Broadcast area | Hattiesburg/Laurel, Mississippi |
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Frequency | 96.5 MHz |
Branding | Alive 96.5 |
Programming | |
Format | Southern gospel |
Affiliations | New Orleans Saints Radio Network |
Ownership | |
Owner | Blakeney Communications, Inc. |
WXRR, WBBN, WKZW | |
History | |
First air date | 1995 (as WESV) |
Former call signs |
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Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 70409 |
Class | C3 |
ERP | 5,700 watts |
HAAT | 175 meters (574 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 31°28′09″N88°45′53″W / 31.46917°N 88.76472°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wxhbfm.com |
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On Sunday evenings, WBBL broadcasts an hour of inspirational religiously themed messages from Sanford Missionary Baptist Church, with Brother James Broome and then following Sanford, County Line Baptist Church with Brother Everette Broome. Although the churches are in close proximity to one another, and the two men know each other, they are not related.
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The station is an affiliate of the New Orleans Saints radio network. [2]
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