WBBS (104.7 FM "B-104.7 FM") is a

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serving the Syracuse area. The studios and offices are located at on Plum Street in Syracuse. It is the Syracuse affiliate station. The

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outlet broadcasts with an ERP of 50 kW from a

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site located near East Mud Lake Rd and Lamson Rd northwest of the city of Syracuse and is licensed to Fulton, New York.

History

The station, which debuted in 1961 as WOSC, with the call sign representing its home county, Oswego County. The station has been a country music outlet since 1993 and adopted the WBBS-FM calls shortly after changing the format. Past formats included Top 40/CHR (as WKFM in the 1970s until 1985 as ''"104.7 HitRadio KFM"''), AOR (as simply "WKFM" from 1985 until the late 1980s), and classic rock (as ''"104.7 KIX-FM"''). B104.7 formerly held an annual summer concert with national recording acts called B-Jam, which has most recently coordinated with Harborfest in

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, which last was held in 2007 Up until 2007, WBBS competed with Sandy Creek-based WSCP and WSCP-FM. In August 2009, WBBS was challenged by WVOA-FM, which became a country music station

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, known as "The Wolf." Incidentally, WOLF-FM was WBBS' former

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partner under the call sign ''WXBB''.

Personalities

Current WBBS on-air personalities include ''

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'' in mornings, mid-day program ''The Boxer Show'', afternoon drive host Rich Lauber, evening host Michael Jay, and syndicated radio program ''CMT After Midnite with Granger Smith'' during overnights. Weekend hosts include Daryl Thomas, Angie Ward, and Chris Randolph. Former morning team hosts Tom Owens and Becky Palmer were nominated for a CMA and ACM awards in 2009 and 2010. In 2004, B104.7's Ron and Becky received a CMA Award for "Personality of the Year" for a US Medium Market. Weather is provided by Dave Longley and news by Christie Casciano from

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External links

B-104.7's websiteCNYMedia's Syracuse FM history
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