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WFNB (1130 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a
The station was first licensed as WITE on May 17, 1960. It changed its DLC Media To Make Multiple Changes In Terre Haute
Radioinsight - September 15, 2021 In 2024, after being sold by David Crooks' DLC Media to Joey and Kelsey O’Rourke's JKO Media for $875,000, the station returned to sports as WFNB, "The Fanbase".
sports radio
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sport, sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often-low comed ...
format. Licensed to Brazil, Indiana, United States, the station serves the Terre Haute
Terre Haute ( ) is a city in Vigo County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 58,389 and its metropolitan area had a population of 168,716.
Located along the Wabash River about e ...
area. It first began broadcasting in 1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
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under the call sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally as ...
WITE. The station is owned by Joey and Kelsey O’Rourke, through licensee JKO Media Group.
History
The station was first licensed as WITE on May 17, 1960. It changed its call sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally as ...
to WBZI on September 5, 1962; to WWCM on November 9, 1964; and to WNSA on July 13, 1981. The WWCM call sign returned on July 14, 1982; on June 6, 1985, the station changed its call sign to WSDM; again on October 15, 1987, to WBZL; on February 15, 1992, back to WSDM; on January 31, 2000, to WSDX; on September 24, 2012, to WFNF; and on August 22, 2017, to WAMB.
On September 1, 2017, WAMB changed formats from sports
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ...
to adult standards
Adult standards (also sometimes known as the nostalgia or Big Band format) is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.
Adult standards started in the 1950s and is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly tho ...
, branded as "Timeless Classics 1130 AM 99.5 FM". On September 15, 2021, WAMB changed its format from adult standards to soft adult contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...
, branded as "The Breeze".Radioinsight - September 15, 2021 In 2024, after being sold by David Crooks' DLC Media to Joey and Kelsey O’Rourke's JKO Media for $875,000, the station returned to sports as WFNB, "The Fanbase".
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