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WZKB

Coordinates:34°45′30.6″N77°59′50.9″W/ 34.758500°N 77.997472°W/34.758500; -77.997472
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WZKB
Frequency94.3MHz
BrandingMía 94.3
Programming
FormatSpanish Contemporary
Ownership
Owner
  • Jose Enrique Coello & Vilma S Valladares Coello[1]
  • (Carolina's Christian Broadcasting, Inc.)
1400WLSE(defunct)
History
First air date
June 20, 1972(1972-06-20)[2]
Former call signs
WLSE-FM(1972–1980)
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID31119
ClassA
ERP6,000watts
HAAT100 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
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.mia943fm.com

WZKB(94.3 MHz) is anFMradio stationbroadcasting aSpanish Contemporaryformat. WZKB is licensed forWallace, North Carolina.

History

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WLSEon 1400 kHz AM, andWLSE-FMon 94.3 MHz, were sister stations, both licensed forWallace, 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 wererockandcountry 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 withreel to reelsandcart 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 ofWTIKLa Mega1310 AM inDurham, North Carolinawith aRegional Mexicanformat. In December 2014, WZKB ended its simulcast agreement with WTIK, and rebranded asPoder 94.3.In May 2015, WZKB rebranded as "Mía 94.3".

References

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  1. ^Coello, Jose Enrique (2013-12-20)."FCC 323: Ownership Report For Commercial Broadcast Stations (File No. BOA-20131220GID)".Washington, D.C.:Federal Communications Commission.Retrieved2015-02-20.
  2. ^abcBroadcasting & 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.Retrieved2015-02-20.
  6. ^"For the Record"(PDF).Broadcasting.Cahners Publishing. November 18, 1991. p. 86.ISSN0007-2028.Retrieved2015-02-20.FCC File No. BAL910821GR (AM station) and File No. BALH910821GS (FM station).
  7. ^"Application Search Results".Washington, D.C.:Federal Communications Commission.Retrieved2015-02-20.
  8. ^"Mesa Mike's List of Deleted AM Radio Stations".Los Alamos, New Mexico: Mike Westfall. February 19, 2015.Retrieved2015-02-20.
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