WNBS (1340 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

Murray, Kentucky Murray is a home rule-class city in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of Calloway County and the 19th-largest city in Kentucky. The city's population was 17,741 during the 2010 U.S. census, and its micropolitan area's p ...

, United States. The station is currently owned by Forever Communications, Inc. and features programming from

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, and

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History

WNBS signed on in July 1948. It is named for Nathan B. Stubblefield, a Murray resident who was a pioneer in early experiments with wireless voice transmissions. In 1957, the station was purchased by C.H. Pulse and Chuck Shuffett of Lebanon. In the late 1950s or 1960s, the station was knocked off the air by an airplane that crashed into the transmission tower in heavy fog. In 1991, Shuffett sold both WNBS and W46BE, the low-powered TV-46, to Keith Stubblefield. However, WNBS went off the air the same year when Stubblefield failed to make payments for the station or its employees. W46BE was sold to

Murray State University Murray State University (MSU) is a public university in Murray, Kentucky. In addition to the main campus in Calloway County in southwestern Kentucky, Murray State operates extended campuses offering upper level and graduate courses in Paducah, ...

, who used the station as a for-profit enterprise. By 1992, the station then returned to the air after Joe and Sam Parker, owners of WSJP, purchased the station. When WNBS and WJSP was purchased by Forever Communications in 1997, WNBS was a music station while sister station WSJP (now

WBZB WBZB (1130 AM) is a daytime only radio station broadcasting a top 40/CHR format, licensed to Murray, Kentucky. The station is currently owned by Forever Communications, Inc. and features programming from ESPN Radio. In addition to games and c ...

) focused on news and talk. The two later switched formats and swapped programming to take advantage of the better nighttime signal on WNBS.

Sports

1340 WNBS is the home for Murray High School basketball (boys' and girls') and football, along with

Racers basketball (men's and women's) and football. They are also the local affiliate for

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baseball. With their

affiliation, they also air college football and basketball games periodically on the weekends, along with the Olympics and

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March Madness and bowl games. WNBS also carries the program "Hey Coach", which is a coach's show featuring the coaches of the Murray State Racers (both basketball and football), takes place at local eatery The Big Apple Café and is hosted by Neal Bradley.

Station events

1340 WNBS (along with sister stations

WFGS WFGS (103.7 FM, "Froggy 103.7") is a radio station located in Murray, Kentucky licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and owned by Forever Communications. The station airs a country music format. Froggy 103.7 is one of the most l ...

and

) hold different events through the year. *Annual Home, Lawn & Farm Show – This event dates back to 1989. It has always been the expo for vendors to show off their wares. There are always vendors that cater to different parts of the show, whether they represent HOME, LAWN or FARM. Often there are also "sub category" areas, like; Children's Play Area, Women's World or the Men's Sit a Spell. This event always occurs within the first quarter of the year. The Annual Home, Lawn & Farm show calls the

CFSB Center The CFSB Center is an 8,600-seat arena located in Murray, Kentucky near the intersection of Ky. 121 and U.S. 641. The arena is the home of the Murray State Racers Basketball teams. It was previously known as the Regional Special Events Center, or ...

home, thus scheduling is subject to

basketball games and/or other events that are brought in.

References

External links

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