WMBO (1340

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) is an AM

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licensed to

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, United States. The station serves the western

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. The station is 51% owned by Craig Fox, who also owns several other radio and low-power TV stations in the

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. WMBO serves as a simulcast of WSEN (103.9 FM), and is relayed on

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W291CV (106.1).

History

WMBO signed on in 1927, initially broadcasting at 1310 AM. As a result of the

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, in 1941 the station was reallocated to its current frequency. It was during this time that famed disc jockey

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had his first on-air radio experience, reading a radio advertisement for WMBO as a child at some point in the early 1940s. In 1998, the call sign changed to WKGJ. On May 3, 1999, WKGJ (alongside

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and

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) became the

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affiliates in the

. The station later changed its call sign to WWLF in 2000. In December 2013, WMBO dropped the WOLF simulcast and flipped to all-

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programming. The all-Beatles

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, branded as ''WBTL'',Fybush, Scott (January 27, 2014)
Remembering Chet Curtis
''NorthEast Radio Watch''. Retrieved January 27, 2014. remained on the station for the first few months of 2014, before being replaced by a simulcast of the "Dinosaur Radio" classic hits format originating from sister station WNDR (now WSEN).

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References

External links

All-Christmas “Holly-FM” stunting changes to all-Beatles format - CNYRadio.com
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