WBBO
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| City | Ocean Acres, New Jersey |
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| Broadcast area | Ocean, Burlington County, New Jersey |
| Branding | B 98.5 |
| Slogan | "The Jersey Shore's #1 Hit Music Station" |
| Frequency | 98.5 MHz |
| First air date | March 10, 1993 |
| Format | Contemporary Hit Radio |
| ERP | 3,400 watts |
| HAAT | 136 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 59495 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°42′56″N 74°17′32″W / 39.71556°N 74.29222°W |
| Former callsigns | WQNJ (1990–1997) WBBO (1997–2006) WKOE (2006) WKMK (2006–2010) WHTG-FM (2010) |
| Owner | Press Communications, LLC |
| Sister stations | WJLP-DT, KJWP-DT, WHTG, WKMK / WTHJ, WWZY / WBHX |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | b985radio.com |
WBBO (98.5 FM, "B 98.5") is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Hit Radio format. Licensed to Ocean Acres, New Jersey, it serves Ocean & Burlington counties in New Jersey. It first began broadcasting in 1993 under the call sign WQNJ, but more recently operated under WKMK. The station is currently owned by Press Communications.
98.5's signal blankets Ocean & Burlington in New Jersey as well as the New Jersey suburbs of Philadelphia. The station can be heard from Atlantic City to the South, Belmar to the North, and Philadelphia to the West.
The WBBO antenna is co-located with WVBH and WCHR-FM on a tower located near the intersection of Route 72 and the Garden State Parkway in Manahawkin.
98.5 was granted the WQNJ calls on February 7, 1990. Even before this station hit the air, it had extensive coverage in the local newspapers, because it was to be the first commercial station to hit the air in Ocean County since WJRZ signed on in 1976. FM 98.5 was originally owned by Seaira, Inc., a local company that was headed by Pat Parson, a former WCBS/880 news anchor from 1970 to 1990 and a former alumnus of WERA in Planfield.
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