WBIN (Tennessee)

Last updated
WBIN
Frequency 1540kHz
BrandingThe Light
Programming
Format Defunct (was Religion)
Ownership
OwnerGeorge C. Hudson, III
WCPH, WENR
History
First air date
May 18, 1977;45 years ago (1977-05-18) [1]
Former call signs
WWRO (2020)
Technical information
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 63492
Class D
Power 1,000 watts day
500 watts critical hours
4 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 35°10′50.00″N84°38′34.00″W / 35.1805556°N 84.6427778°W / 35.1805556; -84.6427778 Coordinates: 35°10′50.00″N84°38′34.00″W / 35.1805556°N 84.6427778°W / 35.1805556; -84.6427778
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Public license information

WBIN (1540 AM) was a radio station licensed to Benton, Tennessee, United States. The station was last owned by George C. Hudson, III. [2] [3] The station went silent on September 19, 2019; its license was surrendered to the Federal Communications Commission on September 8, 2020, and cancelled on September 15, 2020 as WWRO, although this call sign was never used on the air.

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History

The station signed on May 18, 1977, [1] as WBIN, a 250-watt daytimer owned by Stonewood Communications Corporation. It increased its power to 1,000 watts in 1979. [4] By 1989, the station was programming southern traditional gospel. [5] A $197,000 sale of WBIN and the construction permit for WBIN-FM (93.1) to Family Communications was announced in 1995; [6] for a period, WBIN shifted to a general religious format, but returned to southern gospel in December 1996. [7]

Stonewood sold WBIN and WBIN-FM to BP Broadcasters for $265,000 in 1998. [8] Upon taking over under a local marketing agreement that April, BP began simulcasting WBIN's southern gospel programming on WBIN-FM, replacing a contemporary Christian format; [9] the simulcast ended in July, when the FM station became adult contemporary station WOCE. [10]

BP Broadcasters sold WBIN to John and Jane Sines for $79,000 in 1999. [11] The Sines programmed WBIN as a religious station; [12] by 2003, the station was affiliated with the Three Angels Broadcasting Network. [13]

The Sines donated WBIN to Pioneer Health and Missions in 2019. [14] On September 19, 2019, WBIN went silent following the loss of its transmitter site; in applying for silent authority, Pioneer disclosed that it was in the process of selling the station. [15] WBIN was acquired by George C. Hudson, III, effective June 2, 2020 for $2,500. [16] The call sign was changed to WWRO on July 6, 2020, [17] to allow the WBIN call letters to be transferred to a station in Atlanta. The Benton station never returned to the air as WWRO.

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References

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  3. ↑ "WBIN Station Information Profile". Nielsen Audio.
  4. ↑ "WBIN (WWRO) history cards". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
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