WCAT-FM

WCAT-FM

City	Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Branding	Red 102.3
Slogan	"#1 for New Country and the Legends"
Frequency	102.3 MHz
Format	Country
ERP	3,000 watts horiz 2,750 watts vert
HAAT	100 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	74557
Former callsigns	WHYL-FM (?-1979) WZUE (1979-1981) WHYL-FM (1981-2002) WRKZ-FM (2002-2004)
Owner	Harold Z. Swidler (Radio Carlisle, Inc.)
Sister stations	WIOO, WHYL
Webcast	LISTEN LIVE Listen Live streaming URL
Website	red1023.com

WCAT-FM is Red 102.3, a 3,000 watt country music radio station in Carlisle, Pennsylvania serving Carlisle and the surrounding communities. Red 102.3 is currently programmed by Rick Sten.

Personalities

Current air personalities include:

Rick Sten (Mornings with Rick on Red)
Phil the Thrill (Most Music Midday with Phil the Thrill)
Sara Sage (Afternoons)
The Big Time with Whitney Allen (syndicated Evenings)

Additional Programming

Weekend programming includes:

Rise Up Country with John Ritter
Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton
Sunday Night Center Stage with Rick Sten
The Big Time Saturday Night with Whitney Allen
MRN/PRN NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Racing
Radio PA
Lincoln Radio Journal

History of the 102.3 frequency in Carlisle

The frequency began as WHYL-FM airing a simulcast of WHYL, an AM station housed in the same building.

On December 31, 1979, the call sign changed to WZUE and was branded as "Zoo 102". The WZUE calls were short-lived as the call sign reverted to WHYL-FM on October 14, 1981, branded as "Country 102."

On April 26, 2002, the call sign was changed to WRKZ-FM (which is now a station in Columbus, Ohio). It began as a simulcast of WCAT-FM, which belonged to a different frequency in the same market, and branded itself as "Cat Country 106.7". After a brief period, WRKZ-FM flipped formats to all-80s rock and re-branded itself as "Z102.3."

Another format change came shortly thereafter when "Cat Country 106.7" WCAT-FM, on 106.7, changed its call sign to WCPP (known as "Cool Pop") and changed its format to Hot AC. On February 17th 2004 the WCAT-FM call sign was then moved to 102.3, the format was again changed to country, and it became the currently branded Red 102.3.

Citadel Broadcasting, the station's former owner, merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.^[1] To comply with Department of Justice regulations, WCAT-FM, the license for WWKL, and the intellectual property of WTPA, along with WRSR in Flint, Michigan, were transferred to Potential Broadcasting LLC. In August 2012, Potential Broadcasting sold WCAT to Harold Z. Swidler, owner of WIOO in Carlisle, PA.^[2] The sale was consummated on November 7, 2012.

Upon sale consummation in 2012 the studio facilities were relocated from Camp Hill, PA (at the former home of Citadel Harrisburg) to Carlisle, PA, where it continues to provide the primarily music-driven, "New Country & The Legends" format today, with a large emphasis on the local community (as reflected on the official website, boasting "Community-Minded Local Radio. Local Personalities. Local Owners.").

Historic photographs

Photo of WZUE logo on a billboard, branded as "Zoo 102"

WHYL-FM Logo, branded as "Country 102"

References

↑ "Cumulus now owns Citadel Broadcasting". Atlanta Business Journal. September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
↑ "102.3 WCAT-FM Carlisle PA Spun-Off". August 15, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2012.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WCAT

Radio-Locator information on WCAT

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WCAT

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 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 W269AS WCAT-FM WGTY WHKF WHGB WHP WHYF WHYL WIOO WITF-FM WJAZ WKBO WNNK WNNK-HD2 (W243BR) 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

Country radio stations in the state of Pennsylvania

Stations	WANB – Waynesburg WBLJ-FM – Shamokin WBYL – Salladasburg WCAT-FM – Carlisle WCFT-FM - Bloomsburg WCTO – Easton WDBF-FM - Mount Union WDDH – Saint Marys WDKC – Covington WDSY-FM – Pittsburgh WEEO – Shippensburg WFGE – State College WFGI – Charleroi WFGI-FM – Johnstown WFGY – Altoona WFRM – Coudersport WGGI – Benton WGGY – Scranton WGTY – Gettysburg WGYI – Oil City WGYY – Meadville WHGB – Harrisburg WHGL-FM – Canton WHUN – Huntingdon WHVR – Hanover WIBF– Mexico WILQ – Williamsport WIOO – Carlisle WIOV-FM – Ephrata WKNB – Clarendon WKVE – Waynesburg WLCY – Blairsville WOGG – Oliver WOGH – Burgettstown WOGI – Moon Township WOWQ – Du Bois WPGB – Pittsburgh WQBG – Elizabethville WQBR – Avis WQCK – Philipsburg WRBG – Mifflinburg WRBT – Harrisburg WSJR – Dallas WSKE – Everett WTWF – Fairview WVNW – Burnham WWCB - Corry WWCH – Clarion WWGY – Grove City WWSM – Annville-Cleona WXTA – Edinboro WXTU – Philadelphia WZBF - Beaver Springs WZCY-FM – Hershey

Defunct	WKZV – Washington

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

Coordinates: 40°17′24″N 77°08′10″W / 40.290°N 77.136°W / 40.290; -77.136

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