WBVB (97.1
FM, "B97") is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980s ...
radio format. Licensed to
Coal Grove, Ohio
Coal Grove is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 2,165 at the 2010 census. It borders the city of Ironton and lies across the Ohio River from Ashland, Kentucky. It is linked to Ashland by ...
, United States, the station serves the Huntington-Ashland area. The station is currently owned by
iHeartMedia, Inc.
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History
The station was assigned
call sign
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WZTX on August 18, 1988. On November 29, 1989, the station changed its call sign to WXVK, and then on December 19, 1994, to the current WBVB.
On February 14, 2012, WBVB relaunched as "Oldies 97.1".
On January 1, 2016, WBVB shifted its format from oldies to classic hits, branded as "B97".
In January 2020, the hosts of WBVB's morning show, the ''Woody & Professor Show'', were laid off as a part of iHeartMedia's realignment in small and medium radio markets.
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Classic hits radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1990
IHeartMedia radio stations
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