WPTB

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WPTB
Frequency 850 kHz
Branding99.7 The Pulse, Sports
Programming
Format Sports - Fox Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Neal Ardman
  • (Radio Statesboro, Inc.)
History
First air date
April 5, 1976;49 years ago (1976-04-05)
Former call signs
WMCD (5/2004-7/2004)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 64417
Class B
Power 1,000 watts day
25 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 32°28′2.00″N81°50′7.00″W / 32.4672222°N 81.8352778°W / 32.4672222; -81.8352778
Translator 99.7 W259CH (Statesboro)
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Public license information

WPTB (850 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Sports Talk - radio format Affiliated with Fox Sports Radio. Licensed to Statesboro, Georgia, the station is currently owned by Neal Ardman, through licensee Radio Statesboro, Inc. [2] It uses the dial position of its FM frequency for its moniker, "99.7 The Pulse."

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By day, WPTB is powered at 1,000 watts non-directional. But to protect other stations on 850 AM from interference, at night the power is reduced to 25 watts. Programming is heard around the clock on 240-watt FM translator W259CH at 99.7 MHz.

History

The station went on the air as WPTB on 1976-04-05. On 2004-05-17, the station changed its call sign to WMCD. On 2004-07-08, the station changed its call sign back to the original WPTB. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WPTB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WPTB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WPTB Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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