WOBR-FM

WOBR-FM

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City of license	Wanchese, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Outer Banks
Branding	"Pirate 95.3"
Slogan	"Rock Without Rules"
Frequency	95.3 MHz
First air date	1973
Format	Mainstream Rock
Power	25,000 watts
HAAT	90 meters
Class	C3
Facility ID	73366
Transmitter coordinates
Callsign meaning	Where the Outer Banks Rocks Outer Banks "R" (as in a pirate saying, "arrr")
Owner	East Carolina Radio
Website	WOBR-FM Online

WOBR-FM (95.3 FM, "The Pirate") is a radio station broadcasting a Mainstream Rock format. Licensed to Wanchese, North Carolina, USA, it serves the Outer Banks. The station is currently owned by East Carolina Radio, Inc.

History

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Logo used until November 2012.

The station was the Outer Banks' first FM station, signing on in 1973. At first the station simulcasted their adult contemporary AM sister station during the day and broadcast easy listening music after the AM signed off at night. In the early eighties, the station became a full-time beautiful music station, but later evolved into adult contemporary, and finally an AAA format by end of the eighties as "Beach 95FM". In the early 90s East Carolina Radio brought the station, and the AAA format eventually developed into an alternative rock format as "The Wave". In 1997, the station adjusted the format to "Modern Adult Comtemporary". By the end of the 1990s it had become classic rock as "The Rock".

On December 5, 2012 at 10 am WOBR relaunched as "Pirate 95.3 - Rock Without Rules" the next day, playing a mix of classic rock and active rock.

Trivia

Popular Norfolk radio personality Henry "The Bull" Del Toro, was briefly Program Director and Afternoon drive at WOBR in the late 90s. This was Del Toro's last radio job before his death in 2003.

External links

• Pirate 95.3 Online
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WOBR
• Radio-Locator information on WOBR
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WOBR