WBSA

WBSA
City of license Boaz, Alabama
Slogan "Total Christian Radio"
Frequency 1300 AM (kHz)
First air date October 1, 1959 (as WAVC)[1]
Format Christian/Southern Gospel
Power 1,000 watts (day)
37 watts (night)
Class D
Facility ID 71098
Transmitter coordinates 34°12′50″N 86°09′10″W / 34.21389°N 86.15278°W / 34.21389; -86.15278
Callsign meaning B oaS (S substitutes for Z) Alabama
Former callsigns WAVC (1959-1961)
Owner Watkins Broadcasting, Inc.
Website wbsaam.com

WBSA (1300 AM, "Total Christian Radio") is a radio station licensed to serve Boaz, Alabama. The station is owned by Watkins Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a Christian radio format featuring Southern Gospel music.[2] WBSA is the only radio station licensed to Boaz, Alabama, by the Federal Communications Commission. WBSA plays southern gospel and bluegrass gospel music. They also have on-air devotions.

On air personalities include Dale Johnson, Chris Watkins, James Cornelius, and Regina Leeth. WBSA carries the weekly football games of the Boaz High School Pirates.



History

This station began regular broadcasting on October 1, 1959, as WAVC.[1] Owned by Ken Sparks and Albert Vearl Cicero (for whom the station was named), WAVC played a mix of popular music, rock'n'roll, and easy listening.[1] In 1961, WAVC was bought by L.D. Bentley and Glenn Cornelius (as Radio Sand Mountain, Inc.) and the callsign was changed to the current WBSA.[3] Cornelius operated WBSA until 1982 when it was purchased by Bill Huber and Lawrence Kennamer (as Sand Mountain Advertising, Inc.).[4] The new owners changed the format to Southern Gospel music. In October 1994, the station was purchased by Reverend Roger Watkins, a Baptist minister and evangelist, as Watkins Broadcasting, Inc.[5]

WBSA celebrated 50 years of broadcasting in 2009.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Station History". WBSA 1300AM. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. "Application Search Details (BAL-19820421HC)". FCC Media Bureau. 1982-06-08.
  5. "Application Search Details (BAL-19940701EI)". FCC Media Bureau. 1994-10-20.

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