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Radio station in Murray, Kentucky From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WNBS (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to and serving Murray, Kentucky, United States, the station is currently owned by Forever Communications, Inc. and features programming from CBS News Radio, Fox Sports Radio, and Westwood One.[3]
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| Frequency | 1340 kHz |
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| Branding | 1340 am WNBS |
| Programming | |
| Format | News Talk Information |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Forever Communications, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | July 1948[1]: 80 |
Call sign meaning | W Nathan B Stubblefield |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 29695 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°37′42″N 88°18′4″W |
| Translator(s) | 97.9 MHz W250CK (Murray) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Station Website |
| Website | 1340wnbs.com |
WNBS signed on in July 1948 under ownership by the newly-formed Murray Broadcasting Company. The station is named for Nathan B. Stubblefield, a Murray resident who was a pioneer in early experiments with wireless voice transmissions.[1]: 79–80
In 1957, the station was purchased by C.H. Pulse and Chuck Shuffett of Lebanon. In the late 1950s or 1960s, the station was knocked off the air by an airplane that crashed into the transmission tower in heavy fog.[1]: 80
In 1976, WNBS was sold to Timkay, Inc., but Shuffett reacquired the station in 1986. In 1991, Shuffett sold both WNBS and W46BE (UHF channel 46), to Keith Stubblefield. However, WNBS went off the air the same year when Stubblefield failed to make payments for the station or its employees. By 1992, the station returned to the air after Joe and Sam Parker, owners of WSJP, purchased the station.[1]: 80
When WNBS and WJSP was purchased by Forever Communications in 1997, WNBS was a music station while sister station WSJP (now WBZB) focused on news and talk. The two later switched formats and swapped programming to take advantage of the better nighttime signal on WNBS. W46BE, which would later be renamed as WQTV-LP, was sold to Murray State University, who used the station as a for-profit enterprise.
WNBS is the home for Murray High School basketball (boys' and girls') and football, along with Murray State University Racers basketball (men's and women's) and football. They are also the local affiliate for St. Louis Cardinals baseball. With their Westwood One affiliation, they also air college football and basketball games periodically on the weekends, along with the Olympics and NCAA March Madness and bowl games.
WNBS also carries the program "Hey Coach", which is a coach's show featuring the coaches of the Murray State Racers (both basketball and football), takes place at local eatery The Big Apple Café and is hosted by Neal Bradley.
WNBS (along with sister stations WFGS and WBZB) hold different events through the year.
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