WKRZ
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| City | Freeland, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | Northeastern Pennsylvania |
| Branding | 98.5 KRZ |
| Slogan | Today's Best Music |
| Frequency | 98.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1948 (as WBRE-FM) |
| Format | Analog/HD1: CHR HD2: Rock ("The Mountain") |
| Language(s) | English |
| ERP | 8,700 watts (analog) 348 watts (digital) |
| HAAT | 357 meters (1,171 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 34379 |
| Callsign meaning | We're KRaZy! |
| Former callsigns | WBRE-FM (1948-1980) |
| Owner |
Entercom Communications (Entercom Wilkes-Barre Scranton, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WBZU, WGGY, WILK, WILK-FM, WKZN, WMQX |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WKRZ (98.5 FM, "98.5 KRZ") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve Freeland, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Entercom Communications, through licensee Entercom Wilkes-Barre Scranton, LLC, and broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format. Its broadcast tower is located southeast of Wilkes-Barre in Bear Creek Township at (41°11′56.0″N 75°49′5.0″W / 41.198889°N 75.818056°W).
WKRZ uses HD Radio, and broadcasts a rock format on its HD2 subchannel branded as "The Mountain".
The station first signed on in 1948 with the WBRE-FM call sign, licensed to serve Wilkes-Barre. It was the FM sister station to then WBRE AM at 1340 kHz also licensed to serve Wilkes-Barre. WBRE-FM evolved through a number of radio formats and by the 1970s was all-news. The station, up to that point, broadcast in FM mono since its start in 1948. Due to consistently low audience ratings in the area, WBRE-FM made a big change in 1980 when it was sold with the new owners adding FM stereo, a format switch to Top 40 music, along with the call sign change to the present WKRZ. WKRZ has been broadcasting a CHR/Top 40 format since 1980, branded at first as 98½ KRZ-FM.
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