WSBM

WSBM (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports radio format.[1] Licensed to Florence, Alabama, United States, the station serves the Florence-Muscle Shoals area. The station is currently owned by Big River Broadcasting Corporation.[2]

WSBM 97.9 FM 1340 AM Fox Sports Shoals
CityFlorence, Alabama
Broadcast areaFlorence-Muscle Shoals
Frequency1340 kHz
BrandingFox Sports Shoals
SloganWhere Sports Beats Music
Programming
FormatSports
Ownership
OwnerBig River Broadcasting Corporation
WQLT-FM, WXFL, WLVS-FM
History
First air date
March 29, 1946
Former call signs
WJOI (1946-1973)
WXOR (1973-1984)
Call sign meaning
Sports Beats Music
Technical information
Facility ID5272
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
34°47′50″N 87°39′54″W
Translator(s)97.9 W250BY (Florence)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitefoxsportsshoals.com

Translators

WSBM AM 1340 is currently rebroadcast on translator W250BY 97.9 FM. This translator had previously broadcast on 98.3 FM until its frequency was changed to 98.5 in 2001. Incidentally, this was the same frequency as WJOI-FM which was on the air in the early- and mid-1950s. This was a 140-watt FM station (the first FM station in the Florence-Muscle Shoals market) which rebroadcast WJOI AM 1340. W253AH uses the old WJOI-FM antenna which was mounted on 1340's tower in the 1950s.[3]

WJOI-FM went off the air sometime in the late 1950s, and should not be confused with the 1960s' WJOI-FM on 107.3 which later became WQLT.

Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseERP
(W)		ClassFCC info
W250BY97.9Florence, Alabama250DFCC

References
  1. "WSBM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. "WJOI AM 1340 - FM 98.3". Shoals Area Radio History.


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