Broadcast area | Jersey, Greene, and Calhoun counties |
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Frequency | 1480 kHz AM |
Branding | Real Country 104.7/1480 |
Programming | |
Format | Country music |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WBBA-FM | |
History | |
First air date | June 23, 1960 (first license granted) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 23265 |
Class | D |
Power | 500
watts day 32 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°6′46.00″N 90°18′43.00″W / 39.1127778°N 90.3119444°W |
Translator(s) | 104.7 MHz (W284DN - Jerseyville, Illinois) |
Links | |
Website | wjbmradio.com |
WJBM (1480 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. [1] It is licensed to Jerseyville, Illinois, United States. The station is currently owned by Doug Smith, through licensee GBI Communications, LLC. [2]
DJ Two Rivers Radio purchased WJBM in 2003, along with its sister station WBBA-FM, from Brown Radio Group Inc. for $320,000. [3] WJBM broadcast an oldies format at the time of its sale. [3]
Effective March 14, 2022, DJ Two Rivers Radio transferred the licenses of WJBM and WBBA-FM, along with the construction permit for translator W284DN, to Doug Smith's GBI Communications, LLC as settlement of a lawsuit between the two parties.
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