WOBX (AM)

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WOBX
City of license	Wanchese, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Elizabeth City-Nags Head
Slogan	"Outerbanks Christian Radio"
Frequency	1530 kHz
Format	Religious
Power	1000 Watts
Class	D
Transmitter Coordinates	35°51′52″N 75°39′01″W / 35.86444, -75.65028
Former callsigns	WOBR-AM
Owner	East Carolina Radio

WOBX (1530 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Religious format. Licensed to Wanchese, North Carolina, USA, it serves the Elizabeth City-Nags Head area. The station is currently owned by East Carolina Radio, Inc..

This station originally signed on in 1970 as WOBR-AM, and was the first radio station to sign on in the Outer Banks. Throughout the 1970s & early 1980s , the station had an adult comtemporary format. By the mid eighties it had gone to a country format. In the late 80s, the station went to a religious format which it maintains to this day. On 4/11/2000, the calls were changed to WOBX-AM

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for WOBX
• Radio Locator Information on WOBX

v • d • e Radio stations in the Elizabeth City-Nags Head (North Eastern NC) market By FM frequency WGPS - 88.3 · WUND - 88.9 · WRVS - 89.9 · WBUX - 90.5 · WURI - 90.9 · WZPR - 92.3 · WCMS - 94.5 · WOBR - 95.3 · WPNC - 95.9 · WKJX - 96.7 · WYND - 97.1 · WGTI - 97.7 · WOBX - 98.1 · WDLZ - 98.3 · WVOD - 99.1 · WQDK - 99.3 · WBXB - 100.1 · WFMI - 100.9 · WERX - 102.5 · WRHT - 103.7 · WCXL - 104.1 · WFMZ - 104.9 · WRSF - 105.7 By AM frequency WGAI - 560 · WCNC - 1240 · WZBO - 1260 · WOBX - 1530 North Carolina Radio Markets: Asheville • Charlotte-Gastonia • Fayetteville • Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point • Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville • Raleigh-Durham • Rocky Mount-Wilson • Wilmington Other North Carolina Radio Regions: Elizabeth City-Nags Head • Roanoke Rapids-South Hill See also: List of radio stations in North Carolina See also: Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News Radio