page_title: WRNB
section_title: Urban Oldies
hierarchical_section_title: WRNB / History / Urban Oldies
caption_attribution_description: English: Logo as Old School 100.3
context_page_description: WRNB is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Media, Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley radio market. It is owned by Radio One and airs an urban adult contemporary radio format. In afternoon drive time, WRNB carries the syndicated D. L. Hughley Show. WRNB's studios and offices are in the "555 Building" on City Avenue in Bala Cynwyd.
  WRNB has an effective radiated power of 17,000 watts. The transmitter is located in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia at. The station is short-spaced with two other co-channel FM stations. WRNB broadcasts in the HD Radio hybrid format, with its HD-2 subchannel simulcasting sister station 103.9 WPHI-FM's hip-hop - urban contemporary sound.
context_section_description: On March 29, 2013, WRNB went jockless and began promoting a "big announcement" at 5 p.m. on April 1. At that time, after playing "Keep Your Head to the Sky" by Earth, Wind, & Fire, WRNB flipped to urban oldies as "Old School 100.3." The first song on "Old School" was "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton.
  The format played Motown, disco, funk, new jack swing, freestyle, and early hip hop from the 1960s to the early 2000s. The new format was designed to better compete with the dominant Urban AC station in Philadelphia, WDAS-FM.
  In November 2014, sister station WPHI moved to a classic hip-hop format. In response, WRNB re-added some current music, although the station continued to focus on older urban hits.
caption: Logo as "Old School 100.3" from 2013-2016
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