WLXB (98.9 FM) is a

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airing a

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music format. Licensed to

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, United States, it serves the Greenville-New Bern area.

History

WLXB went on the air in 1989 as WDRP. On 1990-09-03, the station changed its call sign to WVSG, on 1990-10-01 to WDRP, on 2002-09-01 to WIAM-FM, on 2004-05-17 to WNBR-FM, and on 2015-04-27 to WLXB. From 2004 to 2015, WNBR-FM played

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as "The Bear", simulcasting

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* K-Love radio stations Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1989 1989 establishments in North Carolina Educational Media Foundation radio stations LXB {{NorthCarolina-radio-station-stub