WCBT

WCBT
City Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Broadcast area Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Halifax, North Carolina
Emporia, Virginia
Branding "AM1230 WCBT"
Slogan "#1 Southern Soul and Classic R&B"
Frequency 1230 AM kHz
First air date November, 1940[1]
Format Classic Rhythm & Blues
Gospel
Southern Soul[2]
Power 1,000 Watts day and night
Class C
Facility ID 71250
Transmitter coordinates 36°26′45.0″N 77°39′51.0″W / 36.445833°N 77.664167°W / 36.445833; -77.664167
Former callsigns WCBT (?-Present)[3]
Owner Jimmy Johnson
(Johnson Broadcast Ventures, Ltd.)
Webcast WCBT Webstream
Website WCBT Online

WCBT is a Classic Rhythm and Blues, Gospel, and Southern Soul formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, serving Roanoke Rapids and Halifax in North Carolina and Emporia in Virginia.[2] WCBT is owned and operated by Jimmy Johnson.[4]

History

On November 13, 1948, fire destroyed the studios and offices of WCBT.[5] With only one turntable salvaged from the studio building, the station had to operate from its transmitter building.[5] Limited space there meant that live talent had to perform outdoors.[5] Ministers who conducted morning devotions drove their cars to the transmitter building and broadcast from the cars.[5]

On September 27, 2013, First Media Radio reached a deal to sell WCBT to Johnson Broadcast Ventures for $100.000.[6][7] The sale was consummated on December 19, 2013.[8] Upon the sale's completion, the station dropped ESPN Radio for a music format featuring Classic Rhythm and Blues, Gospel, and Southern Soul.[9]

Past personalities

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-409. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ "WCBT Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Broadcasting Magazine (PDF). Broadcasting Publications. November 22, 1948. p. 60. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. September 27, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Asset Purchase Agreement". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. August 22, 2013. p. 2. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Consummation Notice". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. December 20, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  9. ↑ Rose, Della (September 29, 2013). "WCBT 1230 AM of First Media Radio to be sold". The Daily Herald. Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina: Wick Communications. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  10. ↑ "The History of Capitol Broadcasting Company - Jesse Helms". Capitol Broadcasting Company. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ Sorenson, Peter (November 6, 2000). "Fifty years of country music with 'Cousin Slick'". The Daily Herald. Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina: Wick Communications. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
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