City of license | Brockport, New York |
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Slogan | Son Shine Network |
Frequency | 1590 kHz |
Format | Christian radio |
Power | 1,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 15767 |
Former callsigns | WJBT (1980-1984) |
Owner | Marilyn Wolfe |
Website | WASB Website (Geocities) |
WASB (1590 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format to the Brockport, New York, USA area. The station is currently owned by Marilyn Wolfe.[1]
The station went on the air in the early 1970's and was owned by a group of local businessmen. The station broadcast on 1560 kHz with a power of 500w - daytime only. In 1976 the station was purchased by Canal Communications, inc. and the call letters changed to WWBK. Format was community oriented pop. In 1979 WWBK obtained a construction permit allowing the change to 1,000 watts fulltime operation on 1590 kHz. The facility was sold in 1979 and the call letters changed to WJBT on 1980-04-14. On 1984-05-24, the station changed its call sign to the current WASB.[2]
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