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
Ownership
OwnerEast Carolina Radio, Inc,
History
First air date
1970 (1970) (as WOBR)
Former call signs
WOBR (1970–2000)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 73367
Class D
Power 250 watts day
Transmitter coordinates
35°51′52.6″N75°38′58.6″W / 35.864611°N 75.649611°W / 35.864611; -75.649611
Translator 103.3 W277DO (Wanchese)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.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 owned by East Carolina Radio, Inc.

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History

The station began broadcasting as WOBR at 11:45 a.m. on May 29, 1970, at its studio/transmitter site near Wanchese, North Carolina, with a power of 250 watts, licensed for daytime-only operation. The first manager was G. Chambers Williams, III. WOBR was the first radio station to sign on in the Outer Banks.

Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, WOBR had an adult contemporary format. By the mid-1980s 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.

References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WOBX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.