[2] Broadcasting with 250 watts during the day from a transmitter site along US Route 1 southwest of the city limits, WVOB carried a format of pop music and news for listeners in Harford County.
[3] On June 11, 1971—the station's eighth anniversary—a construction worker grading adjacent land clipped the guy wires supporting WVOB's tower, causing it to collapse.
[6] New WHRF call letters debuted on January 4, 1982, after James C. Swartz bought Bel Air Broadcasting;[7] the station continued with its adult contemporary sound.
[9] Meanwhile, former owner Fielder was sued by the Bank of Maryland for unpaid loans he guaranteed when he owned WHRF; he settled for $16,000.
[11] However, WHRF went dark again by late 1994, when New Harford filed to sell the station to CSN International, a satellite Christian broadcaster, for $75,000.