WBIS

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WBIS
WBIS logo.jpg
Broadcast area Baltimore, Maryland
Frequency 1190 kHz
BrandingBusiness Radio 1190
Programming
Format Defunct (license canceled)
Affiliations CNN Radio, CBS Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Potomac Radio, LLC
  • (Nations Radio, LLC)
History
First air date
March 1947 [1]
Last air date
February 10, 2011
Former call signs
WANN (1948–1998)
WBIS (1998–1/2011)
WCRW (1/2011–2/2011)
Call sign meaning
BusIneSs
Technical information
Facility ID 2297
Class D
Power 10,000 watts (daytime only)
Transmitter coordinates
39°24′29.00″N76°46′32.00″W / 39.4080556°N 76.7755556°W / 39.4080556; -76.7755556
Links
Website wbis1190.com

WBIS (1190 AM) was an American radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Annapolis, Maryland, United States, the station served the Baltimore, Maryland area. The station was last owned by Nations Radio, LLC (a subsidiary of Potomac Radio, LLC).

Contents

In early 2011, WBIS's call letters were briefly changed to WCRW. Two weeks later the station was deleted, in order clear the way for a Leesburg, Virginia station to expand its operations.

History

The station was first licensed, as WANN in Annapolis, on March 6, 1947. The station's call letters were changed to WBIS (reflecting a "business" format) on September 21, 1998.

As of April 2010, WBIS, along with WAGE in Leesburg, Virginia, effectively had the same ownership. On October 29, 2008, the Leesburg station received permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move from 1200 to 1190 kHz and raise its power to 50 kW. On April 21, 2010, the FCC approved applications for WAGE to increase its daytime power to 50 kW and nighttime power to 1300 watts from different antenna sites on the new frequency. [2]

The call sign WCRW was briefly parked on the Annapolis station beginning on January 28. On February 10, 2011 its license was cancelled, and the station was shut down, in order to make room for WAGE's move to expanded operations on 1190 kHz. [3] (WAGE in Leesburg in turn changed its call sign to WCRW on Aptil 7, 2011.)

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References

  1. FCC History Cards for WANN
  2. "WAGE Gets Approval For New Nighttime Signal". April 22, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  3. "DWCRW Facility Data". FCCData.