 101".^[7] The station's beautiful music format was not changed.^[8]

In 1992, the station changed call signs from WNCE to WROZ and its format from beautiful music^[9] to adult contemporary, rebranding as "The Rose".^[10]

On Thursday, May 14, 2015 the station switched branding from "The Rose" to "Fun 101.3".^[10]

WROZ changes format to Christmas music each November and December and re-brands as "Central PA's Christmas Station".^[11]

Dennis and Michelle, Michael C. Anthony, Patsy Sympson, Ronnie Ramone

↑ "Radio Frequency (RF) Protection Study [WROZ]". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. January 30, 2014. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
↑ "FM Query Results for WROZ". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
↑ "TV Query Results for WGAL". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
↑ "The National Broadcasting Company Radio Affiliates". Billboard. Lancaster, PA. December 1, 1951. p. 50. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
↑ "WGAL 30 Years of Public Service". Billboard. Lancaster, PA. June 7, 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. Washington, DC. March 29, 1976. p. 37. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
↑ "Readers' Reports and FM Industry News" (PDF). VHF-UHF Digest. Worldwide TV-FM DX Association: 10. May 1977. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
↑ "New Call Letters". Billboard. Lancaster, PA. April 2, 1977. p. 33. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
↑ Venta, Lance (May 13, 2015). "WROZ Completes Fun Relaunch". radioinsight.com. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
1 2 Negley, Erin (May 15, 2015). "WROZ changes format to Fun 101.3". lancasteronline.com. LNP. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
↑ Frankows, Megan (November 20, 2014). "Too early for Christmas music? Susquehanna Valley radio station now playing it". wgal.com. LNP. Retrieved 2016-05-23.

Radio stations in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania market

By FM frequency	89.1 90.3 90.7 91.3 91.7 92.9 94.5 96.9 101.3 103.7 105.1

By AM frequency	940 1390 1490 1580 1600

By callsign	WADV WDAC WFNM WIOV WIXQ WJTL WLAN WLAN-FM WLCH WLPA WLRI-LP WPDC WROZ WRTL WVZN WXCY

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Radio stations in the Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle, Pennsylvania, market

By AM frequency	580 720 960 1000 1230 1270 1400 1460 1600 1640

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.5 90.1 90.7 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.7 93.5 94.9 95.3 96.5 97.3 98.9 99.3 100.1 101.3 101.7 102.3 104.1 105.7 106.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.55

By callsign	KFX305 W211AA W237DE W243BR W269AS WCAT-FM WGTY WHKF WHGB WHP WHYF WHYL WIOO WITF-FM WJAZ WKBO WNNK WONN-FM WPDC WPFG WQIC WQLV WQXA WRBT WROZ WRVV WTKT WTPA WXL40 WWKL WXPH WZCY-FM WZXM

Defunct	WISL (1480 AM)

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Adult contemporary radio stations in the state of Pennsylvania

Stations	WARM – York WATS – Sayre WAYC-FM – Bedford WBEB – Philadelphia WBRX – Cresson WCCR-FM – Clarion WCCS – Homer City WDSN – Reynoldsville WDYS – Dushore WESB – Bradford WHKS – Port Allegany WJST – New Castle WKQW-FM – Oil City WKYE – Johnstown WLEV – Allentown WLMY – Williamsport WMAJ-FM – Centre Hall WMGH-FM – Tamaqua WMGS – Wilkes-Barre WNAE – Warren WOGA – Mansfield WOKW – Curwensville WPPA – Pottsville WQIC – Lebanon WQLV – Millersburg WROZ – Lancaster WSHH – Pittsburgh WVLY – Milton WVYS - Ridgebury WXKC – Erie WYNY – Milford WZWW – Bellefonte

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania

Hall Communications

AM radio stations	WICH WILI WJOY WLKW WLPA WNBH WONN

FM radio stations	WBTZ WCTK WCTY WILI-FM WIZN WKNL WKOL WLKF WNLC WOKO WONN-FM WPCV WROZ WWRZ

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