Fort Payne, Alabama | |
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Frequency | 1250 AM (kHz) |
Branding | Number One Country 1250 |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Ownership | |
Owner | Central Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | July 2, 1950 |
Technical information | |
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 |
Translator(s) | W265DS (100.9 MHz, Fort Payne) |
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. [1]
Originally owned by Glenn M. Gravitt, the station opened July 2, 1950. [2] 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. [3]
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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