WNOB
City | Chesapeake, Virginia |
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Broadcast area |
Hampton Roads Northeastern North Carolina |
Branding | 93-7 Bob FM |
Slogan | We Play Anything |
Frequency | 93.7 MHz |
First air date | 1973 |
Format | Adult Hits |
Power | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 295 meters |
Class | C1 |
Facility ID | 73184 |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°32′55.0″N 76°11′16.0″W / 36.548611°N 76.187778°W |
Callsign meaning |
W (K)NOB, as in "turn your knob to Bob" (Alternate meaning possibly Norfolk Operations Base) former name for Naval Station Norfolk |
Former callsigns |
WMYK (1974-1991) WKOC (1991-2003) WKCK (2003-2004) WPYA (2004-2009)[1] |
Owner |
Sinclair Telecable, Inc. (Commonwealth Radio, LLC.) |
Sister stations | WNIS, WROX-FM, WTAR, WUSH, WUSH-HD2 |
Webcast | WNOB Webstream |
Website | WNOB Online |
WNOB is an Adult Hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Chesapeake, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads and Northeastern North Carolina. WNOB is owned and operated by Sinclair Telecable, Inc.[2]
Its community of license is Chesapeake, Virginia and studios are in Norfolk, Virginia. Its transmitter is located on Route 168 in Moyock, North Carolina, just south of the Virginia/North Carolina state line.
History
In 1995, modern rock WKOC added Howard Stern.[3]
References
- ↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=73184&Callsign=WNOB
- ↑ "WNOB Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "Vox Jox". Billboard. 107 (41): 79. Oct 14, 1995.
External links
- 93-7 Bob FM Online
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WNOB
- Radio-Locator information on WNOB
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WNOB
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