# WBBD

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Radio station in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States

WBBD Wheeling, West Virginia United States Broadcast area Wheeling metro area Frequency 1400 kHz Branding Fox Sports AM 1400 Programming Language English Format Sports Affiliations Fox Sports Radio Ownership Owner iHeartMedia, Inc. (iHM Licenses, LLC) Sister stations WEGW WKWK-FM WOVK WVKF WWVA History First air date May 2, 1941 (1941-05-02) Former call signs WKWK (1941–1996) Call sign meaning "Big band" Technical information[1] Licensing authority FCC Facility ID 73192 Class C Power 1,000 watts Transmitter coordinates 40°5′49.0″N 80°42′6.0″W / 40.096944°N 80.701667°W / 40.096944; -80.701667 Translator 103.9 W280EW (Wheeling) Links Public license information Public file LMS Webcast Listen live (via iHeartRadio) Website foxsports1400wheeling.iheart.com

**WBBD** (1400 [AM](/source/AM_broadcasting)) is a commercial [radio station](/source/Radio_broadcasting) licensed to [Wheeling, West Virginia](/source/Wheeling%2C_West_Virginia), United States, carrying a [sports](/source/Sports_radio) format. Owned by [iHeartMedia](/source/IHeartMedia), WBBD serves both the [Wheeling metropolitan area](/source/Wheeling%2C_West_Virginia_metropolitan_area) and nearby [St. Clairsville, Ohio](/source/St._Clairsville%2C_Ohio), as the market's [Fox Sports Radio](/source/Fox_Sports_Radio) affiliate. WBBD's studios are currently located at the [Capitol Theatre](/source/Capitol_Theatre_(Wheeling%2C_West_Virginia)) in downtown Wheeling, while its transmitter resides in the city's northern end. In addition to a standard [analog transmission](/source/Analog_transmission), WBBD is relayed over low-power [FM](/source/FM_broadcasting) [translator](/source/Broadcast_relay_station) W280EW (103.9 FM) and is available online via [iHeartRadio](/source/IHeartRadio).

WBBD was established in 1941 as WKWK, which aired network programming in the 1940s and 1950s before emerging as a [Top 40](/source/Top_40) station in the 1960s and 1970s. Later operating various [oldies](/source/Oldies) and [adult standards](/source/Adult_standards) formats, it has broadcast Fox Sports Radio since 2014 after a brief period airing [comedy radio](/source/Comedy_radio). The station also airs [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) baseball (via the [Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates_Radio_Network)), [Marshall Thundering Herd](/source/Marshall_Thundering_Herd) [football](/source/Marshall_Thundering_Herd_football) and [men’s basketball](/source/Marshall_Thundering_Herd_men's_basketball), [OVAC](/source/Ohio_Valley_Athletic_Conference) high school football, the [Mountain East Conference](/source/Mountain_East_Conference) men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, and is an overflow for the [Wheeling Nailers](/source/Wheeling_Nailers) radio network.[2] Locally-produced golf programs *The Rich Conwell Golf Show* and *Golfin’ Around with Randy Tantlinger* are aired on Saturday mornings.[3]

## History

On July 10, 1940, Community Broadcasting applied with the [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) (FCC) to build a new radio station at 1370 kHz in Wheeling.[4] This application was approved on November 26 of that year, and after being changed to 1400 kHz as part of [NARBA](/source/NARBA) reallocation in March 1941, WKWK began broadcasting on May 2 of that year as an affiliate of [CBS](/source/CBS).[5] It operated with 100 watts of power, raised to 250 later that year, from studios at the corner of 16th and Market streets.[4] Its owner was Joe L. Smith, Jr., son of [Joe L. Smith](/source/Joe_L._Smith), a Democratic U.S. representative for the state; its first general manager was John B. Reynolds, who resigned from his post as assistant secretary of the FCC to run the new Wheeling outlet.[6] The station remained with CBS until 1947, when it traded network affiliations with the more powerful [WWVA](/source/WWVA_(AM)) (1170 AM) and became an [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company) outlet.[7] The next year, it expanded to the FM band with the launch of [WKWK-FM](/source/WKWK-FM) 97.3 on March 17, 1948; the region's third FM outlet in operation, it initially served as a simulcaster for the AM output.[8]

Smith Jr. sold his stake in WKWK-AM-FM in 1951 to Reynolds, who had held 49 percent of the business.[9] The AM transmitter was relocated from its existing site to be co-sited with the FM transmitter on Glenwood Road in 1958.[4]

Reynolds died after a long illness on March 22, 1959; he was 62.[10] Reynolds's estate wasted little time in selling the WKWK stations, reaching a deal in August with Lewis W. Dickey, who had been an advertising salesman for WWVA.[11] It was the first station owned by Dickey, the father of later [Cumulus Media](/source/Cumulus_Media) president Lew Dickey, who was credited with turning around the new acquisition;[12] also during his tenure as owner, the station increased its power to 1,000 watts.[4]

The WKWK stations were sold again in 1965 to WK, Inc., a company owned by the Resources and Facilities Corporation (REFAC)—a company controlled by [Eugene Lang](/source/Eugene_Lang)—and Victor Oristano, for $575,000.[13][4] Four years later, the pair were purchased by Publishers Broadcasting Corporation, a subsidiary of the Washington-based Publishers Co., for $649,000. The contract printing and binding concern was making an incursion into broadcasting by buying stations to build what it hoped would be a maximum-size group; prior to acquiring the outlets in Wheeling, it had purchased an AM-FM combo in [Tallahassee, Florida](/source/Tallahassee%2C_Florida).[14] The company renamed itself Camptown Industries in December 1972; having not bought any additional stations beyond those in Wheeling and Tallahassee, it had instead diversified into owning the [Uline Arena](/source/Uline_Arena) in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), and the namesake Camptown at East Lake Toho in [Osceola, Florida](/source/Osceola%2C_Florida).[15] During this time, WKWK was a [Top 40](/source/Top_40) outlet, complete with "Good Guys" disc jockeys and a large teenage listening audience.[16]

Community Service Broadcasting, owned by the Glassman family of Illinois, acquired the WKWK stations in 1975.[4] It attempted to sell its Wheeling operation to Price Communications Corporation in 1981,[17] but the deal fell apart, and Price ultimately bought WWVA and [WCPI (98.7 FM)](/source/WOVK) in late 1982.[18] Meanwhile, the station was shifting to target an older audience. It adopted the [Music of Your Life](/source/Music_of_Your_Life) syndicated adult standards format in 1982.[19]

Community Service sold all of its stations—including WKWK-AM-FM—in 1986 to CR Broadcasting, a partnership of two men from Virginia and Maryland.[20] WKWK switched to an oldies format the following year.[21] The entire CR portfolio was repurchased by the Glassman family in 1992.[22]

Wheeling radio would be hit by successive rounds of change in the late 1990s as deregulation led to rapid industry consolidation. Osborn Communications Corporation acquired the WKWK stations from the Glassmans in February 1996, paying $2.75 million.[23] In April 1996, WKWK, having by this point become a sports talk station, became WBBD after dropping most of its sports programming to return to standards;[24] the WBBD call letters had previously been on [1600 kHz](/source/WKKX) until 1995, when that station became [Radio AAHS](/source/Radio_AAHS) affiliate WOHZ.[25] Three months later, Osborn and its 17 radio stations were purchased by Capstar Broadcasting Partners in a $100 million transaction; by this time, the Wheeling cluster of stations had grown to six.[26] Capstar merged with Chancellor Media, which renamed itself AMFM, Inc., in the summer of 1999,[27] then merged into [Clear Channel Communications](/source/Clear_Channel_Communications) in a deal that closed in 2000.[28]

The station's "Real Oldies" format was dropped in 2012, when WBBD became an affiliate of the 24/7 [Comedy](/source/Comedy_radio) Network as part of a 12-station flip of mostly AM stations in various markets.[29] This lasted until June 2014, when the station adopted its current sports format. The comedy format had been a failure in the local ratings, registering a zero share among listeners 12 and up in the fall 2013 [Nielsen](/source/Nielsen_Holdings) report.[30]

## Taking over for WWVA

On August 4, 2010, a downburst event generating strong winds[31] pushed through the Wheeling area, knocking the three–tower array used by WWVA, located in nearby [St. Clairsville, Ohio](/source/St._Clairsville%2C_Ohio), to the ground. The station was knocked completely off the air; in the immediate wake of the storm, WBBD was pressed into service to carry all of WWVA's programming.[31][32][33] On August 5, 2010, at 10:30 p.m., WWVA began to broadcast from a temporary facility, allowing WBBD to resume its existing programming.[34] Similarly, in 2000, WBBD was used as a temporary substitute for WWVA during tower work.[35]

## FM translator

WBBD rebroadcasts its signal to the following low-power FM [translator](/source/Broadcast_relay_station):[36]

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info W280EW 103.9 FM Wheeling, West Virginia 140908 250 99 m (325 ft) D 40°03′41″N 80°45′07″W / 40.06139°N 80.75194°W / 40.06139; -80.75194 LMS

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-Towers4_34-0)** ["Update: Back on the air"](http://www.wwva.com/cc-common/mainheadlines2.html?feed=119921&article=7439986). [WWVA](/source/WWVA_(AM)). August 5, 2010. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220707042316/https://newsradio1170.iheart.com/) from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-35)** ["Attention WWVA Listeners"](https://ohiocountywv.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=wbbd&i=f&d=01011997-12312021&m=between&ord=k1&fn=the_intelligencer_usa_west_virginia_wheeling_20000320_english_5&df=11&dt=20). *The Intelligencer*. Wheeling, West Virginia. March 20, 2000. p. 5. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220707042307/https://ohiocountywv.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=wbbd&i=f&d=01011997-12312021&m=between&ord=k1&fn=the_intelligencer_usa_west_virginia_wheeling_20000320_english_5&df=11&dt=20) from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-36)** ["W280EW Wheeling WV: FM translator, Channel 280 (103.9 MHz)"](https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=140908). *fccdata.org*. FCCdata.org – powered by REC. Retrieved July 7, 2022.

## External links

- [Official website](https://foxsports1400wheeling.iheart.com/)

- [Facility details for Facility ID 73192 (WBBD)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=73192) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [WBBD](https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP26&band=am&callLetter=WBBD) in [Nielsen Audio](/source/Nielsen_Audio)'s AM station database

- [Facility details for Facility ID 140908 (W280EW)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=140908) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [W280EW](https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=W280EW&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&arn=&party=&lmspf=&lmspl=&party_type=LICEN&latd=&lond=&lang=en) at FCCdata.org

v t e Radio stations in the West Virginia North Panhandle region This region includes the following cities/areas: Weirton/Wheeling, West Virginia Steubenville, Ohio AM 950 1170 1290 1330 1370 1400 1430 1600 FM 88.1 89.9 91.5 91.9 93.5 95.7 96.5 97.3 98.7 100.5 103.5 105.5 106.3 107.5 LPFM 99.1 101.1 102.9 107.1 Translators 89.5 Call signs W208BR WBBD WBGI-FM WBNV WBWO-LP WCDK WDUQ-LP WEGW WEIR WEJP-LP WETZ WGLZ WIXZ WKKX WKWK-FM WLYV WNKV WOMP WOVK WPHP WRQY WVKF WVLY WVNP WWOV-LP WWVA WZUM-FM Defunct WSTV (1340 AM) Nearby regions Canton Morgantown Parkersburg-Marietta Pittsburgh Youngstown See also List of radio stations in Ohio List of radio stations in West Virginia

v t e Sports radio stations in the state of West Virginia Berkeley Springs WCST Charleston WBES WSWW Charles Town WMRE Hinton WMTD-FM Huntington WRVC Kenova WZWB Keyser WKLP Martinsburg WEPM Montgomery WMON Saint Marys WJAW St. Albans WJYP Wheeling WBBD See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in West Virginia See also ESPN Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Sports Byline USA SportsMap Radio

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