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| Broadcast area | Atlanta metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 750 kHz |
| Branding | 95.5 WSB |
| Programming | |
| Format | News - Talk |
| Network | CBS News Radio |
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| History | |
First air date | March 15, 1922 |
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Call sign meaning | Randomly assigned; backronymed to mean "Welcome South, Brother" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 73977 |
| Class | A |
| Power | 50,000 watts (unlimited) |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°50′38.37″N 84°15′11.72″W / 33.8439917°N 84.2532556°W |
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| Website | wsbradio |
WSB (750 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Atlanta, Georgia. It simulcasts a news-talk radio format with 95.5 WSBB-FM, licensed to Doraville. WSB and WSBB-FM are the flagship stations for Cox Media Group which also owns three other Atlanta radio stations and ABC Television Network affiliate WSB-TV. WSB is among the highest billing stations in the U.S.[2] The studios and offices are in the WSB Television and Radio Group Building on West Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta.
WSB is powered at 50,000 watts, the maximum for commercial AM stations. WSB is a clear-channel Class A station and uses a non-directional antenna. The transmitter and radiating tower are seven miles (11 kilometers) northeast of Atlanta at the Northlake Tower Festival Shopping Center, off Lavista Road in Tucker, Georgia. Its daytime coverage area is not as large as 50,000-watt AM stations in other parts of the country due to Georgia's poor ground conductivity; as such, a number of outer Atlanta suburbs only receive a grade B signal. At night, when radio waves travel farther, WSB can be heard with a good radio across much of the Southeastern United States, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. WSB is licensed to make HD Radio digital transmissions but apparently cancelled it due to listener complaints of RF interference.[3]
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WSB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ InsideRadio.com "Top Billing AMs in 2023" Aug. 21, 2024. Retreived Sept. 17, 2024.
- ^ "AM IBOC Stations on the Air" by Barry McLarnon (topazdesigns.com)