WSBM

WSBM (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports radio format.[1] Licensed to Florence, Alabama, United States, the station serves the Florence-Muscle Shoals area. The station is currently owned by Big River Broadcasting Corporation.[2]

WSBM 97.9 FM 1340 AM Fox Sports Shoals

City	Florence, Alabama
Broadcast area	Florence-Muscle Shoals
Frequency	1340 kHz
Branding	Fox Sports Shoals
Slogan	Where Sports Beats Music
Programming
Format	Sports
Ownership
Owner	Big River Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	WQLT-FM, WXFL, WLVS-FM
History
First air date	March 29, 1946
Former call signs	WJOI (1946-1973) WXOR (1973-1984)
Call sign meaning	Sports Beats Music
Technical information
Facility ID	5272
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates	34°47′50″N 87°39′54″W
Translator(s)	97.9 W250BY (Florence)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	foxsportsshoals.com

Translators

WSBM AM 1340 is currently rebroadcast on translator W250BY 97.9 FM. This translator had previously broadcast on 98.3 FM until its frequency was changed to 98.5 in 2001. Incidentally, this was the same frequency as WJOI-FM which was on the air in the early- and mid-1950s. This was a 140-watt FM station (the first FM station in the Florence-Muscle Shoals market) which rebroadcast WJOI AM 1340. W253AH uses the old WJOI-FM antenna which was mounted on 1340's tower in the 1950s.[3]

WJOI-FM went off the air sometime in the late 1950s, and should not be confused with the 1960s' WJOI-FM on 107.3 which later became WQLT.

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP (W)	Class	FCC info
W250BY	97.9	Florence, Alabama	250	D	FCC

References

1. "WSBM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
3. "WJOI AM 1340 - FM 98.3". Shoals Area Radio History.

External links

• WSBM in the FCC's AM station database
• WSBM on Radio-Locator
• WSBM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

• W250BY in the FCC's FM station database
• W250BY on Radio-Locator