KWJB
FCC | |
Facility ID | 8545 |
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Class | D |
Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 32°32′30.00″N 95°51′27.00″W / 32.5416667°N 95.8575000°W |
Translator(s) | See § Translator |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | www |
KWJB (1510
It broadcasts a
KWJB broadcasts East Texas high school sports. Broadcasting from the First Monday Trade Days grounds in Canton, Texas, which hosts 100,000+ people each month who visit the world-famous shopping event.[citation needed]
Translator
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info | Notes |
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K236CH | 95.1 FM | Canton, Texas | 156925 | 250 | D | 32°32′23.00″N 95°45′41.00″W / 32.5397222°N 95.7613889°W | LMS | First air date: March 20, 2014 (as 95.7 K239AN Canton) |
History
KWJB was initially proposed by J.A. Windham and Lee Robinson, under the name of Mineola Broadcasting Company on March 28, 1963. The callsign of KMOO was assigned to the permit on May 8, 1963, and received a License to Cover on November 1. J.A. Windham, who by this time had bought out his partner Lee Robinson's part of the station, sold the facility to Dean Angel and Sammy Curry, d.b.a. Mineola Radio on October 23, 1967.
KMOO originally operated as a 250-watt daytime only facility, from a transmission site on
KMOO was granted a
Although the facility was assigned the KMOO calls upon sign-on, and held on to the set for nearly 30 years, it was initially strictly prohibited for station personnel to refer to the station as "K-Moo" by Sam Curry of Mineola Radio. Instead, the station branded as "K-M-double O" for many years. The current continuation of
After nearly 30 years of service to Mineola on 1510 kHz, the KMOO calls were replaced, with this facility being reassigned the calls of KJMC on July 2, 1993, while the FM counterpart remained KMOO-FM, as it is currently. KJMC would again change calls to KVCI on September 8, 1994.
On January 23, 1997, KJMC filed a major modification to leave Mineola and build a new transmission site two miles south of Canton, as well as changing its
KVCI would request and be assigned new call letters KRDH on January 1, 2007, and being issued the current KWJB calls on July 4, 2012.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KWJB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "KWJB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
External links
- Official website
- KWJB in the FCC AM station database
- KWJB in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- K236CH in the FCC FM station database
- K236CH at FCCdata.org