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| City of license | Dunbar, West Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Charleston, West Virginia |
| Branding | 1240 WBES |
| Slogan | All sports. A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting is the community that a Radio station or Television station See also Dunbar (disambiguation Dunbar is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, along the Kanawha River Charleston is the Capital of the US state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of . . all the time! |
| Frequency | 1240 kHz |
| Format | Sports |
| ERP | 1,000 watts (day & night) |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | The B E S t |
| Owner | Bristol Broadcasting Company |
WBES is one of two Charleston Sports AM stations. Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. The hertz (symbol Hz) is a measure of Frequency, informally defined as the number of events occurring per Second. This article is about Broadcast radio, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a Radio format devoted entirely to Discussion and Broadcasting of sporting events. In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF This is a list of broadcast station classes applicable in much of North America under international agreements between the United States, Canada and In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise " Bristol Broadcasting Company " is a Radio station chain operating 21 stations in three Southern United States markets Charleston is the Capital of the US state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a Radio format devoted entirely to Discussion and Broadcasting of sporting events. WBES carries FOX Sports Radio and is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company. Fox Sports Radio, abbreviated FSR, is an international radio network consisting of sports talk programming all day every day The station has an ERP of 1,000 watts. In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF WBES shares a tower with WZJO-FM in Dunbar, the city of license. WZJO-FM / Z Rock 94-5 is Charleston 's only Alternative rock radio station See also Dunbar (disambiguation Dunbar is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, along the Kanawha River
History
- The WBES callsign was formerly on 94. 5 FM which is now sister station Z Rock 94-5. WZJO-FM / Z Rock 94-5 is Charleston 's only Alternative rock radio station
- The WBES callsign was on 96. 1 FM from 1969 until 1991. That station is now known as WKWS-FM "96.1 The Wolf" owned by the competition West Virginia Radio Corporation. WKWS-FM/961 The Wolf is one of two Country music stations serving the Charleston West Virginia area West Virginia Radio Corporation or WVRC is a media corporation comprised exclusively of radio stations and two radio networks based in the state of West Virginia
External links
- WBES on Bristol Broadcasting.com
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WBES
- WBES on Radio-locator.com
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