WBBD

WBBD
City	Wheeling, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Wheeling, West Virginia St. Clairsville, Ohio
Branding	Fox Sports 1400
Frequency	1400 kHz
First air date	1941
Format	Sports
Power	1,000 watts day and night
Class	C
Facility ID	73192
Transmitter coordinates	40°5′49.0″N 80°42′6.0″W / 40.096944°N 80.701667°W / 40.096944; -80.701667
Callsign meaning	W Big BanD former format
Former callsigns	WKWK
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations	WEGW, WKWK-FM, WOVK, WVKF, WWVA
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	WBBD Online

WBBD is an all-Sports formatted broadcast radio station, licensed to Wheeling, West Virginia, serving Wheeling in West Virginia and St. Clairsville in Ohio. WBBD is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc..

WBBD was an affiliate of the 24/7 Comedy Network from October 2012 until June 2014, when the station adopted its current Sports format. The Comedy format had been a failure in the local ratings, registering a zero share 12+ in the Fall 2013 Nielsen Media report.^[1] Prior to October 2012, the station had featured oldies and adult standards formats.

former logo

Taking over for WWVA

On August 4, 2010, severe thunderstorms, that's been classified as a "down burst" by the National Weather Service,^[2] pushed through the Wheeling area knocking the 3 tower array, located in nearby St. Clairsville, Ohio, and used by sister station WWVA, to the ground. The station was knocked completely off the air and took its programming to WBBD on August 5. WBBD will temporarily carry WWVA's News/Talk/Sports programming lineup.^[2]^[3]^[4] On August 5, 2010 at 10:30 pm transmissions were restored and WWVA was broadcasting on 1170 AM on temporary power.^[5] At that time, WBBD resumed their normal programming.

References

↑ "Fox Sports Debuts in Wheeling," RadioInsight.com, 2 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
1 2 "WWVA Radio Towers Destroyed by High Winds". WTRF-TV. 2010-08-04. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
↑ "WWVA Towers Knocked Down". WWVA. 2010-08-04. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
↑ "Storms Cause Serious Damage, More On The Way". WTOV9. 2010-08-04. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
↑ "Update: Back on the air". WWVA. 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2010-08-05.

External links

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Radio stations in the Wheeling, West Virginia/Steubenville, Ohio market

By AM frequency	950 1170 1290 1330 1370 1400 1430 1600

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.9 91.5 91.9 93.5 95.7 96.5 97.3 98.7 99.1 99.5 100.5 101.1 102.9 103.5 105.5 106.3 107.5

By callsign	W204BE WBBD WBGI-FM WBWO-LP WCDK WDIG WDUQ-LP WEGW WEIR WETZ WGLZ WKKX WKWK-FM WOGH WOMP WOVK WPHP WRQY WUKL WVKF WVLY WVNP WWOV-LP WWVA WYMJ WYZR

Defunct	WSTV 1340 AM

West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA Ohio radio markets Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Lima Marietta Toledo Youngstown–Warren Other Ohio radio regions Ashtabula Ironton Mid-Ohio Sandusky Southern Ohio Wheeling/Steubenville See also List of radio stations in Ohio List of radio stations in West Virginia

Oldies radio stations in the state of West Virginia

By callsign	WBBD – Wheeling WCBC – Keyser WCLG – Morgantown WDMX – Vienna WELD – Fisher WFSP-FM – Kingwood WKAZ – Charleston WSGB – Sutton WUKL – Bethlehem WVAR – Richwood

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in West Virginia See also Oldies Classic Hits

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

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