for the maori term see wero . for the spanish word sometimes spelled wero see g ero . wero city washington north carolina broadcast area new bern north carolina greenville north carolina jacksonville north carolina kinston north carolina branding bob 93.3 slogan all the hits frequency 93.3 mhz first air date march 31 1980 format top 40 chr erp 100 000 watts haat 543 meters 1781 feet class c facility id 64609 former callsigns wbob fm until 04 23 2004 wero until 04 15 2004 wdlx until 02 19 1996 witn fm until 06 01 1985 1 owner alpha media alpha media licensee llc sister stations wang wqsl wqzl wxqr wrns wrns fm webcast listen live website bob933.com wero 93.3 fm bob 93.3 is a contemporary hit radio music formatted radio station for eastern north carolina licensed to washington north carolina us targeting the greenville north carolina and eastern north carolina areas . it also covers virginia and south carolina . history edit the station began as witn fm and by the late 1970s was a top 40 station known as rock 93 airing tm s automated stereo rock format . the station was owned by william riley bill roberson jr. and operated along with sister station witn am as the tar heel broadcasting system . roberson also owned the local tv station witn tv 7 and numerous other local properties such as the dr. pepper bottling plant and washington square mall . around 1984 roberson retired and began divesting these properties selling some but leaving his son in law charles zoph potts and william riley roberson iii in charge of witn am and fm . potts and roberson took the fm station to a live format in 1985 and changed to the 93dlx moniker also known as the hot fm . in 1991 the station went to a soft ac format . on 2 19 96 the calls became wero . 1 and went to classic hits format as arrow 93.3 . also in 1996 major changes took place as potts and roberson sold their interest in the station to pinnacle broadcasting which in 1999 became nextmedia group . in 1998 it dropped the arrow and became known as wero a 50 50 mix of the 80s and 90s mixing in more of an aaa format all during this time it had some association with witn tv . in 1999 it switched to bob 93.3 and plays top 40 music . 2 in 2004 nextmedia consolidated its radio operations to one central location in new bern north carolina as this station left behind the building just south of washington where it had broadcast from since the 1950s . in 2010 wero operated on reduced power for a while as the station replaced an antenna that was 30 years old an action which will increase the station s signal range . 3 nextmedia sold wero and their 32 other radio stations to digity llc for 85 million ; the transaction was consummated on february 10 2014 . effective february 25 2016 digity and its 124 radio stations were acquired by alpha media for 264 million . some of the disc jockeys on air personalities over the course of the stations history have been gary jackson sam reynolds jack boston alan handleman shel bynum colleen jackson tom the jazz man gina gray gary lee todd mitchell chris hollywood mann gare the spyder stevens doc brown charlie byrd j. slater beth mccall brian lane jay stevens chris kellogg jj gary o neal crystal legends big tom lawler beaver chris michaels smith jojo jamie and flave jagger and helen harvey and ace & tj . references edit a b call sign history wero . retrieved 2010 04 27 . raleigh durham fm dial . archived from the original on 2003 02 01 . retrieved 2010 04 27 . bob s getting bigger . bob933.com . retrieved 2010 02 18 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wero radio locator information on wero query nielsen audio s fm station database for wero v t e radio stations in the greenville new bern jacksonville market by am frequency 710 900 930 1070 1120 1240 1250 1340 1400 1450 1490 1490 1570 by fm frequency 88.1 88.3 88.5 88.7 89.3 89.9 90.5 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.5 91.9 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.3 94.1 94.3 95.1 95.5 95.9 96.3 97.7 97.9 98.3 98.9 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.5 104.7 105.1 105.5 106.5 105.9 107.1 107.9 by callsign waae wago wavq wbnk wcpe wdlx wecu wegg wels fm wero wghb wiam wiks wjfm wjnc wlgp wlgt wlvg wlxb wmgv wnbb wnbu wnct wnct fm wnos woow wotj wpwz wqsl wqzl wrhd wrht wrns fm wrtp wsfl fm wsme wstk wbjd wkns wznb wtib wtkf wwil wwil fm wwnb wxnr wxqr fm wyfl wzkt wzup north carolina radio markets asheville charlotte fayetteville greensboro winston salem high point greenville new bern jacksonville raleigh durham other north carolina radio regions elizabeth city nags head roanoke rapids south hill rocky mount wilson wilmington see also list of radio stations in north carolina v t e radio stations in the rocky mount wilson north carolina market by am frequency 760 1390 1420 1490 by fm frequency 88.5 89.7 90.1 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.3 94.3 94.7 95.5 96.9 97.3 98.5 98.9 99.3 100.3 100.7 101.5 103.1 104.3 106.1 106.9 107.3 107.9 by callsign wbic lp wbku wcpe wcps wdwg weed wero wfxk wjqy lp wlqc wlxb wnct fm wpwz wqdr fm wral wrdu wrhd wrmt wrqm wrsv wrtp wtkk wubn lp wvot wvra wwpl wyfl wzax wzru defunct wgtm 590 north carolina radio markets asheville charlotte fayetteville greensboro winston salem high point greenville new bern jacksonville raleigh durham other north carolina radio regions elizabeth city nags head roanoke rapids south hill rocky mount wilson wilmington see also list of radio stations in north carolina v t e chr top 40 radio stations in the state of north carolina by frequency 93.3 95.1 96.1 96.9 98.1 100.3 102.5 104.3 105.1 107.5 107.5 by callsign wazo wdcg wero whqc wkzl wmks wnks wplw wqnq wqsm wwpl by city asheville charlotte whqc charlotte wnks fayetteville goldsboro greensboro hillsborough raleigh durham washington wilmington winston salem see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in north carolina see also contemporary hit radio rhythmic kiss fm movin 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