WXBR
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WXBR is a radio station
broadcasting a News Talk Information format to the south Boston metro, a.k.a. "The South Shore". The station is licensed to BTR Boston, Inc and features programing from AP Radio and CNN Radio.
1948 saw the addition of F.M. simulcast service with WBET-FM/97.7 (Channel 249). When WBET (AM) would sign off at sundown, WBET-FM provided service through the nighttime hours. When WBKA was absorbed into WBET, the old WBKA-FM license was no longer needed.
The station was assigned the WBZB call letters on November 24th 2006. On December 12th 2006, the station changed its call sign to the current WXBR.
Seasoned Talk Show host and former rival radio station WMSX's Host Ron Van Dam sometimes who has gone by the pen name 'Ron Nelson Peterson' became the successor to Bill Alex's morning talk show and has regular listeners from as far away as Skowhegan,Maine even before WXBR started carrying the show on the Internet.
Francesca Bastarache hosts a show every Wednesday from 11:00am-1:00pm "Talk with Francesca". Francesca is a prominent lifestyle and relationship expert who interviews a wide variety of guests to help you see the world with a new and fresh perspective. Her shows can be heard on her website at www.talkwithfrancesca.com Francesca has established herself as a popular radio host; she has an impressive following and is recognized for fostering insightful and thought-provoking inquiries. Additionally, Francesca has been a regular commentator on MYTV 9 in New Haven Connecticut on "The Perspective Show".
Radio station
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broadcasting a News Talk Information format to the south Boston metro, a.k.a. "The South Shore". The station is licensed to BTR Boston, Inc and features programing from AP Radio and CNN Radio.
History
WXBR signed on as WBET on November 27th 1946. The original frequency was 990kc. daytime only, but by 1952 would move to its current 1460kc. frequency due to the absorption of another Brockton station: WBKA/1450. WBKA had been owned by Joseph Curran. Curran sold the WBKA & WBKA-FM licenses to WBET in the early 1950s. WBET modified WBKA's license from 250 watts on 1450kc. to 1 kW fulltime (directional antenna nights) on 1460kc. (WBKA-FM/107.1's license was returned to the F.C.C.). When the transition to 1460 was complete, WBET's programming and callsign moved to the new frequency and the old 990kc. frequency was deleted. In a sense, the current WXBR is descended from both WBET & WBKA.1948 saw the addition of F.M. simulcast service with WBET-FM/97.7 (Channel 249). When WBET (AM) would sign off at sundown, WBET-FM provided service through the nighttime hours. When WBKA was absorbed into WBET, the old WBKA-FM license was no longer needed.
The station was assigned the WBZB call letters on November 24th 2006. On December 12th 2006, the station changed its call sign to the current WXBR.
Talk Show Hosts
Some of the hosts at WBET included Bill Alex who hosted a very popular Brockton-area morning talk show/news program weekdays from 9am to 11am during the 1990s. Bill also reported news events during the day at WBET. The following is a Bill Alex newsclip http://irishradio.homestead.com/1992_Bill_Alex.mp3 (credit to WBET/WXBR Hosts Jim Larkin & Dale Morris ).Seasoned Talk Show host and former rival radio station WMSX's Host Ron Van Dam sometimes who has gone by the pen name 'Ron Nelson Peterson' became the successor to Bill Alex's morning talk show and has regular listeners from as far away as Skowhegan,Maine even before WXBR started carrying the show on the Internet.
Francesca Bastarache hosts a show every Wednesday from 11:00am-1:00pm "Talk with Francesca". Francesca is a prominent lifestyle and relationship expert who interviews a wide variety of guests to help you see the world with a new and fresh perspective. Her shows can be heard on her website at www.talkwithfrancesca.com Francesca has established herself as a popular radio host; she has an impressive following and is recognized for fostering insightful and thought-provoking inquiries. Additionally, Francesca has been a regular commentator on MYTV 9 in New Haven Connecticut on "The Perspective Show".