WMBL (AM)
Frequency | 740 kHz |
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Ownership | |
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History | |
First air date | July 29, 1947[1] |
Last air date | February 2000 |
Former call signs | WFTH (1980–1981)[2] |
Call sign meaning | "Where Morehead Beaufort Link"[3] |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 73253 |
Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 34°44′9.6″N 76°48′54″W / 34.736000°N 76.81500°W |
WMBL (740
The station went on the air in 1947. The entry for WMBL in a booklet from August 1957 to commemorate Morehead City's centennial states: the "radio station is heard from Maine to Florida, and has been heard all the way to Nebraska. Particularly, this is true during hurricane season, when friends and relatives at distant points want information on conditions in this locale."[4]
WMBL was one of the few stations to play
A sister
WMBL-FM changed its call letters to WMBJ on October 13, 1981, according to
WMBL broadcast a popular standards format at "Unforgettable 740" in its last few years. The station was bought by a subsidiary of Clear Channel Worldwide and permanently taken silent in February 2000 to allow for WSCC, 730 in Charleston, South Carolina, to make an upgrade.
References
- ^ "WMBL" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1968. p. B-120 (268). Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- ^ FCC History Cards for WMBL
- ^ a b "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
- ^ Program for Morehead City Centennial, archived by North Carolina History and Fiction Digital Library
- ^ Comments on Site for Fans of Beach Music and Shag
- ^ Historical information on Curtis Media Group's corporate site
- ^ Call Sign History in FCC database