WBSA

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Radio station in Boaz, Alabama

WBSA

* Boaz, Alabama

Broadcast area| Boaz, Alabama
Frequency| 1300 AM kHz
Programming
Format| Christian/Southern Gospel
Ownership
Owner| Watkins Broadcasting, Inc.
History

First air date

| October 1, 1959 (as WAVC)[1]

Former call signs

| WAVC (1959–1961)

Call sign meaning

| B oaS (S substitutes for Z) Alabama
Technical information[2]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 71098
Class| D
Power| 1,000 watts (day)
37 watts (night)

Transmitter coordinates

| 34°12′50″N 86°09′10″W﻿ / ﻿34.21389°N 86.15278°W﻿ / 34.21389; -86.15278
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

Webcast| mms://wbsaam1300.dyndns.org:8080
Website| wbsaam.com

WBSA (1300 AM, "Total Christian Radio") is a radio station licensed to serve Boaz, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Watkins Broadcasting, Inc. It broadcasts a Christian radio format featuring Southern Gospel music.[3] WBSA is the only radio station licensed to Boaz by the Federal Communications Commission. WBSA plays southern gospel and bluegrass gospel music. It also has on-air devotions.

On-air personalities include Dale Johnson, Chris Watkins, James Cornelius and Beecher Hyde. WBSA carries the weekly football games of the Boaz High School Pirates.

## History

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The station began regular broadcasting on October 1, 1959, as WAVC. Owned by Ken Sparks and Albert Vearl Cicero (for whom the station was named), WAVC played a mix of popular music, rock'n'roll, and easy listening.[1] In 1961, WAVC was bought by L.D. Bentley and Glenn Cornelius (as Radio Sand Mountain, Inc.) and the callsign was changed to the current WBSA.[4] Cornelius operated WBSA until 1982 when it was purchased by Bill Huber and Lawrence Kennamer (as Sand Mountain Advertising, Inc.).[5] The new owners changed the format to Southern Gospel music. In October 1994, the station was purchased by Reverend Roger Watkins, a Baptist minister and evangelist, as Watkins Broadcasting, Inc.[6]

The station acquired an FM translator during the first AM revitalization window in 2016. That station went on the air in late May 2016 on 93.5 MHz.[7]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Station History". WBSA 1300AM. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBSA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
3. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
4. ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
5. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19820421HC)". FCC Media Bureau. 8 June 1982.
6. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19940701EI)". FCC Media Bureau. 20 October 1994.
7. ^ Taken from Alabama Broadcast Media Page

## External links

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* WBSA official website
* Facility details for Facility ID 71098 (WBSA) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* WBSA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info

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W257AZ  | 93.5 FM | Boaz, Alabama | 56726 | 250 | D | LMS

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