WXAB (96.9
FM) was an American
radio station
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licensed to
McLain, Mississippi
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, United States. The station was last owned by Community Broadcasting Co.
The station, initially assigned "WXAB" on July 17, 1992, was known by that
call sign
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for its entire existence.
In December 1996, Community Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell WXAB to TraLyn Broadcasting, Inc. The FCC approved the deal on February 19, 1997, and the transaction was formally consummated on July 1, 1997.
This acquisition was part of a four-station deal that also included
sister station
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Radio sister stations will often have different formats, and somet ...
s
WLUN (95.3 FM in
Wiggins, Mississippi
Wiggins is a city in and the county seat of Stone County, Mississippi
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),
WIGG (1420 AM in
Wiggins
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), and
WESV (96.5 FM in
Richton, Mississippi
Richton is a town in Perry County, Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,068 at the 2010 census.
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total a ...
).
However, TraLyn Broadcasting's tenure as owner of these stations was financially unstable and a coalition of creditors and former owners filed suit against the company.
As the result of the December 2005 settlement of a lawsuit by Community Broadcasting, Inc., and other parties against TraLyn Broadcasting, Inc., and related parties, TraLyn Broadcasting, et al., agreed to pay $245,000 in cash to Community Broadcasting, et al., and convey the assets and
broadcast licenses of both WXAB and WIGG. The FCC approved this transfer on April 26, 2006, and the transaction was formally consummated on May 24, 2006.
The station fell
silent for the final time on February 2, 2010. In its February 4, 2010, filing with the FCC, the station's owner stated that WXAB had gone off the air "due to the illness of its principal manager, A.R. Byrd", noting that he was "unable to attend to the necessary station duties."
In late February, citing the manager's ongoing medical issues, the station applied for
special temporary authority
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to remain silent. The FCC granted this authority on March 30, 2010, with a scheduled expiration of September 28, 2010.
The Commission cautioned the station that if it did not resume broadcasting by 12:01 a.m. on February 3, 2011, that its
broadcast license was subject to automatic forfeiture and cancellation.
In July 2011, the FCC determined that the station had not resumed broadcasting and that its license was deemed automatically expired on February 3, 2011. The "WXAB" call sign was deleted from the FCC database on July 18, 2011.
References
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[{{cite web , title=Call Sign History , url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=12815&Callsign=DWXAB , work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database , accessdate=October 6, 2011]
[{{cite web , publisher=FCC Media Bureau , title=Application Search Details (BAL-19961219GH) , url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=237868 , date=July 1, 1997 , accessdate=October 6, 2011]
[{{cite web , publisher=FCC Media Bureau , title=Application Search Details (BAL-20060228AAO) , url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1113593 , date=May 24, 2006 , accessdate=October 6, 2011]
[{{cite web , publisher=Federal Communications Commission , title=Notification of Suspension of Operations , url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1355989&Form_id=910&Facility_id=12811 , date=February 4, 2010 , accessdate=October 6, 2011]
[{{cite web , publisher=Federal Communications Commission , title=Request for Silent STA (BLSTA-20100204ADN) , url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1356074&Service=FM&Form_id=910&Facility_id=12815 , date=February 22, 2010 , accessdate=October 6, 2011]
[{{cite news , work= Sun Herald , location= Biloxi, Mississippi , title=Tralyn Broadcasting Buying Stations, But Plans On Hold , page=B6 , url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BX&s_site=sunherald&p_multi=BX&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB6249F9414844D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM , date=March 5, 1997 , accessdate=October 6, 2011]
External links
Query the FCC's FM station database for WXAB
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Defunct radio stations in the United States
Radio stations disestablished in 2011
Radio stations established in 1992
1992 establishments in Mississippi
2011 disestablishments in Mississippi
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