WBOW (640 AM)

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WBOW
Frequency 640 kHz
Ownership
OwnerContemporary Media, Inc.
History
First air date
June 9, 1993;31 years ago (1993-06-09)
Last air date
October 4, 2001;23 years ago (2001-10-04)
Technical information
Facility ID 14888
Power 500 watts day
250 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 39°29′20.4″N87°25′12″W / 39.489000°N 87.42000°W / 39.489000; -87.42000

WBOW was a radio station on 640 AM in Terre Haute, Indiana, which broadcast between 1993 and 2001.

Contents

It was created by the relocation of the intellectual unit of WBOW (1230 AM) to a new license on 640 kHz. The station shut down when its licensee, Contemporary Media, Inc., had all of its licenses cancelled in response to a Federal Communications Commission investigation.

History

On June 9, 1993, WBOW and its adult standards format moved from 1230 AM to 640, a lower frequency with an improved coverage area. On 1230, the station was the first radio station in Terre Haute. A new station, WBFX, debuted on 1230 as WBOW moved to the new 640. Soon after, WBOW moved to a sports/talk format. [1]

License cancellation

In 1994, Contemporary Media president Michael S. Rice was convicted of sexually abusing five teenagers in Missouri. [2] The next year, the Federal Communications Commission opened a hearing to revoke the licenses of all of the stations owned by Contemporary Media and its sister companies, Contemporary Broadcasting and Lake Broadcasting, which also owned FM stations in Columbia, Missouri and Eldon, Missouri, as well as two additional unbuilt stations in the same state. [3]

In 1997, an FCC administrative law judge ruled that the licenses should be revoked. [4] The FCC affirmed the decision in March 1998. [2] Rice appealed, losing in federal appeals court. In March 2001, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case. [5] All Contemporary Media stations ceased operations by FCC order on October 4, 2001. [6]

The WBOW call letters have since been used by several unrelated stations in the Terre Haute area, including the current WBOW (102.7 FM).

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References

  1. ↑ "1994 Broadcasting Yearbook" (PDF). 1994. p. B-130. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Federal Communications Commission (June 25, 1998). "INITIAL DECISION REVOKING THE LICENSES AND CONSTRUCTION PERMITS OF CONTEMPORARY MEDIA, INC., CONTEMPORARY BROADCASTING, INC., AND LAKE BROADCASTING, INC., AFFIRMED (MM Docket No. 95-154)" . Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  3. ↑ McConnell, Chris (October 16, 1995). "Conviction may cost Rice radio licenses" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. p. 22. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  4. ↑ McConnell, Chris (August 25, 1997). "FCC judge moves to pull radio licenses" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. p. 18. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  5. ↑ Toroian, Diane (July 11, 2001). "Child molester will lose broadcast license". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. B1. Retrieved June 8, 2019. (Continued on B3)
  6. ↑ Broyles, Addie (October 5, 2001). "'The Buzz' drops off airwaves". The Maneater. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
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