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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