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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Public license information

WZOB (1250 AM, "Number One Country 1250") is a radio station licensed to serve Fort Payne, Alabama. It is owned by Central Broadcasting Company, Inc. and broadcasts 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.

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.