WSBM
City | Florence, Alabama |
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Broadcast area | Florence-Muscle Shoals |
Frequency | 1340 kHz |
Branding | Fox Sports Shoals |
Programming | |
Format | Sports |
Ownership | |
Owner | Big River Broadcasting Corporation |
WQLT-FM, WXFL, WLVS-FM | |
History | |
First air date | March 29, 1946 (as WJOI) |
Former call signs | WJOI (1946-1973) WXOR (1973-1984) |
Call sign meaning | Sports Beats Music |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 5272 |
Class | C |
Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°47′50″N 87°39′54″W / 34.79722°N 87.66500°W |
Translator(s) | 97.9 W250BY (Florence) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | foxsportsshoals.com |
WSBM (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format.[1] Licensed to Florence, Alabama, United States, the station serves the Florence-Muscle Shoals area. The station is currently owned by Big River Broadcasting Corporation.[2]
Translators[]
WSBM AM 1340 is currently rebroadcast on translator W250BY 97.9 FM. This translator had previously broadcast on 98.3 FM until its frequency was changed to 98.5 in 2001. Incidentally, this was the same frequency as WJOI-FM which was on the air in the early- and mid-1950s. This was a 140-watt FM station (the first FM station in the Florence-Muscle Shoals market) which rebroadcast WJOI AM 1340. W253AH uses the old WJOI-FM antenna which was mounted on 1340's tower in the 1950s.[3]
WJOI-FM went off the air sometime in the late 1950s, and should not be confused with the 1960s' WJOI-FM on 107.3 which later became WQLT.
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | ERP (W) |
Class | FCC info |
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W250BY | 97.9 | Florence, Alabama | 250 | D | FCC FM Query |
References[]
- ^ "WSBM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ "WJOI AM 1340 - FM 98.3". Shoals Area Radio History.
External links[]
- WSBM in the FCC AM station database
- WSBM on Radio-Locator
- WSBM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Radio stations in Alabama
- Sports radio stations in the United States
- Alabama radio station stubs