WEBY
Appearance
File:WEBY logo.png | |
Broadcast area | Pensacola area |
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Frequency | 1330 kHz |
Programming | |
Format | News Talk Information |
Affiliations | CNN Radio, Jones Radio Network |
Ownership | |
Owner | Spinnaker License Corporation |
History | |
First air date | 1982-09-20 (as WSWL) |
Former call signs | WSWL (1982-1983) WAVX (1983-1985) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 64 |
Class | D |
Power | 25,000 watts day |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°31′0.00″N 87°4′56.00″W / 30.5166667°N 87.0822222°W |
Links | |
Website | 1330weby.com |
WEBY (1330 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Milton, Florida, USA, the station serves the Pensacola area. The station is currently owned by Spinnaker License Corporation and features programing from CNN Radio and Jones Radio Network.[1]
History
The station returned to the air as WSWL on 1982-09-20. on 1983-11-18, the station changed its call sign to WAVX, on 1985-07-01 to the current WEBY,[2]
Role in FCC Policy
In 1968, radio personality Ben Henry Pooley made an on-air attack of a local politician. The resulting complaint to the FCC ended in the station losing its license and the introduction of a FCC rule banning personal attacks.[3]
References
- ^ "WEBY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "WEBY Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51711238.html?FMT=FT&dids=51711238:51711238&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+02%2C+1993&author=&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Four+times+a+murder+target%2C+preacher+gives+up+radio
External links
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- WEBY in Nielsen Audio's AM station database