WBIP explained
WBIP |
Above: | Simulcasting WADI Corinth |
City: | Booneville, Mississippi |
Branding: | The Bee 95.3 99.7 FM/1400 AM |
Frequency: | 1400 kHz |
Airdate: | September 1, 1950[1] |
Format: | Country |
Power: | 1,000 watts |
Class: | C |
Facility Id: | 71213 |
Owner: | The Eagle Radio Group, Inc. |
Licensee: | Community Broadcasting Services of Mississippi, Inc. |
Website: | 953thebee.com |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WBIP (1400 AM) is a radio station licensed to Booneville, Mississippi, United States. The station airs a country music format (simulcasting WADI 95.3 FM Corinth) and is owned by Community Broadcasting Services of Mississippi, Inc.[2]
History
WBIP began broadcasting on September 1, 1950.[1] It aired block programming and was owned by E. O. Roden.[1] [3] Elvis Presley was interviewed on the station in February 1955.[4] [1]
A country music format was aired in the 1970s and 1980s.[5] [6] [7] [8] By 1993, southern gospel programming was added.[9] In 1995, the station was sold to Community Broadcasting Services of Mississippi, along with 99.3 WBIP-FM, for $400,000.[10] It became a Real Country affiliate later that year.[11] In 1997, the station adopted a sports talk format.[12] By 2003, the station had adopted a classic country format.[13] The station also aired southern gospel block programming, which would eventually become its primary format.[1] [14] [15] By 2019, the station had adopted a Christian contemporary format.[16]
On November 25, 2022, WBIP flipped to a simulcast of country-formatted WADI 95.3 FM Corinth.[17]
Translator
WBIP is also heard on 99.7 MHz, through a translator in Booneville, Mississippi.
External links
34.6392°N -88.5758°W
Notes and References
- Morris, M. Scott. "60th Anniversary: Radio's WBIP earns its 'old media' title", Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. August 22, 2010. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- Web site: WBIP Facility Record . United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. April 27, 2019.
- https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=50639 History Cards for WBIP
- "With the Jockeys", Billboard. February 19, 1955. p. 49. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- Broadcasting Yearbook 1976, Broadcasting, 1976. p. C-108. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- Broadcasting Yearbook 1980, Broadcasting, 1980. p. C-124. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1985, Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1985. p. B-149. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1989, Broadcasting & Cable, 1989. p. B-163. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1993, Broadcasting & Cable, 1993. p. B-196. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- "Transactions", Radio & Records. August 11, 1995. p. 8. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- "Format Changes", The M Street Journal. Vol. 12, No. 49. December 6, 1995. p. 1. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- "Format Changes & Updates", The M Street Journal. Vol. 14, No. 49. December 10, 1997. p. 1. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- Devine, Cathy (2003). The M Street Radio Directory. Twelfth Edition. p. 330. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- "Station Sales Week of 7/14", Radio Insight. July 14, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- "Eagle Radio Group to LMA Tupelo Pair", Radio Insight. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
- Web site: WBIP is your all new Contemporary Christian Music Source......in North Mississippi! . https://web.archive.org/web/20190428060010/https://www.wbipradio.com/. WBIP . April 28, 2019 . May 3, 2019 . dead . mdy-all .
- Web site: 2022-11-25 . Multiple Format Changes In Northeastern Mississippi - RadioInsight . 2022-11-25 . en-US.