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'''WNCB-FM'''  (called '''97-3 The Buck''') is a country-format FM [[List of radio stations|radio station]] licensed to [[Gardendale]], which broadcasts on [[FM 97.3]].
'''WNCB-FM'''  (called '''New Country 97.3''' and '''97.3 The Buck''') was a country-format FM [[List of radio stations|radio station]] licensed to [[Gardendale]], which broadcast on [[FM 97.3]] from [[2004]] to [[2011]].


The station got its start in [[1998]] as '''WEDA-FM''' ('''Hot 97.3''') with a contemporary hits format. It competed with [[WQEN-FM]] ("103-7 the Q") for the Top-40 niche formerly occupied by [[WAPI-FM]] ("I-95"). Cox Radio, which also owns [[WBHJ-FM|WBHJ]] (95.7 FM), [[WBHK-FM|WBHK]] (98.7 FM), [[WZZK-FM|WZZK]] (104.7 FM), [[WBPT-FM|WBPT]] (106.9 FM), [[WAGG-AM|WAGG]] (610 AM), and [[WPSB-AM|WPSB]] (1320 AM), purchased WEDA in [[1999]] and changed the call letters to '''WRLR-FM''', tweaking its format to "active rock" with the name '''Real Rock 97.3''', but failed to best alternative station [[WRAX-FM]] ("The X") for listeners.
The station's predecessor, [[WODL-FM]], broadcast its oldies format from the [[WIAT Tower]] off [[Golden Crest Drive]] on [[Red Mountain]] at 640 watts. The transmission was boosted to 6,400 watts by [[Cox Radio]] in June [[2004]]. A month later, the company tweaked the station's oldies format into "70's Hit Radio 97-3". That format lasted only until September, at which time a "hot country" format took over. In October, the WNCB call letters were chosen, standing for "'''N'''ew '''C'''ountry '''B'''irmingham".  


In October [[2001]] Cox moved the former [[WODL-FM]] ("Oldies 106.9") to 97.3 and dubbed it '''Oldies 97.3'''. In June [[2004]] the transmitter's power was increased from 640 watts to 6,400 watts. A month later the format was adjusted to focus on hits from the 1970s, called '''70s Hit Radio 97-3'''.
In March [[2010]] Cox rebranded the station as "97.3 The Buck" and made plans to add local on-air talent. In August [[2011]] the station switched to ESPN network sports-talk as [[WZNN-FM]], "97.3 The Zone"
 
[[Image:New Country 97-3 logo.png|left|125px]]
In September of the same year Cox switched the format again, this time to "hot country". It adopted its current call letters, meaning "'''N'''ew '''C'''ountry '''B'''irmingham") in October 2004. In March [[2010]] Cox rebranded the station as "97-3 The Buck" and made plans to add local on-air talent.
 
The station transmits from the [[WIAT Tower]] off [[Golden Crest Drive]] on [[Red Mountain]].


==Programs ==
==Programs ==
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==References==
==References==
* "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WNCB&oldid=331215804 WNCB]" (December 12, 2009) Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia - accessed March 11, 2010  
* "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WNCB WNCB]" (December 12, 2009) Wikipedia - accessed March 11, 2010  
* DeButts, Jimmy (March 11, 2010) "Cox Media rebrands 97.3FM as 'The Buck'". ''Birmingham Business Journal''
* DeButts, Jimmy (March 11, 2010) "Cox Media rebrands 97.3FM as 'The Buck'". {{BBJ}}


==External Links==
==External Links==
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[[Category:2011 disestablishments]]

Revision as of 19:44, 25 June 2013

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WNCB-FM (called New Country 97.3 and 97.3 The Buck) was a country-format FM radio station licensed to Gardendale, which broadcast on FM 97.3 from 2004 to 2011.

The station's predecessor, WODL-FM, broadcast its oldies format from the WIAT Tower off Golden Crest Drive on Red Mountain at 640 watts. The transmission was boosted to 6,400 watts by Cox Radio in June 2004. A month later, the company tweaked the station's oldies format into "70's Hit Radio 97-3". That format lasted only until September, at which time a "hot country" format took over. In October, the WNCB call letters were chosen, standing for "New Country Birmingham".

In March 2010 Cox rebranded the station as "97.3 The Buck" and made plans to add local on-air talent. In August 2011 the station switched to ESPN network sports-talk as WZNN-FM, "97.3 The Zone"

Programs

References

  • "WNCB" (December 12, 2009) Wikipedia - accessed March 11, 2010
  • DeButts, Jimmy (March 11, 2010) "Cox Media rebrands 97.3FM as 'The Buck'". Birmingham Business Journal

External Links

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