WNBS

WNBS (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Murray, Kentucky, United States. The station is currently owned by Forever Communications, Inc. and features programming from CBS News Radio, Fox Sports Radio, and Westwood One.[1]

WNBS
Frequency1340 kHz
Branding1340 am WNBS
Programming
FormatNews Talk Information
AffiliationsCBS News Radio, Fox Sports Radio, Westwood One
Ownership
OwnerForever Communications, Inc.
History
First air date
1948
Call sign meaning
W Nathan B Stubblefield
Technical information
Facility ID29695
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
36°37′42″N 88°18′4″W
Translator(s)97.9 MHz W250CK (Murray)
Links
WebcastStation Website
Website1340wnbs.com

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.[2]

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.[2]

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. By 1992, the station returned to the air after Joe and Sam Parker, owners of WSJP, purchased the station.[2]

When WNBS and WJSP was purchased by Forever Communications in 1997, WNBS was a music station while sister station WSJP (now WBZB) focused on news and talk. The two later switched formats and swapped programming to take advantage of the better nighttime signal on WNBS. W46BE was sold to Murray State University, who used the station as a for-profit enterprise.

Sports

1340 WNBS is the home for Murray High School basketball (boys' and girls') and football, along with Murray State University Racers basketball (men's and women's) and football. They are also the local affiliate for St. Louis Cardinals baseball. With their Westwood One affiliation, they also air college football and basketball games periodically on the weekends, along with the Olympics and NCAA 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 and WBZB) 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 home, thus scheduling is subject to Murray State University basketball games and/or other events that are brought in.

References
  1. "WNBS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and Television in the Bluegrass State. Lexington, Kentucky: HOST Communications.
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