WIRB

Last updated
WIRB
Broadcast area Wiregrass Region
Frequency 1490 kHz
BrandingDigital 1490
Programming
Format Defunct (was Urban oldies, Talk)
Ownership
Owner
  • Arik Lev
  • (Fabiola Lev and Arik Lev, G.P.)
History
First air date
 2006
Call sign meaning
WIRegrass
or
WIregrass Rhythm & Blues
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 129516
Class C
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 31°17′58″N85°47′26″W / 31.29944°N 85.79056°W / 31.29944; -85.79056
Links
Public license information
Website www.digital1490am.com

WIRB (1490 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Level Plains, Alabama, United States, a suburb of Dothan, Alabama. The station was owned by Fabiola Lev and Arik Lev, G.P.

Contents

Co-Licensee Fabiola Lev is the former wife of Arik Lev, with the divorce finalized on May 20, 2019. [2] According to the license transfer application, Fabiola is 80% owner of the general partnership that purchased the license for $5,000.

As of July 2019, the FCC has not been informed of any change in the ownership structure. Arik Lev stated on the application that he is a citizen of Israel. Non-citizen ownership of American radio licenses is limited to 20%, so he was in compliance with section 310(b) of the FCC rules.

While the FCC approved the license transfer in December 2018, the actual transfer was not completed until June 20, 2019.

Programming

Digital 1490 WIRB broadcast a classic soul/R&B, talk and sports format.

History

This station received its original license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on December 11, 2006. [3]

Unrelated licenses

This WIRB is unrelated to the WIRB formerly licensed to Enterprise that broadcast at 600 kHz from 1948 to 1988. [4] That station changed its call letters to WLHQ on May 11, 1988, before going off the air for good. It was deleted from the FCC database on May 13, 1992. [5]

This radio station is also unrelated to the television station in Melbourne, Florida, that used the WIRB callsign from May 1, 1992, until February 13, 1998, when it became WOPX. [6]

In October 2020 WIRB changed their format to classic soul/R&B, talk and sports, branded as "Digital 1490". [7]

The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station’s license on July 9, 2024. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WIRB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "LEV, ARIK VS LEV, FABIOLA D." UniCourt. May 20, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Broadcast Actions (BL-20061020ADU)" (PDF). FCC Daily Digest (page 9). December 14, 2006.
  4. ↑ Adams, Ricky (July 15, 2020). "Memories of Enterprise: WIRB returns to the air". Enterprise Ledger.
  5. ↑ "WLHQ Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  6. ↑ "WOPX Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  7. ↑ "Technical Profile: WIRB".
  8. ↑ "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. July 9, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.


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