WUBR
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| WUBR | |
| City of license | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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| Slogan | "Sounds of New Direction" |
| Frequency | 910 kHz |
| Format | Silent |
| Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 11188 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°34′48″N 91°07′50″W / 30.58°N 91.13056°W |
| Former callsigns | WLCS, WXAM, WQXY, WTGE, WNDC[1] |
| Owner | Communications Capital Company II, LLC |
WUBR (910 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. The station is owned by Communications Capital Company II, LLC. It normally airs a Gospel music format[2] but as of November 7, 2007 the station is listed as "licensed and silent" in the FCC database.[3]
The station was assigned the WUBR call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 21, 2006.[1]
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[edit] History
WUBR was originally WLCS, a very successful Top 40 outlet and affiliate with ABC Radio. In 1984 it changed owners, going from Airwaves, Inc. (along with sister stations WQXY-FM in Baton Rouge and KQXY-FM in Beaumont, TX) to Oppenheimer Broadcast Group of Austin, TX. On September 1, 1984, WLCS changed its calls to WXAM and changed its traditional Contemporary Hit Radio format to satellite-delivered Big Band. In 1989 the station changed hands again and flipped to gospel, but financial problems have resulted in taking the station off the air in 2004.
The station first went silent on 2004-10-22 then resumed broadcasting in October 2005 for a period ending 2005-11-16. The station stayed silent until broadcast operations again resumed on 2006-11-12 then ended again on 2006-11-15. WUBR was again silent until 2007-11-06 but again went silent on 2007-11-07. FCC rules may force forfeiture of a commercial broadcast license if a station is silent for one full year and these silent periods are just under that limit.
[edit] Construction permit
On September 07, 2007, WUBR was granted a construction permit to relocate their transmitter to 30°38'07"N, 91°09'55"W with a change in daytime power to 1,200 watts and nighttime power to 51 watts. In FCC filings, station ownership stated that they have lost access to their currently licensed transmitter site except for brief periods of broadcasting required to maintain their license. This construction permit expires on March 23, 2009.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=11188.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www.arbitron.com/.
- ^ "Station Search Details". FCC Media Bureau. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=11188.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WUBR
- Radio Locator Information on WUBR
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WUBR
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