WOBL

WOBL

City	Oberlin, Ohio
Broadcast area	Lorain County Greater Cleveland (limited)
Branding	Gold Country 1320 AM
Frequency	1320 kHz
First air date	December 24, 1971
Format	Classic country
Power	1,000 watts (daytime) 1,000 watts (nighttime)
Class	B
Facility ID	73364
Transmitter coordinates	41°16′5.00″N 82°12′40.00″W / 41.2680556°N 82.2111111°W / 41.2680556; -82.2111111
Callsign meaning	OBerLin
Former frequencies	1570 kHz (1971–76)
Affiliations	Fox News Radio ONN Radio
Owner	WOBL Radio, Inc. (WOBL Radio, Inc.)
Sister stations	WDLW
Website	woblwdlw.com

WOBL (1320 AM) – branded Gold Country 1320 AM – is a commercial classic country radio station licensed to Oberlin, Ohio, serving Lorain County and western parts of Greater Cleveland. The WOBL studios are located in Oberlin, as is the station transmitter.

History

WOBL began on December 24, 1971 at 1570 kHz as a daytime-only station with 250 watts of power.^[1] The station soon moved to a full-time signal at 1320 kHz by September 1976, where it has remained to this day. Its country music format has been the longest running such format of any station in the region, even with a segue into "classic country" in early 2003.

WOBL has been a family operation throughout its entire history, founded by Harry Wilber, and now run by Doug and Lorie Wilber. Its sister station is WDLW 1380AM in Lorain, acquired in late 2002. Both stations' respective studios are at the WOBL transmitter site.

Current programming

WOBL features a classic country format, dubbed as "Gold Country 1320."

The station's airstaff currently includes "Super Dave" Andrews in mornings, Nikki Taylor-Fullmer in middays and "Big John" Jenkinson in afternoons, "Ranger Gary" Salley on Saturday and Sunday mornings, "Country Joe" Van Horn on Saturday middays, and Michelle Lee on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Newscasts are handled by broadcasters Christy O'Neil and Brian Deitz with sports covered by Jim Allen and ONN Radio.

WOBL broadcasts high school football, basketball and hockey, along with Oberlin College football, Cleveland State men's basketball (in a shared affiliation with WDLW^[2]) and OHSAA radio broadcasts.^[3]

WOBL is a local affiliate for Fox News Radio^[4] and for ONN Radio.^[5]

References

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WOBL

Radio-Locator Information on WOBL

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