WIBD

WIBD
City West Bend, Wisconsin
Broadcast area Washington and Ozaukee Counties
Branding 101.3 WIBD
Frequency 1470 kHz
Translator(s) 101.3 W267CL (West Bend)
First air date November 1950 (as WBKV)
Format Classic Hits
Power 2,500 watts
Class B
Facility ID 71541
Transmitter coordinates 43°22′14.00″N 88°9′58.00″W / 43.3705556°N 88.1661111°W / 43.3705556; -88.1661111
Former callsigns WBKV (1950-2016)
Affiliations Westwood One
Owner David Magnum
(Magnum Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations WMBZ
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.wibdwestbend.com

WIBD (1470 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to West Bend, Wisconsin, USA, the station's coverage area consists of Milwaukee's northern suburbs. The station is currently owned by David Magnum, through licensee Magnum Communications, Inc., and features hourly news updates from Westwood One. Its studios and transmitter are in West Bend.

History

Prior to 1983, WBKV was a 1,000 watt daytime-only station. The station aired a local, full service format featuring local talk as well as lifestyle programming and some syndicated talk shows and music programming – 70s and big band music until around 2001. At that time, it flipped to a satellite driven classic country format to compliment sister WBWI-FM. The local morning show was retained, other shows were cancelled. Most of the dayparts during the classic country period were covered by Jones Radio Network's classic country feed. There were voicetracked breaks from local staff in afternoon drive during the week for a few years. The station flipped to News/Talk around March 15, 2013[1] and is branded as "LOCAL" news/talk. The station has a history of covering local high school sports – football, basketball, and baseball. It was an affiliate of the Wisconsin Badgers radio network prior to the flip to classic country.

On June 25, 2014, Bliss Communications announced that it would sell WBKV and WBWI-FM, along with sister stations WRJN and WEZY in Racine, to David Magnum's Magnum Communications, Inc. Bliss had owned WBKV and WBWI since 1970.[2] The sale, at a price of $2.25 million, was consummated on October 31, 2014.

On February 7, 2015, WBKV changed their format to classic hits, branded as "Kool Variety 1470".

On October 28, 2016, WBKV changed their call letters to WIBD, adding a 190-watt FM translator at 101.3 FM.

References

  1. "Format Changes". Your Midwest Media.
  2. "Bliss Communications to sell West Bend, Racine radio stations". The Janesville Gazette. June 25, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2014.


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