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WSBX (AM)

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WSBX
Broadcast areaThomasville/Tallahassee
Frequency1020kHz
Programming
FormatDefunct
Ownership
Owner
  • Georgia Triangle Broadcasting, LLC.
  • (Doreen A. Blood)
History
First air date
1983
Former call signs
WJEP (1983–2008)
Technical information
Facility ID37449
ClassD
Power10,000watts(daytime only)
Transmitter coordinates
30°54′0.00″N83°59′55.00″W/ 30.9000000°N 83.9986111°W/30.9000000; -83.9986111

WSBX(1020AM) is a defunctAmericanradio station.It was licensed to the suburb ofOchlocknee, Georgiaand served theThomasville, GeorgiaandTallahassee, Floridaareas. It first began broadcasting in1983under thecall signWJEP.The station licensee was Doreen A. Blood.[1]

History

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WSBX began broadcasting asWJEPin1983with a Christian format until Georgia Triangle Broadcasting purchased the station from Lifeline Ministries in 2008. The call sign was changed to WSBX on November 4, 2008,[2]and on December 8, 2008, it changed formats toHot Talk.Two months later, on February 7, 2009, the format was changed toActive Rock.Again only two months later, on April 7, the format was changed toRock en Español,then to Spanish talk "Radio El Chongo", before being changed again to modern rock.

As of February 25, 2012, the station was identified by the FCC as licensed but silent, meaning that it was not broadcasting. WSBX was reported by its owners as being for sale.[3]On November 22, 2013, the FCC cancelled the station's license due to it having been silent for more than twelve months.

References

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  1. ^"WSBX Station Search Results".FCC. 2012-03-08.Retrieved2012-03-08.
  2. ^"WSBX Facility Record".United StatesFederal Communications Commission,audio division.
  3. ^"CDBS Print".FCC. 2012-03-08.Retrieved2012-03-08.
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