WKRZ

WKRZ
Freeland, Pennsylvania;
Broadcast area	Wilkes-Barre - Scranton - Northeastern Pennsylvania
Frequency	98.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	98.5 KRZ
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Contemporary hit radio
Subchannels	HD2: Country music (WGGY); HD3: Family Life Network;
Affiliations	Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	Audacy, Inc.; (Audacy License, LLC);
Sister stations	WAAF; WGGY (HD2); WILK; WILK-FM; WLMZ-FM; WLMZ;
History
First air date	1948 (as WBRE-FM)
Former call signs	WBRE-FM (1948–80)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	34379
Class	B
ERP	8,700 watts (analog); 348 watts (digital);
HAAT	357 meters (1,171 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°11′56.3″N 75°49′4.7″W / 41.198972°N 75.817972°W
Translator(s)	103.9 W280FJ (Bloomsburg); HD3: 92.5 W223CC (Wilkes-Barre); HD3: 97.5 W248BP (Scranton)
Repeater(s)	107.9 WKRF (Tobyhanna)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live (via Audacy)
Website	www.audacy.com/985krz

WKRZ (98.5 FM, "98.5 KRZ") is a commercial radio station licensed to Freeland, Pennsylvania, and serving the Wilkes-Barre - Scranton - Northeastern Pennsylvania radio market. It has aired a Top 40/CHR radio format since 1980. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc., through licensee Audacy License, LLC.

WKRZ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 8,700 watts. The station broadcasts using HD Radio; the country music programming of sister station WGGY (Froggy 101) is heard on its HD2 digital subchannel and Family Life Network is heard on its HD3 digital subchannel. The transmitter tower is located in Bear Creek Township at (41°11′56.0″N 75°49′5.0″W / 41.198889°N 75.818056°W / 41.198889; -75.818056).^[3] WKRZ programming is simulcast on WKRF (107.9 FM) in Tobyhanna, serving the Stroudsburg area of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.