WJBO

WJBO
Baton Rouge, Louisiana;
Broadcast area	Baton Rouge metropolitan area
Frequency	1150 kHz
Branding	WJBO Newsradio 1150 AM & 98.7 FM
Programming
Format	Conservative Talk
Network	Fox News Radio
Affiliations	Premiere Networks; Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc.; (iHM Licenses, LLC);
Sister stations	KRVE, WFMF, WYNK-FM
History
First air date	April 1922; 102 years ago (in New Orleans, moved to Baton Rouge as WJBO in 1934)
Former call signs	WAAB (1922–1926)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	4054
Class	B
Power	15,000 watts days; 5,000 watts nights
Transmitter coordinates	30°27′47″N 91°16′10″W / 30.46306°N 91.26944°W
Translator(s)	98.7 K254DM (Baton Rouge)
Repeater(s)	102.5 WFMF-HD2 (Baton Rouge)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wjbo.iheart.com

WJBO (1150 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, calling itself "WJBO Newsradio 1150 AM & 98.7 FM." It carries a news/talk format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios are on Hilton Avenue, east of downtown Baton Rouge.

By day, WJBO is powered at 15,000 watts. But at night, to avoid interfering with other stations on 1150 AM, it reduces power to 5,000 watts. It uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array. The transmitter site is on Rosedale Road (Louisiana Highway 76) in Port Allen.^[2] Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator K254DM at 98.7 MHz.