| City of license | Camden, Alabama |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1450 AM (kHz) |
| Format | Gospel |
| Power | 1000 watts (unlimited) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 17480 |
| Callsign meaning | WilCOX County[1] |
| Owner | Down Home Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | WYVC |
WCOX (1450 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Camden, Alabama. The station is owned by Down Home Broadcasting. It airs a Gospel music format.
This station was a daytime-only station broadcasting on 1540 kHz before going full time on 1450 kHz.[1]
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In May 1981, the station's broadcast license was transferred to Harry A. Taylor and Betty J. Taylor doing business as Taylor and Taylor.[2]
In June 1986, Taylor and Taylor reached an agreement to sell WCOX to Wilcox Network, Inc.[3] The deal was approved by the Federal Communications Commission on September 29, 1986, and the transaction was consummated on November 4, 1986.
In February 1991, Wilcox Network, Inc., reached an agreement to sell the station to Down Home Broadcasting.[4] The FCC approved the deal on April 8, 1991, and the transaction was consummated on April 28, 1991.
The station filed a routine license renewal request on June 8, 2004.[5] However, this application was filed six months after it was due and two months after the license had already expired. As the licensee had also failed to pay the required regulatory fees, the FCC dismissed the renewal application on January 12, 2005, and ordered the station to cease broadcast operations.[5] The station's license was cancelled and its callsign deleted from the FCC database on June 24, 2005.[6]
The station continued normal broadcast operations in defiance of the FCC's order and applied for reinstatement of their license on May 22, 2006.[7] After more than seven months of deliberation, the FCC decided to restore the station's license and callsign even after finding that Down Home Broadcasting "apparently willfully and repeatedly violated" FCC rules and "unauthorized operation" for which they were fined $14,000.[8]
The station was re-assigned the WCOX call letters by the FCC on January 31, 2007.[9] On March 7, 2007, the station's license was reinstated after the fine had been paid and other regulatory requirements had been satisfied.[7]