WBBN

WBBN
City of license	Taylorsville, Mississippi
Broadcast area	Laurel, Mississippi
Branding	B-95
Slogan	"Pine Belt Country"
Frequency	95.9 MHz
First air date	1985
Format	Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	223 meters (732 feet)
Class	C1
Facility ID	71207
Transmitter coordinates	31°38′03″N 89°28′35″W / 31.63417°N 89.47639°W / 31.63417; -89.47639
Callsign meaning	W Blakeney Broadcasting N
Owner	Blakeney Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	WXRR, WKZW
Website	B95country.com

WBBN (95.9 FM, "B-95") is a radio station licensed to the community of Taylorsville, Mississippi, and serving the Laurel-Hattiesburg area. The station is owned by Blakeney Communications, Inc. It airs a country music format.^[1]

The station was assigned the WBBN call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on August 22, 1984.^[2]

History

WBBN began in a mobile home near Hebron, Mississippi, in 1985 as an automated-assist station (automated equipment with live personalities) and it has built a reputation for the "most accurate news reporting" of all radio stations in the market. The station has since expanded to a more permanent structure, following its success against other competing country stations. B-95 is an ABC Radio affiliate, broadcasting Paul Harvey news and commentary six days a week. B-95 is owned by Blakeney Communications, Inc.

References

↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

External links

Radio stations in the Laurel–Hattiesburg, Mississippi market

By AM frequency	810 890 950 1340 1400 1580

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.3 89.7 90.3 90.7 90.9 91.1 91.7 92.1 93.1 94.3 95.3 95.9 96.5 97.3 98.1 99.3 100.3 102.5 103.7 104.5 105.3 106.3 107.1 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475

By callsign	KIH47 W216BA WAII WAML WAOY WATP WBBN WFFX WFMM WFOR WGDQ WHJA WHSY WJKX WJMG WKZW WLAU WLVZ WMAH-FM WMAW-FM WMXI WNSL WORV WQID-LP WSJC WUSM-FM WXHB WXRR WZKM WZKX WZLD WZNF

Defunct	WZHL (101.7 FM)

Nearby radio markets Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula Jackson McComb-Brookhaven Meridian Mobile See also List of radio stations in Mississippi

Country radio stations in the state of Mississippi

By frequency:	1240 1240 1290 1320 1360 1400 1440 1500 1570 1570 92.1 92.1 94.9 95.1 95.1 95.3 95.3 95.9 96.3 96.5 96.7 97.1 97.5 97.7 97.9 98.3 99.1 100.1 100.5 100.7 101.3 102.9 104.9 105.5 105.7 106.7 106.9 107.1 107.1 107.3 107.5 107.9

By callsign:	WADI WAKH WAVN WBBN WBBV WBIP WBKN WBLE WBYP WCKK WDMS WEBL WFCG WFFF WGCM WIZK WJDR WKDJ-FM WKNN-FM WKOR-FM WKXY WKZU WLSM-FM WMJW WMSI-FM WNOU WOKK WONA WONA-FM WQNZ WQMS WQXB WRBE-FM WRJW WTYL WTYL-FM WUCL WUSJ WVGG WWMS WWZD-FM WZKX

By community of license:	Batesville Bay Saint Louis Bay Springs Belzoni Booneville Brookhaven Clarksdale Coldwater Columbia Columbus Corinth Greenville Grenada Gulfport Indianola Iuka Jackson Louisville Lucedale Lucedale Madison McComb Meridian Merigold Natchez New Albany Newton Oxford Pascagoula Picayune Prentiss Quitman Rosedale Southaven Taylorville Tylertown Tylertown Tylertown Vicksburg Walnut Grove Winona Winona

Defunct:	WCMR-FM/94.5

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Mississippi

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