WBEV

WBEV
City of license	Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Dodge County and surrounding area
Branding	Your Hometown Station
Frequency	1430 kHz
First air date	1951
Format	talk/oldies/sports
Power	1,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	4475
Transmitter coordinates	43°25′43.00″N 88°53′33.00″W / 43.4286111°N 88.8925000°W / 43.4286111; -88.8925000
Callsign meaning	BEaVer^[1]
Affiliations	ABC Radio , Westwood One, Milwaukee Brewers baseball, Green Bay Packers football, Wisconsin Badgers football
Owner	Good Karma Brands
Sister stations	WXRO
Website	wbevradio.com

WBEV (1430 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a mixed format of talk programs, oldies, and sports broadcasts. Licensed to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA, the station is currently owned by Good Karma Brands.^[2] WBEV originally signed on as a daytime only station in 1951, and added nighttime service in December 1979.

Notable people who worked for WBEV included Jack Horkheimer, the creator and host of Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer; he began work at the station in 1953 at age 15.

References

↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
↑ "WBEV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WBEV

Radio-Locator Information on WBEV

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WBEV

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Wisconsin

Stations	KFIZ – Fond du Lac WBEV – Beaver Dam WCLO – Janesville WFAW – Fort Atkinson WFHR – Wisconsin Rapids WHBL – Sheboygan WHBY – Kimberly WIBA – Madison WISN – Milwaukee WIZM – La Crosse WMEQ – Menomonie WOGO – Hallie WOSH – Oshkosh WPCN – Stevens Point WRJN – Racine WSAU – Wausau WSAU-FM – Rudolph WTAQ – Green Bay WTAQ-FM – Glenmore WTMJ – Milwaukee WXCE – Amery WXXM – Sun Prairie

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

Good Karma Brands

AM Radio Stations:	WAUK WBEV WEFL WKNR WRRD WTTN WWGK

FM Radio Stations:	WTLX WUUB WXRO

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