WRFY-FM

WRFY-FM (102.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Reading, Pennsylvania, calling itself "Y102." The station is owned by iHeartMedia through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC, and broadcasts a Hot Adult Contemporary radio format. The studios and offices are on Perkiomen Avenue in Reading.
WRFY-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 10,000 watts. Its transmitter tower is located on the east side of Reading on Neversink Mountain (). The station's signal covers the cities of Lancaster, Allentown and Pottsville and the northwestern suburbs of Philadelphia. WRFY-FM broadcasts using HD Radio techonology. Its HD-2 digital subchannel carries a Spanish-language contemporary hits format known as "Rumba 92.3.," which feeds FM translator W222BY.
History.
On September 23, 1962, the station first signed on the air. It was owned by the City Broadcasting Company as a stand-alone FM station. (In that era, most FM stations were co-owned with AM or TV stations but WRFY-FM was not.) Its original studios were in [[Mount Penn, Pennsylvania|Mount Penn]].
By the 1970s, it had raised its power to 42,000 watts. Its tower is 807 feet [[height above average terrain|HAAT]].) It carried a [[beautiful music]] format, with quarter hour sweeps of instrumental [[cover version]]s of popular adult songs, including [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] show tunes. It was an [[network affiliate|affiliate]] of the [[ABC News Radio|ABC FM Network]].
By the 1980s, it had switched to a [[contemporary hit radio|Top 40]] format. It was affiliated with the [[RKO Radio Network]] for news and features. Over time, it moved in a more adult direction, making the transition to [[Hot Adult Contemporary]] music.
In 1996, WRFY-FM was acquired by [[Clear Channel Communications]], along with [[WRAW]] [[1340 AM]]. In 2008, Clear Channel changed its name to iHeartMedia.
Translator.
WRFY-FM HD2 programming is broadcast on the following [[Broadcast relay station|translator]]:
External links.
[[Category:Radio stations in Pennsylvania|RFY-FM]]
[[Category:IHeartMedia radio stations]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1962]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Hot adult contemporary radio stations in the United States]]