WLRB
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| City of license | Macomb, Illinois |
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| Slogan | Macomb's First Radio Station |
| Frequency | 1510 kHz |
| Format | Talk |
| Power |
1,000 watts (daytime) 250 watts (critical hours) |
| Class | D |
| Former callsigns | WKAI (?–1984) |
| Owner |
Fletcher Ford (Virden Broadcasting Corp.) |
| Sister stations | WJEQ, WKAI, WLMD, WMQZ, WNLF[1] |
| Website | wlrbam.com |
WLRB is a daytimer radio station licensed to Macomb, Illinois on 1510 kHz. It broadcasts a Talk format.
Because WLRB shares the same frequency as clear-channel station WLAC in Nashville, Tennessee, WLRB broadcasts only during the daytime.
For a time, WLRB was running a Music of Your Life radio network, but Jones Radio Networks divested it in favor of its own Jones Standards format. As Dial Global acquired Jones, the "Jones Standards" network was dissolved and "America's Best Music" took its place. WLRB later switched to talk programming.
WLRB was owned by Prairie Radio Communications/WPW Broadcasting, Inc. until January 2009, when was bought by Nancy Foster's Colchester Radio, Inc. to become part of Prestige Communications.[2][3]
Effective November 30, 2015, WLRB and five sister stations were sold to Fletcher Ford's Virden Broadcasting Corp. at a purchase price of $725,000.
References
- ↑ Colchester Radio, Inc. (2009-02-04). "FCC Form 323: Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations (File No. BOS-20090209ADM)". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ↑ Ford, Bill (2009-07-17). "Local radio stations sold". Macomb Journal (Macomb, Illinois: Gatehouse Media).
- ↑ Colchester Radio, Inc. (2009-01-06). "Consummation Notice (FCC File No. BALH-20080717ABN)". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WLRB
- Radio-Locator Information on WLRB
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WLRB
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Coordinates: 40°29′50″N 90°40′30″W / 40.49722°N 90.67500°W