WBES

WBES
City Charleston, West Virginia
Broadcast area South-Central West Virginia
Branding "95 The Sports Fox"
Slogan "All Sports, All The Time!"
Frequency 950 AM kHz
First air date February 16, 1957[1]
Format Sports[2]
Power 5,000 Watts daytime
1,000 Watts nighttime
Class B
Facility ID 6873
Transmitter coordinates 38°23′11.0″N 81°42′51.0″W / 38.386389°N 81.714167°W / 38.386389; -81.714167
Callsign meaning W Beautiful Entertainment (in) Stereo
Former callsigns WKAZ (?-1983)
WQBE (1983-2001)
WVTS (2001-2010)
WBES (2010-Present)[3]
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio
Owner Bristol Broadcasting Company
Sister stations WQBE-FM, WVSR-FM, WVTS, WYNL
Webcast WBES Webstream
Website WBES Online

WBES is a Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, serving South-Central West Virginia.[2] WBES is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company.[4]

References

  1. Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-587. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  3. "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  4. "WBES Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 8, 2016.


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