WSBB (1230 kHz) is a

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broadcasting an adult standards format.

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to New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States, the station serves the Daytona Beach metropolitan area. The station is owned by Diegel Communications and its studios are located at 229 Canal Street, just a few blocks away from WSBB's historic studios on the west end of the causeway. The causeway location, off Indian River North, continues to serve as the main transmission site for WSBB. The stations play adult standards music from over five decades, and the playlist is locally programmed at the station. At the beginning of most hours, WSBB carries

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. It also broadcasts

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sports, including

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games, and the nationally syndicated '' Dave Ramsey Show''. In addition to being heard on AM 1230, programming is also heard on an

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station, 106.9 W295CN in

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. In addition, WSBB is

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on co-owned 1490 kHz

WTJV WTJV (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to DeLand, Florida and serving the Daytona Beach area. WTJV is owned by J & V Communications, Inc. WTJV simulcasts WSBB 1230 AM in New Smyrna Beach. The two stations broadcast an Adult Standards rad ...

in DeLand. Both AM stations transmit with 1,000 watts using

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s. The translator’s

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is 250 watts.

History

The

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(FCC) granted a construction permit for a new AM station in New Smyrna Beach in 1950. WSBB

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the air on February 1, 1952. It was only powered at 100 watts and was owned by the Beach Broadcasting Company. By the 1970s, its power had increased to 1,000 watts by day, 250 watts at night. In the 1980s, the station began broadcasting at 1,000 watts around the clock. In 2006, the station was bought by Gore-Overgaard Broadcasting, Inc., for $450,000. In the spring of 2008, WSBB was sold to Skip “Big Dump” Diegel, president of Diegel Communications, LLC.

References

External links

FCC History Cards for WSBBOfficial website
* * * {{Daytona Beach Radio SBB Radio stations established in 1952 1952 establishments in Florida Adult standards radio stations in the United States