page_title: WRRK
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: WRRK / History
caption_attribution_description: WRRK's HD Radio Channels on a SPARC Radio with PSD and EAS.
context_page_description: WRRK is a variety hits radio station licensed to Braddock, Pennsylvania, serving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and owned by Saul Frischling, through licensee WPNT Media Subsidiary, LLC. Its studios are located at Centre City Tower in Downtown Pittsburgh and the transmitter tower is in the city's Hazelwood neighborhood.
context_section_description: WRRK was previously the call sign of a top 40/rock station in Manistee, MI.
  WRRK (PA)'s previous formats and call letters included Easy Listening and Adult Contemporary as WLOA-FM (it was also simulcast on an AM station when it was WLOA, which is now All-Talk WZUM) and Soft Rock as WFFM.  In 1985, the station known as WHYW (since 1982) began featuring Classic Rock from 7 pm to midnight while retaining the Soft Rock format from 5 am to 7 pm and playing jazz overnight. They maintained their "Y-97 FM" identity during this time.  In March 1986 the station went to classic rock full-time; the calls were changed to WMYG and they began referring to themselves as "Magic Y-97 FM," shortening it to simply "Magic 97 FM" later that same year.  In 1991, the station switched to a current-based rock format, and the calls were changed to WRRK.  When the station was bought by Legend Communications in 1993, the classic rock format was resurrected, but the station retained the WRRK call letters. The format lasted for 13 years, as "Channel 97" and "97 RRK".
  On November 1, 2005, at Midnight, WRRK switched to adult hits, under the moniker "96.9 Bob FM", bringing "Bob FM" to the Pittsburgh market, not unlike the Jack FM format that has been proved popular in several US and Canadian cities. The first song Bob played in the Steel City was Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon.  Station IDs were accompanied by claims that listening to them is like "having your radio dial stuck in scan mode".  Songs such as The Eagles' "Hotel California" are played back to back with Stacie Orrico's "More to Life" or Nick Lachey's "Whats Left of Me" .
  In early 2006, it was rumored that the station had changed its call sign to WBZB. However, this was not true, and WBON, a station on Long Island, New York, used the WBZB calls for nine months in 2007.
  Some time before December 2007, Bob FM 96.9 started broadcasting in HD.
  WRRK-HD2 (Bob's B-Sides) plays a set "mix" of songs with a repeat period of less than 24 hours. WRRK-HD3 (Bob's Malt Shop) plays music from the '50s and '60s .
  Former DJs include Sean McDowell, Mark Andrew, John Pfab, Jim Quinn, Lee Sackett, and Ed Weigle.  During their WFFM days DJs included Doug Southerland and George Hart, Kevin Fennessy, former KQV afternoon personality Chuck Brinkman, and Tom Daniels [Later of WBZZ (B94FM), WWSW (3WS-FM/AM) and WDSY (Y108)].
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  Actor George Peppard worked at the station when it was known as WLOA-FM.
caption: WRRK's HD Radio Channels on a SPARC Radio with PSD and EAS.