WZOB is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to serve Fort Payne, Alabama

Fort Payne, Alabama

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. The station is owned by Central Broadcasting Company, Inc. It airs a Country music

Country music

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Originally owned by Glenn M. Gravitt, the station opened July 2, 1950. The call letters, WZOB, came from Zella Octavia Buttram, the daughter of Johnny Buttram (an advisor to Gravitt and brother of Pat Buttram,the well-known radio and TV commedian), and were requested from and assigned by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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