WXYB

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WXYB
City Indian Rocks Beach, Florida
Broadcast area Pinellas County, Florida
Frequency 1520 kHz
Translator(s) W280FD 103.9 MHz (Largo)
First air dateMay 11, 1963
Format Greek/Ethnic/Brokered
Power 1,000 watts day
13 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 2918
Transmitter coordinates 27°50′45.00″N82°46′21.00″W / 27.8458333°N 82.7725000°W / 27.8458333; -82.7725000
Former callsignsWGNB
OwnerAngelatos Broadcasting
(Asa Broadcasting, Inc.)
Sister stations WPSO, WZRA-CD
Website WXYB.htm

WXYB (1520 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, and serving the Tampa Bay area. The station is currently owned by Angelatos Broadcasting.

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The station airs an ethnic radio format featuring shows in Greek, Spanish and other languages. It sells blocks of brokered time to hosts who then seek advertising support from their communities.

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Greek language Language spoken in Greece, Cyprus and Southern Albania

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Spanish language Romance language

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AM facilities and FM translator

Because it shares AM 1520 with Class A clear channel radio stations WWKB in Buffalo, New York and KOKC in Oklahoma City, this station previously was a daytimer. To avoid interfering with those 50,000 watt stations, it was required to sign off at sunset. On May 15, 2008, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined WXYB $4,000 for operating during the nighttime hours. Further inspections find that while the station signed off, equipment failure has prevented WXYB from shutting down completely. It has since then been fixed and the FCC reduced the fines to $3,000 based on its history of compliance with the rules. [1]

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WXYB is now able to broadcast around the clock. It is powered at 1,000 watts by day. But it operates at the reduced power of 13 watts after sunset. WXYB uses a non-directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is off Cheyenne Drive North in Seminole, Florida. [2]

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Seminole, Florida City in Florida, United States

Seminole is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The population was 17,233 at the 2010 census, up from 10,890 in 2000. St. Petersburg College has a campus in the city.

WXYB is also heard on 65 watt FM translator station 103.9 W280FD in Largo, Florida. [3]

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Largo, Florida City in Florida, United States

Largo is the third largest city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, and 4th largest in the Tampa Bay Area. As of the 2014 Census estimate, the city had a population of 84,500, up from 69,371 in 2000.

Tower collapse

WXYB transmits from a tower located on Cheyenne Drive near 78th Avenue North in Seminole. WXYB had been transmitting from tower #1 used by WHBO. However in 2006, the tower fell when the guy wires were clipped by construction equipment at a housing development that was built around the antennas. [4] WXYB was forced to operate from the third tower of the former WFSO (now WTBN) array, under FCC Special Temporary Authority ("STA"). [5] This tower was not used by WHBO, while the other two in the array were.

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WHBO is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Pinellas Park, Florida, and serving the Tampa Bay area. The station is currently owned by Genesis Communications and it airs a sports radio format, branded as "Sports Talk Florida." Much of the programming comes from Fox Sports Radio with some added content from NBC Sports Radio and CBS Sports Radio.

WFSO is a Christian radio station licensed to Olivebridge, New York in north central Ulster County at the foothills of the Catskill Mountains. The station broadcasts on 88.3 MHz FM with 80 watts effective radiated power from a tower in Olivebridge. WFSO is the full-service NCE flagship of Redeemer Broadcasting, Inc., a not-for-profit Christian radio ministry based in Olivebridge. Redeemer also owns translators W266BX serving Catskill on 101.1 MHz FM and W212CC serving Newburgh on 90.3 MHz FM.

In August, 2010, WXYB applied to use the "STA" tower as its permanent home, with a new nighttime authorization of 20 watts. The FCC granted the construction permit on October 14, 2011, [6] [7] and the license on October 9, 2015.

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References

  1. ↑ "FCC fines Florida AM-daytimer for staying on after sunset". Radio-Info.com. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WXYB
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/W280FD
  4. ↑ licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1141720.
  5. ↑ licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101242382&qnum=5330&copynum=1&exhcnum=1.
  6. ↑ licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101418513&formid=301&fac_num=2918
  7. ↑ licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1418513
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