WZKB

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WZKB
Frequency 94.3 MHz
BrandingMía 94.3
Programming
Format Spanish Contemporary
Ownership
Owner
  • Jose Enrique Coello & Vilma S Valladares Coello [1]
  • (Carolina's Christian Broadcasting, Inc.)
1400 WLSE (defunct)
History
First air date
June 20, 1972 (1972-06-20) [2]
Former call signs
WLSE-FM (19721980)
Technical information [3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 31119
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
34°45′30.6″N77°59′50.9″W / 34.758500°N 77.997472°W / 34.758500; -77.997472
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.mia943fm.com

WZKB (94.3 MHz) is an FM radio station broadcasting a Spanish Contemporary format. WZKB is licensed for Wallace, North Carolina.

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History

WLSE on 1400 kHz AM, and WLSE-FM on 94.3 MHz, were sister stations, both licensed for Wallace, North Carolina. WLSE (AM) started broadcasting on May 13, 1953, and broadcast on 1400 kHz. [2] [4] WLSE-FM started broadcasting on June 20, 1972 [2] and changed its callsign to WZKB on July 14, 1980. [5]

WZKB 94.3 FM and WLSE 1400AM back in the 80s were rock and country western, respectively. The studio was divided in half. The FM studio consisted of two Harris turntables, a Harris 7 pot broadcast board and a boom broadcasting mic by Seinheiser. Both sides were manned by DJs from 6:00am to 12:00am seven days a week. After the station changed hands and went to Rick Goines, the station became automated with reel to reels and cart machines. The FM side, though, still was manned everyday. Local football games were announced on Friday nights by remote. Joseph Brennan was general manager.[ citation needed ]

The stations were later purchased later by Mack Jones: They were sold by Richard V. Goines (RVG Broadcasting Inc.) to JG&J Broadcasting Inc., headed by Mack Edmonson Jones, for $230,000; control was handed over on October 23, 1991. At the time, the AM station was operating with 1 kilowatt of power, and the FM was broadcasting 3 kilowatts. [6]

The license for 1400 WLSE (AM) expired on December 1, 2003 without being renewed. [7] [8]

WZKB was sold to Christian Listening Network in 2003 and became a religious format until 2008 when it was sold to Carolina's Christian Broadcasting, Inc. dba Progress Media. WZKB then became a Spanish religious format for a time, then offered Spanish programming under LMA until late 2011 when WZKB became a simulcast of WTIK La Mega 1310 AM in Durham, North Carolina with a Regional Mexican format. In December 2014, WZKB ended its simulcast agreement with WTIK, and rebranded as Poder 94.3. In May 2015, WZKB rebranded as "Mía 94.3".

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References

  1. Coello, Jose Enrique (December 20, 2013). "FCC 323: Ownership Report For Commercial Broadcast Stations (File No. BOA-20131220GID)". Washington, D.C.: Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1973. p. B-148.
  3. "Facility Technical Data for WZKB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook-Marketbook (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications Inc. 1955. p. 232.
  5. "Call Sign History". Washington, D.C.: Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  6. "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting . Cahners Publishing. November 18, 1991. p. 86. ISSN   0007-2028 . Retrieved February 20, 2015. FCC File No. BAL910821GR (AM station) and File No. BALH910821GS (FM station).
  7. "Application Search Results". Washington, D.C.: Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  8. "Mesa Mike's List of Deleted AM Radio Stations". Los Alamos, New Mexico: Mike Westfall. February 19, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.