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WZBD (92.7 FM) is a
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broadcasting an
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 ...
format. It is licensed to
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, United States. The station is currently owned by Adams County Radio, Inc and features programming from
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and Westwood One.


Programming

WZBD broadcasts a full-service
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 ...
music format to
Adams County, Indiana Adams County lies in northeastern Indiana in the United States and shares its eastern border with Ohio. It was officially established in 1836. The county seat is Decatur. According to the 2020 census, its population was 35,809, an increase of ...
. In addition to its usual music programming, the station carries local and regional sporting events. WZBD also hosts radio auctions. They have two auction seasons: one in the winter which lasts from mid-January through March and a short season which lasts from mid-September through October.


History

This station received its original
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from the
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on November 25,
1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
. The new station was assigned the WZBD
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by the FCC on January 17, 1992. WZBD began broadcasting under program test authority on August 27, 1993. After one extension for time, WZBD received its license to cover from the FCC on December 7, 1993. In January 1999, licensee Robert Alan Weaver filed an application to transfer the
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for WZBD to Adams County Radio, Inc. The transfer was approved by the FCC on March 11, 1999, and the transaction was consummated on April 1, 1999.


References


External links


WZBD official website
* {{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in Indiana ZBD Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1993 Adams County, Indiana 1993 establishments in Indiana