WOBL
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WOBL is an AM radio
station licensed to Oberlin, Ohio
and serving the western portion of the Cleveland, Ohio
market, operating on 1320 kHz. WOBL features a classic country
format, dubbed as "Gold Country 1320," along with an array of local newscasts and high school sports coverage.
WOBL signed on in December 1971 at 1570 kHz as a daytime-only station with 250 watts of power. The station soon moved to a full-time signal at 1320 kHz by September 1976, where it has remained to this day. Its country music format has been the longest running such format of any station in the region, even with a segue into "classic country" in early 2003.
WOBL has been a family operation throughout its entire history, founded by Harry Wilber, and now run by Doug and Lorie Wilber. Its sister station is WDLW
1380AM in Lorain, acquired in late 2002. Both stations' respective studios are at the WOBL transmitter site.
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...
station licensed to Oberlin, Ohio
Oberlin, Ohio
Oberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, to the south and west of Cleveland. Oberlin is perhaps best known for being the home of Oberlin College, a liberal arts college and music conservatory with approximately 3,000 students...
and serving the western portion of the Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
market, operating on 1320 kHz. WOBL features a classic country
Classic country
Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country hits from past decades.This genre generally follows one of two formats: those specializing in hits from the 1920s through the early 1970s, and focus primarily on innovators and artists from country music's Golden...
format, dubbed as "Gold Country 1320," along with an array of local newscasts and high school sports coverage.
WOBL signed on in December 1971 at 1570 kHz as a daytime-only station with 250 watts of power. The station soon moved to a full-time signal at 1320 kHz by September 1976, where it has remained to this day. Its country music format has been the longest running such format of any station in the region, even with a segue into "classic country" in early 2003.
WOBL has been a family operation throughout its entire history, founded by Harry Wilber, and now run by Doug and Lorie Wilber. Its sister station is WDLW
WDLW
WDLW — branded Kool Kat Oldies 1380AM — is a commercial radio station broadcasting in Lorain, Ohio. It studios are at co-owned WOBL's studio/transmitter site in Oberlin, and its transmitter is located in Sheffield Township...
1380AM in Lorain, acquired in late 2002. Both stations' respective studios are at the WOBL transmitter site.