WBSR

WBSR
City Pensacola, Florida
Broadcast area Pensacola area
Branding WOW 101.1
Frequency 1450 kHz
Translator(s) 101.1 W266AL (Pensacola)
First air date 1946
Format Contemporary Christian (WOWB simulcast)
Power 1,000 watts
Class C
Facility ID 18399
Transmitter coordinates 30°25′44.00″N 87°14′27.00″W / 30.4288889°N 87.2408333°W / 30.4288889; -87.2408333
Owner Easy Media, Inc.
Webcast Listen Live
Website wowradio.org

WBSR (1450 AM) is a United States radio station licensed to Pensacola, Florida, United States. The station serves the Pensacola area. WBSR is the second oldest radio station in Pensacola. WBSR had been broadcasting sports talk from 2011 to 2017. The station has been owned by Easy Media, Inc. for over 30 years. WBSR was one of the first AM radio stations on the Florida Gulf Coast to add an FM translator. WBSR can be heard 24 hours a day at 1450 AM and 101.1 FM. It has been at the same location since 1946.[1]

On May 31, 2017 WBSR dropped its sports format and began stunting towards a new format.[2]

On June 20, 2017 WBSR ended stunting and switched to a simulcast of contemporary Christian-formatted WOWB 90.9 FM Brewton, Alabama, branded as "WOW 101.1".[3]

References

  1. ↑ "WBSR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ WBSR Drops ESPN; New Format Coming Radioinsight - June 2, 2017
  3. ↑ WOWB Expands to Pensacola Radioinsight - June 20, 2017


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