WOBX (AM)

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WOBX
Broadcast areaElizabeth City-Nags Head
Frequency 1530 kHz
BrandingAM 1530 FM 103.3 The Score
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio
Washington Nationals Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerEast Carolina Radio
WOBR-FM, WOBX-FM, WRSF
History
First air date
1970 (as WOBR)
Former call signs
WOBR (1970-2000)
Technical information
Facility ID 73367
Class D
Power 250 watts day
Transmitter coordinates
35°51′52″N75°39′1″W / 35.86444°N 75.65028°W / 35.86444; -75.65028
Translator(s) 103.3 W277DO (Wanchese)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website am1530wobx.com

WOBX (1530 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Wanchese, North Carolina, United States, it serves the Elizabeth City-Nags Head area. The station is currently owned by East Carolina Radio, Inc.

This station originally signed on in 1970 as WOBR, and was the first radio station to sign on in the Outer Banks. Throughout the 1970s & early 1980s, the station had an adult contemporary format. By the mid-eighties it had gone to a country format. In the late 1980s, the station went to a religious format. On April 11, 2000, the calls were changed to WOBX.

The station began broadcasting at 11:45 a.m. on May 29, 1970, at its studio/transmitter site near Wanchese, N.C., with a power of 250 watts, licensed for daytime-only operation. The first manager was G. Chambers Williams, III.

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