WCOX

WCOX

Camden, Alabama
Frequency	1450 AM (kHz)
Programming
Format	Defunct (was Gospel)
Ownership
Owner	Down Home Broadcasting
Sister stations	WYVC
History
First air date	1969 (on 1540 Kilocycles)
Call sign meaning	WilCOX County
Technical information
Facility ID	17480
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates	31°59′09″N 87°17′17″W

WCOX (1450 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Camden, Alabama. The station was last owned by Down Home Broadcasting. It last aired a Gospel music format.

This station was a daytime-only station broadcasting on 1540 kHz before going full-time on 1450 kHz. The license got cancelled on New Year’s Eve 2020

History

In May 1981, the station's broadcast license was transferred to Harry A. Taylor and Betty J. Taylor doing business as Taylor and Taylor.

In June 1986, Taylor and Taylor reached an agreement to sell WCOX to Wilcox Network, Inc. The deal was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on September 29, 1986, and the transaction was consummated on November 4, 1986.

In February 1991, Wilcox Network, Inc., reached an agreement to sell the station to Down Home Broadcasting. The FCC approved the deal on April 8, 1991, and the transaction was consummated on April 28, 1991.

License issues

The station filed a routine license renewal request on June 8, 2004. However, this application was filed six months after it was due and two months after the license had already expired. As the licensee had also failed to pay the required regulatory fees, the FCC dismissed the renewal application on January 12, 2005, and ordered the station to cease broadcast operations. The station's license was cancelled and its callsign deleted from the FCC database on June 24, 2005.

The station continued normal broadcast operations in defiance of the FCC's order and applied for reinstatement of their license on May 22, 2006. After more than seven months of deliberation, the FCC decided to restore the station's license and callsign even after finding that Down Home Broadcasting "apparently willfully and repeatedly violated" FCC rules and "unauthorized operation" for which they were fined $14,000.

The station was reassigned the WCOX call letters by the FCC on January 31, 2007. On March 7, 2007, the station's license was reinstated after the fine had been paid and other regulatory requirements had been satisfied. On April 6, 2012, the FCC again cancelled the station's license and deleted its callsign from the FCC database.

The Station license was reinstated in July 2013 and the station went silent on January 24, 2015 to prepare to be sold to new owners. WYVC FM will continue to be owned and operated by Down Home Broadcasting.

The license got cancelled again on New Year’s Eve 2020.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID WCOX ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database