WQBC

WQBC
Broadcast areaJackson, Mississippi Metropolitan Area
Frequency1420 kHz
Programming
FormatDefunct
Ownership
Owner
  • Michael M. Davis[1]
  • (Costar Broadcast Group Inc.)
History
First air date
February 18, 1928[2]
Last air date
January 12, 2019[3]
Call sign meaning
We Quote Better Cotton
Technical information
Facility ID60000
ClassB
Power1,000 watts day
500 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
32°20′44.00″N 90°52′2.00″W / 32.3455556°N 90.8672222°W / 32.3455556; -90.8672222

WQBC was an AM broadcasting station licensed on 1420 kHz at Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA. It was licensed on October 24, 1927, and made the claim of being the oldest operating radio station in Mississippi and one of the few remaining stations that still had their original call signs.[2] Its license was surrendered on September 28, 2020, after having been off the air since January 12, 2019.[3]

Well-known alumni of WQBC include Blues extraordinaire Willie Dixon, and his Jubilee Singers, Adrian Cronauer, the inspiration for Good Morning, Vietnam, and Woodie Assaf, the longest-serving weatherman in the United States, who began his broadcasting career at WQBC in the 1940s before moving to 620 WJDX (AM) in Jackson, Mississippi and working at its sister station, WLBT TV 3 from its sign-on in December 1953.[2][4][unreliable source?]

  1. ^ Davis, Michael M. (April 30, 2010). "FCC 314: Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License (File No. BAL-20100301AAA)". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "About Us". Vicksburg, Mississippi: WQBC. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Surrender of License, fcc.gov. September 28, 2019. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  4. ^ Kelly, Johnny (November 15, 2009). "Woodie Assaf, longest serving TV weatherman in the nation is dead at the age of 92". Examiner.com.[unreliable source?]