WBHX

WBHX
City Tuckerton, New Jersey
Branding 99.7 The Island
Slogan Ocean County's Greatest Hits
Frequency 99.7 MHz
First air date 1999
Format Classic Hits
Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.)
ERP 5,600 watts
HAAT 33 meters
Class A
Facility ID 56233
Former callsigns WTUC (1992-1997, CP)
Webcast Listen Live
Website 997theisland.com

WBHX (99.7 FM, "The Island") is a radio station licensed to Tuckerton, New Jersey and airs a classic hits format.

History

On August 10, 1999 WBHX signed on full-time airing a mostly automated classic rock format with "Radio Rohn" in mornings and afternoons hosted by Mike Jarmus, including his Woodstock lunch show featuring music from the Woodstock period. Specialty shows included "The Dead At Midnight", "Blues Delux" and "The Dr. Demento Show". WBHX was constructed by Beach Haven Communications.

After the Station was acquired by Press Broadcasting, on October 4, 2002, the station switched to an adult contemporary format known as "The Breeze". The very last song played by Radio Rohn before the switch from classic rock to adult contemporary was "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen, the very last song played at midnight was Nights in White Satan by the Moody Blues.

WWZY Simulcast

"107.1 FM" was simulcast to Southern Ocean County New Jersey on 99.7 WBHX in Tuckerton, New Jersey from June 30, 2003 to November 1, 2015. The WBHX transmitter is located on Long Beach Island in the town of Beach Haven, NJ. The station is also played throughout most of the day in southern Ocean County on WCAT-TV, the public-access television cable TV channel serving Pinelands Regional High School.

99.7 The Island

Starting November 1, 2015, WBHX began playing Christmas music as "99.7 The Island." On December 26, 2015 WBHX changed their format to classic hits, still under the "99.7 The Island" branding.[1]

References

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