WHBE
WHBE (680 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Newburg, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Louisville area. The station is currently owned by UB Louisville, LLC and features programing from ESPN Radio.[1]
History
The station went on the air August 24, 1992 as WXKN, with a news/talk format largely consisting of CNN Headline News programming. The call letters were changed to WNAI in 1997.[2] Word Broadcasting Network, owner of television station WBNA, acquired the station in 1999[3] and renamed it WJIE[2] (sharing call letters with WJIE-FM, which is owned by a sister entity to Word Broadcasting Network). Three years later, the station was sold to The Walt Disney Company, which implemented its Radio Disney programming;[4] on April 23, the call letters were changed to WDRD.[2]
Disney put WDRD up for sale in late September 2010, and originally planned to temporarily shut the station down on September 30, 2010.[5] However, the station instead switched to ESPN Radio (itself owned by Disney), which had previously been heard on WQKC before it was shut down by Cumulus Media the preceding August,[6] after a deal to sell the station to Chad Boeger was reached.[4] Boeger acquired the station through UB Louisville, LLC; this entity shares several investors with Union Broadcasting, owner of Kansas City sports station WHB.[7] The call letters were changed to the current WHBE on February 18, 2011.[2]
References
- ^ "WHBE Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WHBE.
- ^ a b c d "WHBE Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=56520&Callsign=WHBE.
- ^ "Application Search Details". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=282729. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
- ^ a b "Disney sells another middle-market Radio Disney outlet: Louisville's WDRD (680)". Radio-Info.com. October 26, 2010. http://www.radio-info.com/news/disney-sells-another-middle-market-radio-disney-outlet-louisvilles-wdrd-680. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (September 27, 2010). "Disney Shutters AMs in RI, CT". NorthEast Radio Watch. http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2010/100927/nerw.html. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
- ^ "ESPN Back On In Louisville". All Access. October 4, 2010. http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/81611/espn-back-on-in-louisville. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
- ^ Boyd, Terry (December 8, 2010). "Adios Disney, hello ESPN: Union Broadcasting near deal to acquire Louisville radio station". Insider Louisville. http://insiderlouisville.com/news/2010/12/08/adios-disney-hello-espn-union-broadcasting-near-deal-to-acquire-louisville-radio-station/. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
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Other Kentucky Radio Regions: Owensboro
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Also see: ESPN Radio • ESPN Deportes Radio • Fox Sports Radio • Sporting News Radio
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