WZOB

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WZOB
Frequency 1250 AM (kHz)
BrandingNumber One Country 1250
Programming
Format Country
Ownership
OwnerCentral Broadcasting Company, Inc.
History
First air date
July 2, 1950
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 9797
Class D
Power 5000 Watts (day)
122 Watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 34°26′23″N85°45′12″W / 34.43972°N 85.75333°W / 34.43972; -85.75333
Translator(s) W265DS (100.9 MHz, Fort Payne)
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WZOB (1250 AM, "Number One Country 1250") is a radio station licensed to serve Fort Payne, Alabama. The station is owned by Central Broadcasting Company, Inc. It airs a country music format. [2]

Originally owned by Glenn M. Gravitt, the station opened July 2, 1950. [3] The call letters, WZOB, came from Zella Octavia Buttram, the daughter of Johnny Buttram (an advisor to Gravitt and brother of Pat Buttram, the well-known radio and TV comedian), and were requested from and assigned by the Federal Communications Commission. [4]

The Louvin Brothers album Songs That Tell A Story is drawn from songs recorded live on a morning WZOB show in the 1950s.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WZOB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ↑ Butler, Harry D.; Alabama's First Radio Stations 1920-1960: A History of Radio Broadcasting in Alabama; Alabama Broadcasters Association, 2006
  4. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.


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