WROZ

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WROZ-FM

City of license	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Branding	The Rose
Frequency	101.3 (MHz)
Format	Adult Contemporary
Callsign meaning	WROZe
Owner	Hall Communications, Inc.
Website	http://www.roseradio.com/

WROZ is 101.3 The Rose in Lancaster, Pennsylvania serving Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They play recent adult contemporary music like Rob Thomas, The Fray, UB40, Kelly Clarkson, and Sheryl Crow just to name a few. They position themselves as 101 The Rose "Playing A Bigger And Better Variety of Soft Rock Everyday." Another key line identifying the station is the fact that they "play 25 minutes of soft rock" in every set of music. They play mostly music from the 1980s, 1990s, and today with a few 1970s hits mixed in. They can be considered a "Bright AC" playing more upbeat tunes than a "typical" AC station. This station rank high in the Lancaster and York markets and is now considered "the number one at work radio station."

The Rose is one of three FM radio partners of WGAL-TV 8, in which any type of news or weather story comes to them via Channel 8. This is a high mark because WGAL is one of the most watched TV stations in the area and one of the most respected. WROZ is also the designated Emergency Alert System station for Lancaster County where all the emergency information such as tornado warnings airs on The Rose automatically.

Every Friday, they dedicate the airwaves to all 80's with "All 80's Flashback Friday." They have a Face The Music Challenge at 7:45AM and a trivia question in the afternoon to go along with it. One weekend out of the month, they dedicate the whole weekend to the 1980s and then one weekend a month there is a "Whatever Weekend" in which songs that haven't been played in a while show up again on the station. Whatever weekends encompass all music from 1970s-2000s.

Every year, around mid-November they position themselves as "Central PA's Christmas Station, playing wall-to-wall holiday favorites to usher in the busy holiday season. The sounds of the seasons include standards, instrumentals, and contemporary favorites. They are consistently ranked high during this period and frequently get tons of advertisers to air their holiday ads on the air. Most frequent artists for the holiday season include Trans Siberian Orchestra, Amy Grant, Hanny Connick, Jr, Manhattan Transfer, and Jose Feliciano.

They have this as the current DJ Lineup

12-6AM Justin Broka-playing your soft rock favorites all night long.

6-9AM Tom Richards and Valerie Baldwin (Tom and Val in the morning). They conduct numerous contests like Tom and Val's Angel of The Day, Joke of The Day and Joe Calhoun from Channel 8's weather team checks in at 7:40AM.

9-2PM Michael C. Anthony. Michael has the 9AM all music hour to kickoff the workday and at 12 Noon its Lunch Bunch, in which he plays an hour of listeners requests and does Lunch Bunch trivia for prizes.

2-7PM Patsy Sympson with the drive home. Channel 8's Doug Allen from the weather team checks in at 4:45PM every day.

7-12AM-Delilah (National Syndicated Show) with dedications for loved ones, relationship issues, and more.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR/OPERATIONS MANAGER: TOM SHANNON

MUSIC DIRECTOR: MICHAEL C. ANTHONY

PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR: FRAN MARTIN

[edit] External References

• Official Website