# WSB (AM)

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Clear-channel news/talk radio station in Atlanta

Not to be confused with [750 AM](/source/750_AM).

WSB Atlanta, Georgia United States Broadcast area Metro Atlanta Frequency 750 kHz Branding 95-5 WSB Atlanta's News and Talk Programming Format News/talk Affiliations ABC News Radio Bloomberg Radio CBS News Radio Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks WSB-TV Georgia Bulldogs Ownership Owner Cox Media Group (Cox Radio, LLC) Sister stations WALR-FM WSB-FM WSB-TV WSBB-FM WSRV History First air date March 15, 1922 (1922-03-15) Former frequencies 833 kHz (1922) 619 kHz (1922–1923) 750 kHz (1923) 700 kHz (1923–1927) 630 kHz (1927–1928) 740 kHz (1928–1940) 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 / 33.8439917; -84.2532556 Repeaters 95.5 WSBB-FM (Doraville) 97.1 WSRV-HD3 (Gainesville) Links Public license information Public file LMS Webcast Listen live Website www.wsbradio.com

**WSB** (750 [kHz](/source/KHz)) is a commercial AM radio station in [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta), Georgia. It [simulcasts](/source/Simulcast) a [news/talk](/source/News%2Ftalk) radio format with 95.5 [WSBB-FM](/source/WSBB-FM). WSB and WSBB-FM are the [flagship stations](/source/Flagship_station) for [Cox Media Group](/source/Cox_Media_Group) which also owns three other Atlanta radio stations and [WSB-TV](/source/WSB-TV). WSB is among the highest billing stations in the U.S.[2] The station's studios and offices are in the WSB Television and Radio Group Building on [West Peachtree Street](/source/Peachtree_Street) in [Midtown Atlanta](/source/Midtown_Atlanta).

WSB is powered at 50,000 watts, the maximum for commercial AM stations. WSB is a [clear-channel](/source/Clear-channel) class A station and uses a [non-directional antenna](/source/Non-directional_antenna). The station's [transmitter](/source/Transmitter) and [radiating tower](/source/Radiating_tower) are seven miles (11 kilometers) northeast of Atlanta at the Northlake Tower Festival Shopping Center, off Lavista Road in [Tucker, Georgia](/source/Tucker%2C_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](/source/Gulf_of_Mexico) and [Caribbean Sea](/source/Caribbean_Sea). Though the station is licensed for [HD Radio](/source/HD_Radio) operations, like many stations, it shut off the capability due to [RF interference](/source/RF_interference), a lack of demand for AM stations in the format, and the establishment of WSBB-FM to address audio quality concerns.[3]

## History

### Atlanta Journal

Telegram, sent March 15, 1922, authorizing WSB to immediately begin "news, entertainment and such matter" broadcasts on 360 meters (833 kHz) and, pending authorization, weather reports on 485 meters (619 kHz)[4]

WSB was one of the first radio stations in the South.[5] In early 1922, there was a tremendous public interest in the then-new technology of radio broadcasting.[6] By the end of the year, the number of authorized stations exceeded 500. In many communities, a race broke out to see who would be the first to get a station on the air. In Atlanta, the primary contenders were the two major newspapers, the *Atlanta Journal* and the *Atlanta Constitution*.[7] The *Journal* established a makeshift studio on the fifth floor of its building at 7 Forsyth Street. A transmitter had been ordered, but facing a delay, the newspaper arranged for the equipment used by Gordon Heidt for his amateur station to be temporarily installed. A broadcasting license was normally needed before a station could go on the air, but it was arranged to have an initial telegraphed authorization, which was sent by the Department of Commerce on the evening of March 15, 1922. The station's debut broadcast took place that evening.[8][9][10] The transmitter had only 100 watts of power and ice was used to cool the batteries.[11]

The *Journal's* new station was issued the randomly assigned [call letters](/source/Call_letters) WSB.[12] Station management would claim the call letters stood for "Welcome South, Brother", even though the *Journal* did not specifically request those call letters.[13] The *Constitution's* station, [WGM](/source/WGM_(AM)), debuted two days later on March 17. Because it also was transmitting on 360 meters, the two newspapers had to set up a time-sharing agreement allocating broadcast hours. Competition was so fierce between the two that WSB's manager, Lambdin "The Little Colonel" Kay, banned any person who had previously appeared on WGM from broadcasting over WSB.[8]

In September 1922, the Department of Commerce set aside a second entertainment wavelength, 400 meters (750 kHz) for "Class B" stations that had quality equipment and programming.[14] Both WSB and WGM were assigned to this new wavelength. In May 1923, additional "Class B" frequencies were made available, and Atlanta was assigned the use of 700 kHz.[15] Once again, both WSB and WGM were assigned to this new frequency.[16] However, at the end of July, WGM permanently ceased operations, which gave WSB exclusive use of the assignment.

### NBC Red Network

In 1927, WSB became an [affiliate](/source/Network_affiliate) of the [NBC Red Network](/source/NBC_Red_Network).[17] The station carried NBC's dramas, comedies, news and sports during the "[Golden Age of Radio](/source/Golden_Age_of_Radio)". The trademark three-tone [NBC chimes](/source/NBC_chimes) were first played in the WSB studios.

In the summer of 1927, WSB began transmitting on 630 kHz.[18] On November 11, 1928, under the provisions of the [Federal Radio Commission](/source/Federal_Radio_Commission)'s [General Order 40](/source/General_Order_40), WSB was reassigned to a "clear channel" frequency of 740 kHz.[19] WSB was the dominant station nationally on this frequency. In March 1941, as part of the implementation of the [North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement](/source/North_American_Regional_Broadcasting_Agreement) (NARBA), WSB moved to 750 kHz, where it has been heard ever since.

Part of WSB's programming was [southern gospel](/source/Southern_gospel) music, gaining popularity throughout the region, with shows hosted by [Charles Davis Tillman](/source/Charles_Davis_Tillman). The *[Shelby Star](/source/Shelby_Star)* newspaper, in an issue dated November 1985, wrote that the talented [Dan Hornsby](/source/Dan_Hornsby), after the [1929 crash of the stock market](/source/1929_stock_market_crash), found himself working no longer for [Columbia Records](/source/Columbia_Records). He got work as the first morning show announcer for WSB. Lambdin Kay called Hornsby "90% of the local talent on WSB".

### Cox Enterprises

In 1939, the *Journal* newspaper and WSB radio station were sold to [James Middleton Cox](/source/James_Middleton_Cox), the founder of what would become [Cox Enterprises](/source/Cox_Enterprises). Wright Bryan, a WSB news reporter as well as managing editor of the *Atlanta Journal*, was also a [stringer](/source/Stringer_(journalism)) for NBC during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). He was the first war correspondent to broadcast an eyewitness account of the [D-Day](/source/D-Day) invasion. Bryan reported from London in the early hours of June 6, 1944. Elmo Ellis, who programmed WSB in the 1950s and 1960s, is remembered as an innovator among Southern broadcasters. He provided the on-air editorials for the station, and in the 1960s, consistently supported [civil rights](/source/Civil_rights).

WSB won a 1946 Special Citation of Honor [Peabody Award](/source/Peabody_Award). It was awarded for its program "The Harbor We Seek".[20]

The [Biltmore](/source/Atlanta_Biltmore_Hotel_and_Biltmore_Apartments) served as the headquarters of the station for several decades

From 1925 to 1956, WSB radio, along with later co-owned stations [WSB-FM](/source/WSB-FM) and [WSB-TV](/source/WSB-TV), operated out of the top floor of the [Atlanta Biltmore Hotel](/source/Atlanta_Biltmore_Hotel) in [Midtown Atlanta](/source/Midtown_Atlanta). Afterward, the WSB stations were housed in a Colonial-style mansion with its interior specially built for broadcasting, informally known as "White Columns".[21] That location was where [Peachtree Street](/source/Peachtree_Street) crosses West Peachtree Street near [Ansley Park](/source/Ansley_Park). In 1998, all of the Cox's Atlanta radio stations, as well as WSB-TV, moved into a new "Digital White Columns" on the same property. The original White Columns was demolished afterward.

### FM and TV stations

In 1948, WSB added an FM [sister station](/source/Sister_station), WSB-FM, originally broadcasting on 104.5 MHz.[22] The *Atlanta Constitution* had also been experimenting with FM radio, putting WCON-FM on the air the year before. When the two newspapers merged under Cox ownership in 1952, WCON-FM and WSB-FM went [silent](/source/Dark_(broadcasting)). WSB-FM returned to the air in 1955 on WCON-FM's dial position, 98.5 FM. While it has the call letters of WSB-FM, the station traces its founding to when WCON-FM first [signed on](/source/Signed_on).

During its early years, when few people had FM radio receivers, WSB-FM mostly [simulcast](/source/Simulcast) the programming on WSB. That included programs from the NBC Red Network, as well as local shows. As network programming moved from radio to television in the 1950s, WSB-AM-FM began airing a [full service](/source/Full_service_radio), [middle of the road](/source/Middle_of_the_road_(music)) format of popular music, news, sports and information. By the late 1960s, WSB-FM was separately programmed with a [beautiful music](/source/Beautiful_music) format.

Also in 1948, WSB-TV first signed on the air on September 29. It originally broadcast on Channel 8. It is the second-oldest TV station south of Washington, D.C., after [WTVR-TV](/source/WTVR-TV) in [Richmond, Virginia](/source/Richmond%2C_Virginia). Just as WSB aired NBC Red Network radio programming, WSB-TV was originally a primary [NBC](/source/NBC)-TV affiliate. WSB-TV also carried some [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company) shows. While Channel 8 was assigned to *The Atlanta Journal*, Channel 2 was assigned to *The Atlanta Constitution*, although the *Constitution* never got its TV station on the air. After the two newspapers came under Cox ownership, WSB-TV moved to Channel 2. The station switched networks with [WXIA](/source/WXIA)-TV in 1980 to become an ABC affiliate.

WSB formerly broadcast in [AM stereo](/source/AM_stereo) using the [Motorola](/source/AM_stereo#Motorola_C-QUAM) [C-QUAM](/source/C-QUAM) system during the 1980s, a period when music could still be heard on the station. The on-air talent in this era included morning hosts Russ Spooner and Dick Hemby, as well as longtime [Atlanta Braves](/source/Atlanta_Braves) baseball announcer [Skip Caray](/source/Skip_Caray) presenting morning sportscasts. As WSB's format progressed to a full-time [news-talk](/source/News-talk) [radio format](/source/Radio_format) by 1987, the AM stereo system was turned off, as it was superfluous since music had been discontinued.

Also in the 1980s, WSB discontinued its NBC affiliation. Its own news staff delivered all the newscasts, with sound and actualities supplied by [AP Radio](/source/AP_Radio). In 2018, WSB affiliated with [ABC News Radio](/source/ABC_News_Radio) for its world and national news coverage. Co-owned WSB-TV has been an ABC television affiliate since 1980.[23] In 2020, the station switched to [CBS News Radio](/source/CBS_News_Radio).[24]

### 95.5 FM simulcast

On August 16, 2010, WSB began a full-time simulcast on co-owned WBTS 95.5 FM, which previously played [rhythmic contemporary](/source/Rhythmic_contemporary) music under the branding "95.5 The Beat".[25] That October 1, WBTS's call letters were changed to [WSBB-FM](/source/WSBB-FM); the extra "B" was added to the FM call letters because Cox already owns a station with the WSB-FM call sign on 98.5. On July 31, 2019, WSB and WSBB-FM began calling themselves "95.5 WSB". Despite the AM station's wide coverage, 750 is now mentioned, along with WSBB-FM's true call letters, during the hourly [FCC](/source/FCC)-mandated [station identification](/source/Station_identification) in a rushed form.[26]

Cox Enterprises sold majority control of Cox Media Group to [Apollo Global Management](/source/Apollo_Global_Management) on December 17, 2019.[27] While Cox Enterprises retains a minority stake in the company, the sale effectively separated the WSB stations from the *[Atlanta Journal-Constitution](/source/Atlanta_Journal-Constitution)*, which remains wholly owned by Cox Enterprises.[28]

WSB's Scott Slade hosted *Atlanta's Morning News* until February 2023, when he stepped back from full-time hosting. He was succeeded by evening news anchor Chris Chandler, and remains semi-retired as a fill-in host. In April 2023, 31-year morning news host Marcy Williams retired from WSB.[29] She calculated she wrote more than 300,000 radio news stories.

## Programming

### News and Talk

WSB and WSBB-FM mostly air local news and talk shows. Weekdays begin at 5 am with *Atlanta's Morning News*, anchored by Chris Chandler, Judd Hickinbotham and Cheryl Castro. Traffic reports and weather forecasts are featured every six minutes. The WSB Skycopter covered traffic from the air from 1965 to 2024, when parent company Total Traffic allowed the contract to expire.[30] After retiring from his longtime daily radio show in 2020, [Clark Howard](/source/Clark_Howard) now provides consumer reports. In middays, afternoons and early evenings, local talk hosts include [Erick Erickson](/source/Erick_Erickson), Mark Arum, [Eric Von Haessler](/source/Eric_Von_Haessler) and Shelley Wynter.[31] At 9 pm, WSB carries *[The Sean Hannity Show](/source/The_Sean_Hannity_Show)* recorded that afternoon. Overnight, repeats of local weekday shows are heard.

Weekends feature shows on gardening, home repair, cars, real estate, health and money, some of which are paid [brokered programming](/source/Brokered_programming). Syndicated weekend shows include *[Bill Handel on the Law](/source/Bill_Handel), [The Kim Komando Show](/source/The_Kim_Komando_Show), [Eye on Travel with Peter Greenberg](/source/Peter_Greenberg)* and *[Face The Nation](/source/Face_The_Nation)*. WSB and WSBB-FM are [affiliates](/source/Network_affiliate) of [CBS News Radio](/source/CBS_News_Radio), and carry twice-hourly news updates in overnight hours. The stations have a news sharing agreement with [WSB-TV](/source/WSB-TV).

### Sports

WSB has long served as the [flagship](/source/Flagship_(broadcasting)) radio station for the [University of Georgia](/source/University_of_Georgia) [Bulldogs](/source/Georgia_Bulldogs) Radio Network, carrying its [football](/source/Georgia_Bulldogs_football) and [basketball](/source/Georgia_Bulldogs_basketball) games. In past years, WSB also served as the flagship station for [Atlanta Braves](/source/Atlanta_Braves) [baseball](/source/MLB), [Atlanta Falcons](/source/Atlanta_Falcons) [football](/source/NFL) and [Atlanta Hawks](/source/Atlanta_Hawks) [basketball](/source/NBA). WSB carried Braves baseball coverage from 1966, the year the [Milwaukee Braves](/source/Milwaukee_Braves) moved to Atlanta, until 1991. Braves games moved to 640 [WGST](/source/WBIN_(AM)) from 1992 until 1994.

In 1995, the team returned to WSB, the season in which the Braves won the [World Series](/source/World_Series). That same year, Atlanta Hawks game coverage was also picked up by the station. From 1995 until 2004, WSB branded itself as the "Sports Voice of the South", carrying play-by-play game coverage of Braves baseball, Hawks basketball and Bulldogs football and basketball. In 2019, Braves baseball moved to 680 [WCNN](/source/WCNN). The Falcons and Hawks are now heard on 92.9 [WZGC](/source/WZGC).

## See also

- [Radio portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Radio)
- [Georgia (U.S. state) portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Georgia_(U.S._state))

- [List of radio stations in Georgia (U.S. state)](/source/List_of_radio_stations_in_Georgia_(U.S._state))

- [List of initial AM-band station grants in the United States](/source/List_of_initial_AM-band_station_grants_in_the_United_States)

- [List of three-letter broadcast call signs in the United States](/source/List_of_three-letter_broadcast_call_signs_in_the_United_States)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FCC-LMS-73977_1-0)** ["Facility Technical Data for WSB"](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=73977). *Licensing and Management System*. [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [InsideRadio.com "Top Billing AMs in 2023" Aug. 21, 2024. Retrieved Sept. 17, 2024.](https://www.insideradio.com/free/bia-all-news-made-up-third-of-top-billing-ams-in-2023-music-ruled-fm/article_e6a090a8-5f8a-11ef-8fcf-4369684f5bc4.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["AM IBOC Stations on the Air"](http://topazdesigns.com/iboc/station-list.html) by Barry McLarnon (topazdesigns.com)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *Welcome South, Brother: Fifty Years of Broadcasting at WSB, Atlanta Georgia*, Cox Broadcasting Corporation, 1974, page 10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** As of March 10, 1922, five days before WSB started broadcasting, the Department of Commerce reported that there were 67 authorized broadcasting stations, including, in the South, WGH in Montgomery, Alabama. (["List of stations broadcasting market or weather reports (485 meters) and music, concerts, lectures, etc. (360 meters), (March 10, 1922)"](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435066705633&view=1up&seq=239) *Radio Service Bulletin*, March 1, 1922, pages 13-14.)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Amendments to Regulations"](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435066705633&view=1up&seq=200), *Radio Service Bulletin*, January 3, 1922, page 10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** The *Journal* was an afternoon newspaper, while the *Constitution* published in the morning. The two papers came under common ownership in 1950, and were eventually merged into the *Journal-Constitution* in 2001.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-rogers_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-rogers_8-1) ["The Voice of the South"](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3560880&view=1up&seq=93), *Peachtree Parade* by Ernest Rogers, pages 73-75.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["New Stations: Commercial Land Stations"](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510008420257&view=1up&seq=334), *Radio Service Bulletin*, April 1, 1922, page 2.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Atlanta Journal Installs Big Radio Station: Newspaper is First in South with Wireless"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-atlanta-journal-inst/172986970/). *The Atlanta Journal*. Atlanta, Georgia. March 16, 1922. pp. 1, [12](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal-journal-is-first-pap/172987292/). Retrieved May 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Dwornik, Małgorzata (August 12, 2024). ["History of WSB Radio. The Listener Has No Radio Receiver? No Problem!"](https://reporterzy.info/en/4723,history-of-wsb-radio-the-listener-has-no-radio-receiver-no-problem). *Repoterzy.info*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [2544-5839](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2544-5839).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** "WSB" had previously been assigned to the *[SS Francis H. Leggett](/source/SS_Francis_H._Leggett)*, which sank off the Oregon coast on September 18, 1914, with a loss of all but two of the 62 aboard, (["No. 2925: The *Francis H. Leggett*"](http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2925.htm), *Engines of our Ingenuity* by John H. Lienhard, January 31, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2018) and later to the *Firwood*, which burned off the coast of Peru on December 18, 1919, with 28 persons on board, all of whom survived. (["Broadcast Station Calls With a Past"](https://archive.org/stream/radiobroadcast13gardrich#page/150/mode/1up) by William Fenwick, *Radio Broadcast*, July 1928, page 150. This source incorrectly states the ship's name as *Firewood*.) Because superstitious seafarers objected to being issued a call sign previously used by an ill-fated ship, "tainted" calls like "WSB" were quietly issued to unsinkable land stations. (["Mystique of the Three-Letter Callsigns"](https://earlyradiohistory.us/3myst.htm) by Thomas H. White.)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** [*Journey Through My Years*](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b61995&view=1up&seq=413) by James M. Cox, 1946, page 387.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Amendments to Regulations: Regulation 57"](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510008420257&view=1up&seq=462), *Radio Service Bulletin*, September 1, 1922, pages 10-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Radio Conference Recommendations: New Wave Lengths"](https://archive.org/stream/radioage12unse#page/n362/mode/1up/), *Radio Age*, May 1923, page 11. Beginning with these assignments, radio stations ended the practice of broadcasting their market reports and weather forecasts on the separate 485-meter wavelength.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Class B Calls and Waves"](https://archive.org/stream/radioage12unse#page/n399/mode/1up/), *Radio Age*, June 1923, page 12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["AM Network-Affiliated Radio Stations, 1949"](http://jeff560.tripod.com/1949am.html) (jeff560.tripod.com)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Broadcasting Stations, by Wave Lengths"](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221813&view=1up&seq=563), *Commercial and Government Radio Stations of the United States* (June 30, 1927, edition), page 87.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["Broadcasting Stations, by Wave Lengths, Effective November 11, 1928"](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221814&view=1up&seq=244), *Commercial and Government Radio Stations of the United States* (June 30, 1928, edition), page 172.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["Peabody Awards for '46 Announced"](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1947/1947-04-21-BC.pdf) (PDF). Broadcasting. April 21, 1947. p. 15. Retrieved June 14, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** *Welcome South, Brother*, page 17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** [Broadcasting Yearbook 1949 page 505](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1949/1949-BC-YB.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-aa-wsbabcradio_23-0)** ["WTOP/Washington, WSB-A/Atlanta, WBZ-A/Boston, WRVA-A/Richmond Add ABC News Radio"](https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/172757/wtop-washington-wsb-a-atlanta-wbz-a-boston-wrva-a-). *All Access*. January 2, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ri-wsbcbsnr_24-0)** ["CBS News Radio Adds 148 New Affiliates"](https://radioinsight.com/headlines/197040/cbs-news-radio-adds-148-new-affiliates/). *RadioInsight*. September 3, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-25)** ["WSB-AM adds FM home at 95.5"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100818120554/http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2010/08/16/95-5the-beat-loses-its-beat-taken-over-by-newstalk-wsb-am-simulcast/) by Rodney Ho, August 16, 2010 (blogs.ajc.com)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-26)** [WSB Completes 95.5 Move-In; Drops 750 From Branding](https://radioinsight.com/headlines/179331/wsb-completes-95-5-move-in-drops-750-from-branding/) - *Radio Insight* (published August 1, 2019)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-abc-saletoapollocomplete_27-0)** Saunders, Jessica (December 18, 2019). ["Cox Enterprises completes sale of stations & assets; new owner names C-suite"](https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2019/12/18/cox-enterprises-completes-sale-of-stations-assets.html). *[Atlanta Business Chronicle](/source/Atlanta_Business_Chronicle)*. Retrieved January 1, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ir-wsbajcsplit_28-0)** ["With FM Spins And Newspaper Sacrifices, FCC Approves Apollo Buyout Of Cox Media"](http://www.insideradio.com/free/with-fm-spins-and-newspaper-sacrifices-fcc-approves-apollo-buyout/article_949f2076-0f58-11ea-814d-f3fb783c1256.html). *Inside Radio*. November 25, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-29)** [InsideRadio.com "After Three Decades as WSB Morning News Anchor, Marcy Williams Calls It A Career" April 2023. Retrieved Sept. 17, 2024](https://www.insideradio.com/free/after-three-decades-as-wsb-s-morning-news-anchor-marcy-williams-calls-it-a-career/article_521789dc-e4c5-11ed-a65a-7349d746135f.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-30)** [AJC.com "Gridlock Guy for the Atlanta Journal Constitution"](https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/gridlock-guy-cheers-and-farewell-to-the-wsb-skycopter/275AACVEZ5EOLF6BMF2T5BT6NM/)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-31)** [WSBradio.com "On-Air"](https://www.wsbradio.com/on-air/)

## Bibliography

- ["Special Collections and Archives: WSB Radio History"](http://research.library.gsu.edu/c.php?g=115699&p=753069) Georgia State University Library Research Guide

- *Welcome South, Brother: Fifty Years of Broadcasting at WSB, Atlanta, Georgia*. Cox Broadcasting Corporation. 1974.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [WSB (AM)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WSB_(AM)).

- [Official website](https://www.wsbradio.com/)

- [Facility details for Facility ID 73977 (WSB)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=73977) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [WSB](https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU26&band=am&callLetter=WSB) in [Nielsen Audio](/source/Nielsen_Audio)'s AM station database

- ["History Cards for WSB (covering 1922-1981)"](https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=66984). [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission). ([Guide to reading History Cards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Radio_Stations/History_Cards))

- [WSB Radio Log Books](https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/gsu_wsblog) from the [Digital Library of Georgia](/source/Digital_Library_of_Georgia) (usg.edu)

v t e Radio stations in the Atlanta metropolitan area (Georgia) By AM frequency 550 590 610 640 680 7501 790 920 970 1010 1040 1080 1100 1120 1160 1190 1230 1260 1290 1300 1310 1330 1340 1380 1400 WLTA WRZX 1410 1420 1430 1450 1460 1480 1500 1520 1550 1570 1600 1690 By FM frequency 87.72 88.5 89.1 89.3 90.1 90.7 WMVV WUWG 91.1 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.1 92.9 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.5 96.1 96.7 97.1 97.5 98.5 99.7 100.1 100.5 101.5 102.3 102.5 103.3 104.1 104.7 105.3 105.7 106.3 106.7 107.5 107.9 LPFMs 94.5 98.1 98.9 99.1 WGRU-LP WIEH-LP WDJY-LP 102.1 WEZM-LP WGAF-LP 102.9 103.7 104.5 105.1 Translators 88.1 W201CC W201DM 89.7 W209CD W209CG 90.5 92.1 92.3 92.5 W223BP W223CQ 93.5 93.7 94.5 96.5 W243CE W243DQ 96.7 97.7 97.9 98.9 99.3 100.1 100.3 100.9 W265AV W265DG 101.13 101.9 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.7 104.5 105.5 106.3 W292EV W292EW W292GF 107.1 NOAA Weather Radio frequency 162.55 Digital radio by frequency & subchannel 88.5-1 88.5-2 88.5-3 90.1-1 90.1-2 90.1-3 91.9-1 92.9-1 92.9-2 93.3-1 93.3-2 93.3-3 94.1-1 94.1-2 94.9-1 94.9-2 95.5-1 96.1-1 96.1-2 96.1-3 96.7-1 96.7-2 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.1-3 97.1-4 97.5-1 97.5-2 98.5-1 98.5-2 98.5-3 99.7-1 99.7-2 99.7-3 100.5-1 101.5-1 102.3-1 102.3-2 103.3-1 103.3-2 103.3-3 104.1-1 104.7-1 104.7-2 104.7-3 105.3-1 105.7-1 105.7-2 105.7-3 106.7-1 106.7-2 106.7-3 107.5-1 107.5-2 107.9-1 107.9-2 By call sign KEC80 W201CC W201DM W209CD W209CG W213BE W221AW W222AF W223BP W223CQ W228CA W229AG W233BF W239AY W243CE W243DQ W244EI W249CK W250BC W255CJ W257DF W262CD W265AV W265DG W266BW3 W270AS W271CV W273CT W275BK W279CZ W283CT W288DX W292EV W292EW W292GF W296BB WABE HD2 HD3 WAFS WAIA HD2 HD3 WAKL HD2 HD3 WALR-FM WAMJ HD2 WAOK WAOO-LP WAOS WAZX WAZX-FM WBCX WBHF WBIN WBZW HD2 WBZY HD2 HD3 WCFO WCHK WCLK WCNN WDCY WDJY-LP WDPC WDUN WDWD WEZM-LP WFOM WFTD WGAF-LP WGKA WGRU-LP WHIE WHLB-LP WHTA HD2 WIEH-LP WIFN WIGO WJGA-FM WJZA WKHX-FM WKKP WLBB WLKQ-FM HD2 WLTA WMDG WMKP-LP WMLB WMVV WMVW WNEA WNIV WNNX WNRE-LP WNSY WPBS WPCG-LP WPLO WPZE WQXI WRAS HD2 HD3 WRDG HD2 HD3 WREK WRFG WRUX-LP WRZX WSB WSB-FM HD2 HD3 WSBB-FM HD2 WSRV HD2 HD3 HD4 WSTR HD2 WTBS-LD2 WTYF-LP WUBL HD2 WUMJ HD2 WUWG WVEE HD2 HD3 WVFJ-FM HD2 WWEV-FM WWPW WWSZ WWWE WWWQ HD2 HD3 WXEM WXJO WXKG WXNV-LP WYKG WYZE WZGC HD2 Internet 99X Atlanta WGHR Defunct WAEC (860 AM) WAZJ (1650 AM) WERD (860 AM) WGHR (102.5/100.7) WGM (700 AM) WHIE (1320 AM) WHLE-LP (106.3 FM) WJTP (890 AM) WLWV-LP (102.7 FM) WMLB (1170 AM) WNIZ-LP (100.1 FM) WTJH (1260 AM) WWSV-LP (98.1 FM) WWXR-LP (96.5 FM) Nearby regions Anniston Athens Auburn-Opelika Chattanooga Columbus Gadsden Greenville-Spartanburg Macon Rome See also List of radio stations in Georgia Notes 1. Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. 2. Audio from channel 6 TV station 3. Station is silent.

v t e News/talk radio stations in the U.S. state of Georgia All-news WBIN - Atlanta WMGE - Dry Branch WYNF - Augusta News & talk WALG – Albany WAOK – Atlanta WAYX – Waycross WBLJ – Dalton WCGA – Woodbine WCHM – Clarkesville WDAK – Columbus WDDK – Greensboro WDJY-LP – Dallas WDMG – Douglas WDUN – Gainesville WFOM - Marietta WGAC – Augusta WGAC-FM – Harlem WGAU – Athens WGIG – Brunswick WGST – Hogansville WJBB – Winder WJRB – Young Harris WKWN – Trenton WLBB – Carrollton WMAC – Macon WMDG – East Point WRCG – Columbus WSB – Atlanta WSBB-FM – Doraville WSRM – Coosa WTKS – Savannah WVGA – Lakeland WVLD – Valdosta WWNS – Statesboro Defunct WBMQ – Savannah WGHC – Clayton See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Georgia

v t e Clear-channel stations AM radio stations, with a full-power nighttime skywave signal that is protected by international agreements from inteference well beyond their daytime groundwave coverage. Canada CBEF CBK CBN CBR CBW CBY CFNV CFRB CFZM CJBC CKAC CKDO CKGM CKWX United States KBBI KBRW KBYR KCBF KCHU KDKA KDLG KENI KEX KFAB KFAR KFBK KFI KFQD KICY KIRO KJNP KMOX KNBR KNOM KNWN KNX KNZR KOA KOAN KOKC KOTV KOTZ KRLD KSFO KSL KSTP KVNT KWKH KXEL KYUK KYW WABC WBAL WBAP WBBM WBBR WBT WBZ WCCO WCKY WFAN WFED WFME WGN WGY WHAM WHAS WHO WHSQ WJR WLAC WLS WLW WMVP WOAI WOR WPHT WRVA WSB WSCR WSM WTAM WTIC WWKB WWL WWVA Mexico XEB XECPAE XEG XEMR XEPRS XEQ XERF XEROK XEW XEWA XEWW XEX Bahamas ZNS-1 By frequency 540 (SK) 540 (S.L.P.) 640 (NL) 640 (CA) 640 (AK) 650 (AK) 650 (TN) 660 (AK) 660 (NY) 670 (AK) 670 (IL) 680 (AK) 680 (CA) 690 (B.C.) 690 (QC) 700 (AK) 700 (OH) 710 (WA) 710 (NY) 720 (AK) 720 (IL) 730 (QC) 730 (CDMX) 740 (ON) 750 (AK) 750 (GA) 760 (MI) 770 (AK) 770 (NY) 780 (AK) 780 (IL) 800 (Chih.) 810 (CA) 810 (NY) 820 (AK) 820 (TX) 830 (MN) 840 (KY) 850 (AK) 850 (CO) 860 (ON) 870 (LA) 880 (NY) 890 (AK) 890 (IL) 900 (CDMX) 940 (CDMX) 940 (QC) 990 (MB) 990 (NL) 1000 (IL) 1000 (WA) 1010 (AB) 1010 (ON) 1020 (AK) 1020 (PA) 1030 (MA) 1040 (IA) 1050 (N.L.) 1060 (PA) 1060 (CDMX) 1070 (CA) 1080 (AK) 1080 (CT) 1080 (TX) 1090 (AR) 1090 (MD) 1090 (B.C.) 1100 (OH) 1110 (NC) 1110 (NE) 1120 (MO) 1130 (BC) 1130 (LA) 1130 (NY) 1140 (VA) 1140 (N.L.) 1160 (UT) 1170 (AK) 1170 (OK) 1170 (WV) 1180 (NY) 1190 (OR) 1200 (TX) 1210 (PA) 1220 (CDMX) 1500 (DC) 1500 (MN) 1510 (TN) 1520 (NY) 1520 (OK) 1530 (CA) 1530 (OH) 1540 (IA) 1540 (Bah.) 1550 (ON) 1560 (CA) 1560 (NY) 1570 (Coah.) 1580 (ON) See also Daytime-only radio stations

v t e Cox Media Group Owned by Apollo Global Management (71%) and Cox Enterprises (29%) Radio KCYY KISS-FM KKYX KONO KONO-FM KSMG KTKX WALR-FM WAPE-FM WBAB WBLI WCFB WDBO WDUV WEDR WEZI WFEZ WFLC WGAU WGMG WHFM WHIO WHIO-FM WHJX WHKO WHPT WHQT WJGL WMMO WNGC WOEX WOKV WOKV-FM WPUP WRFC WSB WSB-FM WSBB-FM WSRV WTBV WWKA WWRM WXGL WXKT WZLR Television ABC WFTV WSB-TV WSOC-TV CBS KIRO-TV WHIO-TV WJAX-TV Fox KLSR-TV WFOX-TV WFXT MyNetworkTV KEVU-CD NBC WPXI Telemundo KIRO-TV .4 WSOC-TV .2 WFOX-TV .4 Independent WAXN-TV WRDQ Cable Pittsburgh Cable News Channel Defunct Miami Valley Channel Acquisitions Newport Television Northwest Broadcasting

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