WBIS (AM)
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WBIS was an American radio station
broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Annapolis, Maryland
, USA, the station served the Baltimore, Maryland area. The station was last owned by Nations Radio, LLC (a subsidiary of Potomac Radio, LLC).
On October 29, 2008, Leesburg, Virginia
-based WCRW
/1200 received a permit to move to 1190 kHz as well as to raise its power to 50 kW. (As of April 2010, WAGE and WBIS had effectively the same ownership.) On April 21, 2010, the FCC approved applications for WAGE to increase its daytime power to 50 kW and nighttime power to 1300 watts from different antenna sites on the new frequency. Once WAGE moved to 1190, WBIS would be forced to shut down. On December 30, 2010, WBIS (1190 AM
) in Annapolis, MD was shut down to permit testing of the new WAGE transmission equipment and tower array on 1190. That station, now known as WCRW
, commenced regular broadcast operations on 1190 AM on April 11, 2011.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is...
, USA, the station served the Baltimore, Maryland area. The station was last owned by Nations Radio, LLC (a subsidiary of Potomac Radio, LLC).
On October 29, 2008, Leesburg, Virginia
Leesburg, Virginia
Leesburg is a historic town in, and county seat of, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States of America. Leesburg is located west-northwest of Washington, D.C. along the base of the Catoctin Mountain and adjacent to the Potomac River. Its population according the 2010 Census is 42,616...
-based WCRW
WCRW
WCRW was a "shared time" AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois; sharing its frequency with two other stations, , each broadcasting a part of the day. Clinton White, a radio engineer, started the station in 1926; it initially operated on 720 KHZ from studios at Waveland and Pine Grove on Chicago's...
/1200 received a permit to move to 1190 kHz as well as to raise its power to 50 kW. (As of April 2010, WAGE and WBIS had effectively the same ownership.) On April 21, 2010, the FCC approved applications for WAGE to increase its daytime power to 50 kW and nighttime power to 1300 watts from different antenna sites on the new frequency. Once WAGE moved to 1190, WBIS would be forced to shut down. On December 30, 2010, WBIS (1190 AM
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...
) in Annapolis, MD was shut down to permit testing of the new WAGE transmission equipment and tower array on 1190. That station, now known as WCRW
WCRW
WCRW was a "shared time" AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois; sharing its frequency with two other stations, , each broadcasting a part of the day. Clinton White, a radio engineer, started the station in 1926; it initially operated on 720 KHZ from studios at Waveland and Pine Grove on Chicago's...
, commenced regular broadcast operations on 1190 AM on April 11, 2011.