WASB is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Christian radio

Christian radio

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 format to the Brockport, New York

Brockport, New York

Brockport is a village located in the Town of Sweden in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 8,103 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from Hiel Brockway, an early settler....

, USA area. The station is currently owned by Marilyn Wolfe.

History

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.