WLBE
City | Leesburg, Florida |
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Broadcast area | Lake County, Florida |
Frequency | 790 kHz |
Branding | Timeless Classics 790 AM |
Programming | |
Format | Full Service/Timeless Classics |
Affiliations | ABC News |
Ownership | |
Owner | George and Esperanza Arroyo (Q-Broadcasting Corporation) |
History | |
First air date | 1947 |
Former call signs | WEUS |
Call sign meaning | W Leesburg-Eustis [1] |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 73202 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 28°49′42.00″N 81°47′10.00″W / 28.8283333°N 81.7861111°W |
WLBE (790 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a full service format with an emphasis on Timeless Classics. Licensed to Leesburg, Florida, United States, it serves the Lake County area. The station is currently owned by WLBE 790, Inc. As of 6/6/2019, the station has gone silent due to financial difficulties. As of April 7, 2021 they were on the air playing music, ID stated as Leesburg/Eustis. The NEW AM 790. The format is Timeless Classics.
The station originally signed on in 1947 using the call letters WEUS, but changed to WLBE effective 10/19/1948.
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External links[]
- WLBE page on cflradio.net
- WLBE in the FCC AM station database
- WLBE on Radio-Locator
- WLBE in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Categories:
- Radio stations in Florida
- Leesburg, Florida
- 1947 establishments in Florida
- Radio stations established in 1947
- Florida radio station stubs