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WSB (AM)
Encyclopedia
WSB — branded AM 750 and 95.5 FM News/Talk WSB — is a commercial radio station
licensed to Atlanta, Georgia
broadcasting a news/talk
format. The station transmits with 50,000 watt
s of nondirectional
power day and night, enjoying clear-channel status on its broadcast frequency
according to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) and North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement
(NARBA) signatories Canada
and Mexico
, enabling the station to be heard across a wide coverage area during nighttime hours (sometimes extending across the east coast and Midwest of the U.S.
).
It uses the slogan "Atlanta's news, weather
, traffic, and Georgia Bulldogs
station." The station is owned by, and is the AM flagship station
for Cox Radio
. WSB AM is the sister station
to WSBB-FM 95.5, WSB-FM
(B98.5FM), WALR-FM
(Kiss 104.1), WSRV
FM, (97-1 the River), WSB-TV
39 (2.1
/2.2
), and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper
in metro Atlanta
, all owned by Cox.
Although WSB is licensed for using the technology, it is not currently broadcasting in HD Radio
. The digital radio
system has apparently been turned off due to listener complaints of RF interference. WSB programming has been simulcast
on sister FM
station WSBB-FM 95.5 since August 2010.
The AM transmitter and radiating tower
are located northeast of the city just inside (west) of Interstate 285, where the Northlake Tower Festival shopping center now stands on the south side of LaVista Road, opposite the northeastern terminus of Briarcliff Road
. The valuable land near the regional Northlake Mall
was leased for the strip mall
, in which every metal object used in the construction of the building
had to be tied to an earth ground to prevent radio-frequency energy from energizing it like an antenna. These objects, including plumbing and duct
work, are technically part of the ground radial system. The radio tower itself is located in the middle of the parking lot
, with stores to the east, west, and south.
Originally on 740 kHz until the 1936 FCC bandplan
, WSB was the first radio station
in the South, and its broadcast callsign stands for "Welcome South, Brother". Founded by the Atlanta Journal newspaper (once a competitor of the Atlanta Constitution, now merged), the station began broadcasting on March 15, 1922, just a few days prior to Journal-owned WGM AM 710 (eventually swapped to WGST
AM 640). The station was only authorized to broadcast weather bulletins at first, receiving its full broadcast license
later that year.
WSB smoothed the way for the radio spread of southern gospel
, including through regular programming hosted by Charles Davis Tillman
. The Shelby Star newspaper November 1985 issue wrote that the very talented Dan Hornsby, after the national disaster crash of the stock market, found himself working no longer for Columbia Records
but for radio stations like WGST, WATL, & WCON along with being the first wake-up DJ for WSB radio in Atlanta. Lambdin Kay, the first general manager, called Hornsby "90% of the local talent
on WSB".
In February 1924, Lambdin Kay called Art Gillham
"The Whispering Pianist" while performing on WSB, a name he used in billing on Columbia Records, radio and theatre. Gillham returned to WSB in 1937 for regular programs. In 1927, WSB became an NBC Radio affiliate; in fact, the trademark three-tone NBC chimes
were first played in the WSB studios. In 1939, the Journal newspaper and WSB radio station were sold to James Middleton Cox, the founder of what would become Cox Enterprises
.
Wright Bryan, a WSB news reporter as well as managing editor of the Atlanta Journal, was also a stringer
for NBC during World War II
. He was the first war correspondent
to broadcast an eyewitness account of the D-Day
invasion from London
in the early hours of June 6, 1944.
Elmo Ellis, who programmed WSB in the 1950s and 1960s, is remembered fondly as an innovator among Southern broadcasters. He provided the on-air editorials for the station, and in the 1960s, consistently supported civil rights
.
From 1925 to 1956, WSB radio, along with sisters WSB-FM
104.5 (now 98.5) and WSB-TV
8 (later 2), operated out of the top floor of the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel in lower Midtown. Afterward, the WSB stations broadcast from a Colonial-style mansion
specially built for broadcasting, informally known as White Columns, also located in midtown, where Peachtree Street
crosses West Peachtree Street near Ansley Park
. In 1998, all of the Cox Radio
stations located in the Atlanta
radio market, as well as WSB-TV
, moved into "Digital White Columns" on the same property, the original one being demolished afterward.
WSB formerly broadcast in AM stereo
using the Motorola
C-QUAM
system during the 1980s, a period when music could still be heard on the station. The on-air talent in this era included morning hosts Russ Spooner and Dick Hamby, playing "middle of the road
" music, and Skip Caray
presenting morning sportscasts. However, as WSB's format progressed to a full-time news
/talk
radio format
by the late 1980s, the AM stereo system was turned off.
On August 16, 2010, WSB programming began to be simulcast on then WBTS 95.5 FM, replacing the old rythmic CHR "95.5 The Beat" format. On October 1, 2010, WBTS-FM changed its call letters to WSBB. The move was made to adjust its call letters to parallel its AM sister, since it did not want to infringe on moving the heritage WSB-FM calls from 98.5 to 95.5.
(political talk) and Clark Howard
(consumer advice and travel), became so popular in the late 1990s that they received national syndication deals through Cox Radio
. Neal Boortz and Clark Howard can now be heard on talk stations across the United States
with WSB as their flagship station. Both Neal Boortz and Clark Howard's shows were originally on WGST in the 1980s and very early 1990s before going to WSB.
Before national syndication, Sean Hannity appeared locally on rival WGST in Atlanta and developed a strong local following before being hired by the Fox News Channel
, and later ABC Radio. Hannity had replaced Boortz on WGST when Boortz left for WSB in 1992 (although Boortz did not appear on WSB until March 1993 because of a non-compete clause he had with WGST). In 2001, when Hannity's radio show first went national, WSB would air Hannity's show during overnight hours or on nights when there were no Atlanta Braves
or Atlanta Hawks
games. In early 2002, WSB began airing Hannity on a one-hour tape delay
.
Other on-air news and features personalities include "Captain" Herb Emory (traffic weekdays/auto-racing
show weekends), Scott Slade (morning news), Kirk Mellish (weather), and Walter Reeves
(gardening). The station voice is Jeff Davis.
Show which had been at the network since 1999 in the 10 PM to 1 AM time-slot. A week later he was picked up on rival station WGST from 9 PM to midnight for Atlanta listeners. For the remainder of January, Savage's time-slot had been replaced by RedState.com Conservative
blogger and frequent Herman Cain
substitute, Erick Erickson who broadcasts his show locally in Atlanta at WSB from 9 PM to midnight. Herman Cain's Show was cut by an hour and aired from 7 PM to 9 PM. Syndicated finance
host Dave Ramsey
took over from midnight to 3 AM. "Re-Boortz
", a replay of the Neal Boortz
Show from the previous morning was cut to two hours airing from 3 AM to 5.AM This remained WSB’s schedule for the remainder of January 2011.
The beginning of February 2011 saw changes to WSB's weekly line-up yet again, as the show hosted by Herman Cain
ended, marking February 1, 2011 as Cain’s last live show on WSB. Cain was previously a candidate for the 2004 U.S. Senate election in Georgia as a Republican and CEO of Godfather's Pizza
. WSB was Cain's flagship station as The Herman Cain Show was syndicated to several other stations in the southeastern U.S. by Cox Radio
. On that February 1 show, Cain announced that he was leaving WSB, effective immediately, to focus on his presidential exploratory committee. He is actively exploring a potential run on the Republican
ticket in the 2012 presidential election
.
With the departure of Herman Cain, Erick Erickson is now in Cain’s original time-slot from 7 PM to 10 PM. Dave Ramsey is bumped to the earlier 10 PM to 1 AM time-slot. Re-Boortz is back to its original overnight 1 AM to 5 AM slot.
Come September 2011, Andy Dean took the late night slot from 1 AM to 4 AM as he is now nationally syndicated. Dean’s show was previously only locally broadcast in Atlanta on Sunday’s from 1 – 3 PM.
This is the current Sunday schedule of WSB Radio. Times of these shows with the asterisk fluctuate depending on UGA basketball.
In April 2006, WSB began airing The Allen Hunt Show hosted by Allen Hunt
on just Sunday nights from 6 - 8 p.m. In March 2007, WSB expanded his show to two nights on the weekend. The first night is on Saturdays from 9 - 11 p.m. and then Sunday nights with an extra hour. In July 2007, The Allen Hunt Show was picked up on WSB sister stations WOKV (Jacksonville) and WHIO (Dayton
). Three months later in October, they signed with Jones Radio Network to syndicate Hunt's Sunday night show and can currently be heard in 16 markets. Allen Hunt is not to be confused with the network studio producer for UGA Football and men's basketball broadcast which also broadcasts on WSB. That would be Alan Hunt which is in his 12th year at WSB and at the UGA Network.
In early March 2011, Rick and Bubba were cut by WSB on their Sunday schedule. As a result, Sean Hannity Weekend Encore from 1 – 4 PM was moved to 3 – 6 PM. Taking over the 1 – 3 PM slot is a new show featuring Andy Dean
.
Bulldog Radio Network, carrying all UGA
NCAA college football
and NCAA college basketball
games. WSB has also served as the flagship station for Atlanta Braves
Major League Baseball
, Atlanta Falcons
NFL Football, and Atlanta Hawks
NBA
basketball
. WSB carried Braves baseball
coverage from 1966, when the Braves moved from Milwaukee
, until 1991. In 1992, the Atlanta Braves game coverage moved to rival WGST until 1994. In 1995, the Braves coverage returned to WSB, the year the Braves won their only Atlanta World Series
title to date. That same year the Atlanta Hawks game coverage was also picked up by the station. From 1995 until 2004, WSB was branded as the "Sports Voice of the South", carrying play-by-play game coverage of Braves baseball, Hawks basketball
, and UGA football
and basketball.
(political commentary and satirist), and Mike Malloy
(political talk).
Triple Team Traffic
Andrew Spencer, Ashley Frasca, Andrew Hammond,)rotating afternoons
News Updates
Reporters
Radio station
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licensed to Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
broadcasting a news/talk
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
format. The station transmits with 50,000 watt
Watt
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s of nondirectional
Omnidirectional antenna
In radio communication, an omnidirectional antenna is an antenna which radiates radio wave power uniformly in all directions in one plane, with the radiated power decreasing with elevation angle above or below the plane, dropping to zero on the antenna's axis. This radiation pattern is often...
power day and night, enjoying clear-channel status on its broadcast frequency
North American broadcast television frequencies
The North American broadcast television frequencies are on designated television channels numbered 2 through 69, approximately between 54 and 806 MHz. Traditionally, the frequencies are divided into two sections, the very high frequency band and the ultra high frequency band. The VHF band is...
according to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
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(FCC) and North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement
North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement
The North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement, usually referred to as NARBA, is a treaty that took effect in March 1941 and set out the bandplan and interference rules for mediumwave AM broadcasting in North America. Although mostly replaced by other agreements in the 1980s, the basic bandplan...
(NARBA) signatories Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, enabling the station to be heard across a wide coverage area during nighttime hours (sometimes extending across the east coast and Midwest of the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
).
It uses the slogan "Atlanta's news, weather
Weather forecasting
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
, traffic, and Georgia Bulldogs
Georgia Bulldogs
The Georgia Bulldogs are the athletic teams of the University of Georgia. The Bulldogs compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and are members of the Southeastern Conference...
station." The station is owned by, and is the AM flagship station
Flagship station
In broadcasting, a flagship is the broadcast which originates a television network, or a particular radio show or TV show, primarily in the United States and Canada. This includes both direct network feeds and broadcast syndication, but generally not backhauls...
for Cox Radio
Cox Radio
Cox Radio, Inc. is a division of Cox Enterprises that holds a number of radio stations. Cox Radio is headquartered at 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Road in Sandy Springs, Georgia....
. WSB AM is the sister station
Sister station
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to WSBB-FM 95.5, WSB-FM
WSB-FM
WSB-FM is an Atlanta radio station. Along with several other Atlanta radio stations, WSB-FM is owned by Cox Enterprises' Cox Media Group subsidiary, and is the group's flagship FM station...
(B98.5FM), WALR-FM
WALR-FM
WALR-FM is an urban adult contemporary-formatted radio station owned by Cox Media Group. WALR-FM is licensed to Greenville and broadcasts on a class C0 100-kilowatt signal on the 104.1 megahertz frequency...
(Kiss 104.1), WSRV
WSRV (FM)
WSRV is a classic-rock-leaning classic-hits-formatted radio station that plays hit music from the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. It is broadcast from the Cox Media Group facility on West Peachtree Street near the Brookwood area of Atlanta, Georgia in the United States...
FM, (97-1 the River), WSB-TV
WSB-TV
WSB-TV, virtual channel 2.1 , is the ABC affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship television station of Cox Enterprises and its Cox Media Group subsidiary...
39 (2.1
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
/2.2
Digital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
), and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
in metro Atlanta
Metro Atlanta
The Atlanta metropolitan area or metro Atlanta, officially designated by the US Census Bureau as the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta Metropolitan Statistical Area, is the most populous metro area in the U.S. state of Georgia and the ninth-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States...
, all owned by Cox.
Although WSB is licensed for using the technology, it is not currently broadcasting in HD Radio
HD Radio
HD Radio, which originally stood for "Hybrid Digital", is the trademark for iBiquity's in-band on-channel digital radio technology used by AM and FM radio stations to transmit audio and data via a digital signal in conjunction with their analog signals...
. The digital radio
Digital radio
Digital radio has several meanings:1. Today the most common meaning is digital radio broadcasting technologies, such as the digital audio broadcasting system, also known as Eureka 147. In these systems, the analog audio signal is digitized into zeros and ones, compressed using formats such as...
system has apparently been turned off due to listener complaints of RF interference. WSB programming has been simulcast
Simulcast
Simulcast, shorthand for "simultaneous broadcast", refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time. For example, Absolute Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio, and the BBC's Prom concerts are often...
on sister FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
station WSBB-FM 95.5 since August 2010.
The AM transmitter and radiating tower
Mast radiator
A mast radiator is a radio mast or tower in which the whole structure itself functions as an antenna. This design is commonly used for transmitting antennas operating at low frequencies, in the VLF, LF and MF ranges, in particular those used for AM broadcasting. The metal mast is electrically...
are located northeast of the city just inside (west) of Interstate 285, where the Northlake Tower Festival shopping center now stands on the south side of LaVista Road, opposite the northeastern terminus of Briarcliff Road
Briarcliff Road
Moreland Avenue is a major city street that runs from southeast of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and then along its eastern border. Upon crossing Ponce de Leon Avenue, it becomes Briarcliff Road, which is also an arterial road and runs past the Atkins Park and Virginia Highland neighborhoods of Atlanta,...
. The valuable land near the regional Northlake Mall
Northlake Mall (Atlanta)
Northlake Mall is a major shopping mall in the Northlake area of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The mall is near Tucker, Georgia, northeast of Atlanta along Interstate 285 at 4800 Briarcliff Road. It is owned and managed by Simon Property Group.Northlake Mall opened in 1971...
was leased for the strip mall
Strip mall
A strip mall is an open-area shopping center where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front...
, in which every metal object used in the construction of the building
Building
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had to be tied to an earth ground to prevent radio-frequency energy from energizing it like an antenna. These objects, including plumbing and duct
Duct (HVAC)
Ducts are used in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning to deliver and remove air. These needed airflows include, for example, supply air, return air, and exhaust air. Ducts also deliver, most commonly as part of the supply air, ventilation air...
work, are technically part of the ground radial system. The radio tower itself is located in the middle of the parking lot
Parking lot
A parking lot , also known as car lot, is a cleared area that is intended for parking vehicles. Usually, the term refers to a dedicated area that has been provided with a durable or semi-durable surface....
, with stores to the east, west, and south.
History
The call-sign "WSB" carried an infamous history before it was assigned to a land-based broadcaster in Atlanta. In very early days of radio licensing, sea-based broadcasters were included in the call-sign assignment system. The first licensee of the call-sign "WSB" was the S.S. Francis H. Leggett. After foundering off the Oregon coast on September 18, 1914, taking a toll of two of the 67 lives aboard, the call "WSB" was reassigned to the Firewood, the name of which forms a grim coincidence with its fate: the ship burned off the coast of Peru on December 18, 1919, with 28 persons on board, all of whom were saved. Because superstitious seafarers objected to being issued a call "used by that ship which went down with all hands last month," "tainted" calls like "WSB" were quietly issued to unsinkable land stations.Originally on 740 kHz until the 1936 FCC bandplan
Bandplan
A bandplan or band plan is a plan for using a particular band of radio frequencies, that are a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum . Each bandplan defines the frequency range to be included, how channels are to be defined, and what will be carried on those channels...
, WSB was the first radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
in the South, and its broadcast callsign stands for "Welcome South, Brother". Founded by the Atlanta Journal newspaper (once a competitor of the Atlanta Constitution, now merged), the station began broadcasting on March 15, 1922, just a few days prior to Journal-owned WGM AM 710 (eventually swapped to WGST
WGST (AM)
WGST AM 640 is a radio station licensed in the city of Atlanta, Georgia operating at a frequency of 640 kHz with 50,000 watts of power during the daytime, and 1,000 watts of power during nighttime hours...
AM 640). The station was only authorized to broadcast weather bulletins at first, receiving its full broadcast license
Broadcast license
A broadcast license or broadcast license is a specific type of spectrum license that grants the licensee the privilege to use a portion of the radio frequency spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes. The licenses are generally straddled with additional restrictions that...
later that year.
WSB smoothed the way for the radio spread of southern gospel
Southern Gospel
Southern Gospel music—at one time also known as "quartet music"—is music whose lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...
, including through regular programming hosted by Charles Davis Tillman
Charles Davis Tillman
Charles Davis Tillman —also known as Charlie D. Tillman, Charles Tillman, Charlie Tillman, and C. D. Tillman—was a popularizer of the gospel song...
. The Shelby Star newspaper November 1985 issue wrote that the very talented Dan Hornsby, after the national disaster crash of the stock market, found himself working no longer for Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
but for radio stations like WGST, WATL, & WCON along with being the first wake-up DJ for WSB radio in Atlanta. Lambdin Kay, the first general manager, called Hornsby "90% of the local talent
Celebrity
A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...
on WSB".
In February 1924, Lambdin Kay called Art Gillham
Art Gillham
Art Gillham, , was an American songwriter, who was among the first crooners as a pioneer radio artist and a recording artist for Columbia Records....
"The Whispering Pianist" while performing on WSB, a name he used in billing on Columbia Records, radio and theatre. Gillham returned to WSB in 1937 for regular programs. In 1927, WSB became an NBC Radio affiliate; in fact, the trademark three-tone NBC chimes
NBC chimes
The NBC chimes, named for the radio and television network on which they have been used, consists of a succession of three distinct pitches: G3, E4, and C4 , sounded in that order, creating an arpeggiated C-major chord in the second inversion, within about two seconds time, and reverberating for...
were first played in the WSB studios. In 1939, the Journal newspaper and WSB radio station were sold to James Middleton Cox, the founder of what would become Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, United States, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. He was the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in the election of 1920...
.
Wright Bryan, a WSB news reporter as well as managing editor of the Atlanta Journal, was also a stringer
Stringer (journalism)
In journalism, a stringer is a type of freelance journalist or photographer who contributes reports or photos to a news organization on an ongoing basis but is paid individually for each piece of published or broadcast work....
for NBC during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. He was the first war correspondent
Correspondent
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to broadcast an eyewitness account of the D-Day
D-Day
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invasion from London
London
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in the early hours of June 6, 1944.
Elmo Ellis, who programmed WSB in the 1950s and 1960s, is remembered fondly as an innovator among Southern broadcasters. He provided the on-air editorials for the station, and in the 1960s, consistently supported civil rights
Civil rights
Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
.
From 1925 to 1956, WSB radio, along with sisters WSB-FM
WSB-FM
WSB-FM is an Atlanta radio station. Along with several other Atlanta radio stations, WSB-FM is owned by Cox Enterprises' Cox Media Group subsidiary, and is the group's flagship FM station...
104.5 (now 98.5) and WSB-TV
WSB-TV
WSB-TV, virtual channel 2.1 , is the ABC affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship television station of Cox Enterprises and its Cox Media Group subsidiary...
8 (later 2), operated out of the top floor of the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel in lower Midtown. Afterward, the WSB stations broadcast from a Colonial-style mansion
Mansion
A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...
specially built for broadcasting, informally known as White Columns, also located in midtown, where Peachtree Street
Peachtree Street
Peachtree Street is the main street of Atlanta. The city grew up around the street, and many of its historical and municipal buildings are or were located along it...
crosses West Peachtree Street near Ansley Park
Ansley Park
Ansley Park is an affluent residential neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia, located just east of Midtown and west of Piedmont Park. One of the first suburban neighborhoods in the city designed for automobiles, it features wide, winding roads rather than the grid pattern typical of older streetcar...
. In 1998, all of the Cox Radio
Cox Radio
Cox Radio, Inc. is a division of Cox Enterprises that holds a number of radio stations. Cox Radio is headquartered at 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Road in Sandy Springs, Georgia....
stations located in the Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
radio market, as well as WSB-TV
WSB-TV
WSB-TV, virtual channel 2.1 , is the ABC affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship television station of Cox Enterprises and its Cox Media Group subsidiary...
, moved into "Digital White Columns" on the same property, the original one being demolished afterward.
WSB formerly broadcast in AM stereo
AM stereo
AM stereo is a term given to a series of mutually incompatible techniques for wireless radio broadcasting stereo audio in the AM band in a manner that is compatible with standard AM receivers...
using the Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
C-QUAM
C-QUAM
C-QUAM is the method of AM stereo broadcasting used in Canada, the United States and most other countries. It was invented in 1977 by Norman Parker, Francis Hilbert, and Yoshio Sakaie, and published in an IEEE journal....
system during the 1980s, a period when music could still be heard on the station. The on-air talent in this era included morning hosts Russ Spooner and Dick Hamby, playing "middle of the road
Middle of the road
Middle of the road music is a commercial radio format which encompasses several styles. MOR music is broadly popular music, but not technically avant-garde; generally, it is strongly melodic and often features vocal harmony technique and orchestral arrangements...
" music, and Skip Caray
Skip Caray
Harry Christopher "Skip" Caray, Jr. was an American sportscaster, best known for his long career as a radio and television play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball...
presenting morning sportscasts. However, as WSB's format progressed to a full-time news
News Radio
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/talk
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
radio format
Radio format
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by the late 1980s, the AM stereo system was turned off.
On August 16, 2010, WSB programming began to be simulcast on then WBTS 95.5 FM, replacing the old rythmic CHR "95.5 The Beat" format. On October 1, 2010, WBTS-FM changed its call letters to WSBB. The move was made to adjust its call letters to parallel its AM sister, since it did not want to infringe on moving the heritage WSB-FM calls from 98.5 to 95.5.
Weekly
This is the current schedule of WSB Radio as of early February 2011.| Radio Show | Time Slot |
|---|---|
| Atlanta's Morning News with Scott Slade | 5 A.M. - 8:30 A.M. |
| The Neal Boortz Neal Boortz Neal A. Boortz, Jr. is an American Libertarian radio host, author, and political commentator. His nationally syndicated talk show, The Neal Boortz Show, airs throughout the United States on Dial Global . It is ranked seventh in overall listeners, with 4.25+ million per week... Show |
8:30 A.M. - 1 P.M. |
| Clark Howard Clark Howard Clark Howard , is a popular U.S. talk radio host of the nationally syndicated consumer advocate program The Clark Howard Show. The show covers consumer and financial news, with advice on how to spend less, save more and avoid rip-offs... |
1 P.M. - 4 P.M. |
| The Sean Hannity Show The Sean Hannity Show The Sean Hannity Show is a talk radio show hosted by Sean Hannity on Citadel Media and Premiere Radio Networks. The program is broadcast live every weekday, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m... |
4 P.M. - 7 P.M. |
| Erick Erickson Erick Erickson Erick Erickson , also known as Erick-Woods Erickson, is a politically conservative American blogger and managing editor of the blog site RedState.com. In 2010, he became a political contributor for CNN's John King, USA... |
7 P.M. - 10 P.M. |
| The Dave Ramsey Show The Dave Ramsey Show (radio program) The Dave Ramsey Show is a three-hour, self-syndicated radio program and podcast that airs Monday through Friday from 2-5 EST. It is primarily broadcast from Brentwood, Tennessee, though often during the summer it is broadcast via remote from Ramsey's lake house... |
10 P.M. - 1 A.M. |
| Andy Dean | 1 A.M. - 4 A.M. |
Weekly programming history
Neal BoortzNeal Boortz
Neal A. Boortz, Jr. is an American Libertarian radio host, author, and political commentator. His nationally syndicated talk show, The Neal Boortz Show, airs throughout the United States on Dial Global . It is ranked seventh in overall listeners, with 4.25+ million per week...
(political talk) and Clark Howard
Clark Howard
Clark Howard , is a popular U.S. talk radio host of the nationally syndicated consumer advocate program The Clark Howard Show. The show covers consumer and financial news, with advice on how to spend less, save more and avoid rip-offs...
(consumer advice and travel), became so popular in the late 1990s that they received national syndication deals through Cox Radio
Cox Radio
Cox Radio, Inc. is a division of Cox Enterprises that holds a number of radio stations. Cox Radio is headquartered at 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Road in Sandy Springs, Georgia....
. Neal Boortz and Clark Howard can now be heard on talk stations across the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
with WSB as their flagship station. Both Neal Boortz and Clark Howard's shows were originally on WGST in the 1980s and very early 1990s before going to WSB.
Before national syndication, Sean Hannity appeared locally on rival WGST in Atlanta and developed a strong local following before being hired by the Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
, and later ABC Radio. Hannity had replaced Boortz on WGST when Boortz left for WSB in 1992 (although Boortz did not appear on WSB until March 1993 because of a non-compete clause he had with WGST). In 2001, when Hannity's radio show first went national, WSB would air Hannity's show during overnight hours or on nights when there were no Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
or Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...
games. In early 2002, WSB began airing Hannity on a one-hour tape delay
Broadcast delay
In radio and television, broadcast delay refers to the practice of intentionally delaying broadcast of live material. A short delay is often used to prevent profanity, bloopers, violence, or other undesirable material from making it to air, including more mundane problems such as technical...
.
Other on-air news and features personalities include "Captain" Herb Emory (traffic weekdays/auto-racing
Auto racing
Auto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
show weekends), Scott Slade (morning news), Kirk Mellish (weather), and Walter Reeves
Walter Reeves
For the football player of the same name see Walter Reeves .Walter Reeves was a U.S...
(gardening). The station voice is Jeff Davis.
2011 weekly program changes
On January 5, 2010 WSB decided to change its weekly line-up by cutting the syndicated Michael SavageMichael Savage (commentator)
Michael Savage is a conservative American radio host, author, and political commentator. He is the host of The Savage Nation, a nationally syndicated talk show that airs throughout the United States on Talk Radio Network...
Show which had been at the network since 1999 in the 10 PM to 1 AM time-slot. A week later he was picked up on rival station WGST from 9 PM to midnight for Atlanta listeners. For the remainder of January, Savage's time-slot had been replaced by RedState.com Conservative
Conservatism
Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...
blogger and frequent Herman Cain
Herman Cain
Herman Cain is a candidate for the 2012 U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination.Cain has a background as a business executive, syndicated columnist, and radio host from Georgia. He served as chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza from 1986 to 1996...
substitute, Erick Erickson who broadcasts his show locally in Atlanta at WSB from 9 PM to midnight. Herman Cain's Show was cut by an hour and aired from 7 PM to 9 PM. Syndicated finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
host Dave Ramsey
Dave Ramsey
David L. Ramsey III is an American financial author, radio host, television personality, and motivational speaker.Ramsey's syndicated radio program The Dave Ramsey Show is promoted with a tagline that "It's about your life and your money," and it is heard on over 450 radio stations throughout the...
took over from midnight to 3 AM. "Re-Boortz
Neal Boortz
Neal A. Boortz, Jr. is an American Libertarian radio host, author, and political commentator. His nationally syndicated talk show, The Neal Boortz Show, airs throughout the United States on Dial Global . It is ranked seventh in overall listeners, with 4.25+ million per week...
", a replay of the Neal Boortz
Neal Boortz
Neal A. Boortz, Jr. is an American Libertarian radio host, author, and political commentator. His nationally syndicated talk show, The Neal Boortz Show, airs throughout the United States on Dial Global . It is ranked seventh in overall listeners, with 4.25+ million per week...
Show from the previous morning was cut to two hours airing from 3 AM to 5.AM This remained WSB’s schedule for the remainder of January 2011.
The beginning of February 2011 saw changes to WSB's weekly line-up yet again, as the show hosted by Herman Cain
Herman Cain
Herman Cain is a candidate for the 2012 U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination.Cain has a background as a business executive, syndicated columnist, and radio host from Georgia. He served as chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza from 1986 to 1996...
ended, marking February 1, 2011 as Cain’s last live show on WSB. Cain was previously a candidate for the 2004 U.S. Senate election in Georgia as a Republican and CEO of Godfather's Pizza
Godfather's Pizza
Godfather's Pizza is a privately owned restaurant chain headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska that operates fast casual Italian franchises. -History:...
. WSB was Cain's flagship station as The Herman Cain Show was syndicated to several other stations in the southeastern U.S. by Cox Radio
Cox Radio
Cox Radio, Inc. is a division of Cox Enterprises that holds a number of radio stations. Cox Radio is headquartered at 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Road in Sandy Springs, Georgia....
. On that February 1 show, Cain announced that he was leaving WSB, effective immediately, to focus on his presidential exploratory committee. He is actively exploring a potential run on the Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
ticket in the 2012 presidential election
United States presidential election, 2012
The United States presidential election of 2012 is the next United States presidential election, to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. It will be the 57th quadrennial presidential election in which presidential electors, who will actually elect the President and the Vice President of the United...
.
With the departure of Herman Cain, Erick Erickson is now in Cain’s original time-slot from 7 PM to 10 PM. Dave Ramsey is bumped to the earlier 10 PM to 1 AM time-slot. Re-Boortz is back to its original overnight 1 AM to 5 AM slot.
Come September 2011, Andy Dean took the late night slot from 1 AM to 4 AM as he is now nationally syndicated. Dean’s show was previously only locally broadcast in Atlanta on Sunday’s from 1 – 3 PM.
Weekend programming
This is the current Saturday schedule of WSB Radio. Times of these shows with the asterisk fluctuate depending on UGA football or basketball.| Radio Show | Time Slot |
|---|---|
| Lawn and Garden | 6 a.m. - 10 a.m. |
| Home Fix It Show | 10 a.m. - noon |
| Mark Arum | noon - 1 p.m.* |
| The Car Show with Adam Goldfein | 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.* |
| Bill Handel/Handel on the Law | 3 p.m. - 9 p.m.* |
| Allen Hunt | 9 p.m. - midnight* |
This is the current Sunday schedule of WSB Radio. Times of these shows with the asterisk fluctuate depending on UGA basketball.
| Radio Show | Time Slot |
|---|---|
| Bill Handel/Handel on the Law (replay) | midnight - 3 a.m. |
| Atlanta's Morning News Sunday with Scott Slade | 5 a.m. - 6 a.m. |
| Perspectives/Religious Programming | 6 a.m. - 8 a.m. |
| Atlanta's Morning News Sunday with Scott Slade | 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. |
| Money Matters with Wes Moss | 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. |
| Ilyce Glink | 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.* |
| Andy Dean | 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.* |
| Sean Hannity Weekend Encore | 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.* |
| Allen Hunt | 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.* |
| Kim Komando | 9 p.m. - midnight* |
In April 2006, WSB began airing The Allen Hunt Show hosted by Allen Hunt
Allen Hunt
Allen R. Hunt is an American radio personality. He is the host of the nationally syndicated talk radio program, The Allen Hunt Show...
on just Sunday nights from 6 - 8 p.m. In March 2007, WSB expanded his show to two nights on the weekend. The first night is on Saturdays from 9 - 11 p.m. and then Sunday nights with an extra hour. In July 2007, The Allen Hunt Show was picked up on WSB sister stations WOKV (Jacksonville) and WHIO (Dayton
Dayton
Dayton is a city in Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States.Dayton may also refer to:-United States:*Dayton, Alabama*Dayton, California, in Butte County*Dayton, Lassen County, California*Dayton, Idaho*Dayton, Indiana...
). Three months later in October, they signed with Jones Radio Network to syndicate Hunt's Sunday night show and can currently be heard in 16 markets. Allen Hunt is not to be confused with the network studio producer for UGA Football and men's basketball broadcast which also broadcasts on WSB. That would be Alan Hunt which is in his 12th year at WSB and at the UGA Network.
In early March 2011, Rick and Bubba were cut by WSB on their Sunday schedule. As a result, Sean Hannity Weekend Encore from 1 – 4 PM was moved to 3 – 6 PM. Taking over the 1 – 3 PM slot is a new show featuring Andy Dean
Andy Dean (radio host)
Andy Dean is an American radio talk show host and political commentator. Beginning on August 8, 2011 his show "America Now with Andy Dean" is syndicated nationally on Premiere Radio Networks. His previous radio show, "The Andy Dean Program" was broadcast on WSB in Atlanta, Georgia...
.
Sports programming
WSB AM serves as the Atlanta flagship radio station for the University of GeorgiaUniversity of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
Bulldog Radio Network, carrying all UGA
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
NCAA college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
and NCAA college basketball
College basketball
College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....
games. WSB has also served as the flagship station for Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball club based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Braves have played in Turner Field since 1997....
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
, Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
NFL Football, and Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...
NBA
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
. WSB carried Braves baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
coverage from 1966, when the Braves moved from Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...
, until 1991. In 1992, the Atlanta Braves game coverage moved to rival WGST until 1994. In 1995, the Braves coverage returned to WSB, the year the Braves won their only Atlanta World Series
World Series
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy...
title to date. That same year the Atlanta Hawks game coverage was also picked up by the station. From 1995 until 2004, WSB was branded as the "Sports Voice of the South", carrying play-by-play game coverage of Braves baseball, Hawks basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, and UGA football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
and basketball.
Former programming
Some other former WSB radio personalities that went on to nationally syndicated radio shows include Phil HendriePhil Hendrie
Philip Stephen Hendrie is an American radio personality. He is best known as the host of The Phil Hendrie Show, a comedy talk radio program that is syndicated throughout North America on Talk Radio Network...
(political commentary and satirist), and Mike Malloy
Mike Malloy
Michael Dennis Malloy is an American radio broadcaster from Atlanta, Georgia. Previously his show has been carried by WSB Atlanta, WLS Chicago, the I.E. America Radio Network, the Air America Radio network, Nova M Radio and the On Second Thought network. He is now self-syndicated...
(political talk).
News staff
Atlanta's Morning News 5:00-8:30- Chris Camp, news directorNews DirectorA news director is an individual at a broadcast station or network or a newspaper who is in charge of the news department. In local news, the news director is typically in charge of the entire news staff, including journalists, news presenters, photographers, copy writers, television producers,...
- Scott Slade, Atlanta's Morning News host
- Bob Coxe, Atlanta's Morning News co-anchor
- Marcy Williams, Atlanta's Morning News co-anchor
- Kirk Mellish, meteorologist
Triple Team Traffic
- Captain Herb Emory, Doug Turnbull, Mark Arum and Kim Mcrathy - mornings
- Captain Herb Emory, Kim Mcrathy,(Doug Turnbull,
Andrew Spencer, Ashley Frasca, Andrew Hammond,)rotating afternoons
- Chris Lucas - midday
- Naki Frierson - sat. morningg
- Bob Kidd - fill in
- greg McClure - overnights
- Dave Calhoun - weekend afternoons
- Ed Arnold - sat. midday
News Updates
- Sabrina Gibbons
- Chris Chandler
- Jennifer Griffies
- Mark Alewine
- Tim Bryant (news director at Fellow Athens Cox stations: WXKTWXKTWPUP is a radio station broadcasting a top 40 format. Licensed to the suburb of Watkinsville, Georgia, it serves the Athens, Georgia metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in 1978 under the call sign WLOV-FM...
, WGAUWGAUWGAU is a radio station licensed to serve Athens, Georgia, United States, that broadcasts a News/Talk format. The transmitter is located at the studios in the Five Points area of Downtown Athens....
, WNGC, WPUPWPUPWXKT is a radio station broadcasting a news talk format. Licensed to the town of Maysville, Georgia, it serves the Gainesville, Georgia metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in 1989 under the call sign WBIC. The station is currently owned by Cox Radio.-History:WXKT was first assigned...
, WRFCWRFC (AM)WRFC is a sports radio station licensed to Athens, Georgia, USA. The format was easy listening until the late 1960s, when it changed to a light rock format. The station was previously owned by Southern Broadcasting of Athens, Inc. until June 2008, when it was purchased, along with its sister...
, WGMGWGMGWGMG is a radio station broadcasting a Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Crawford, Georgia, USA with studios in Athens, Georgia. The station is owned by Cox Radio, Inc....
) - Naki Frierson
- Andrew Spencer
- Charlie O'Brien
Reporters
- Richard Sangster
- Pete Combs
- Veronica Waters (does morning drive news on Cox sisterWSB-FMWSB-FMWSB-FM is an Atlanta radio station. Along with several other Atlanta radio stations, WSB-FM is owned by Cox Enterprises' Cox Media Group subsidiary, and is the group's flagship FM station...
) - Jon Lewis
- Jay Black
- Sandra Parrish
- Jamie DupreeJamie DupreeJamie Dupree is a radio news correspondent for Cox Radio based in Washington, D.C. and regular contributor to the The Neal Boortz Show on WSB. As a correspondent he has covered the United States Congress and politics. Dupree is a graduate of the University of Florida...
- Amanda Moyer
External links
- Official website
- History of WSB Radio
- WSB adds FM simulcast
- RecNet query for WSB (AM)
- http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2011/01/05/redstate-coms-erick-erickson-dave-ramsey-join-wsb-radio-micahel-savage-off/