WBSR
| Broadcast area | Pensacola area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1450 kHz |
| Branding | The Fan 101 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio Florida Gators Orlando Magic Pensacola Ice Flyers Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Rays |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Miracle Radio, Inc. |
| WPNN | |
| History | |
First air date | 1946 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 18399 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°25′44.00″N 87°14′27.00″W / 30.4288889°N 87.2408333°W |
| Translator(s) | 101.1 W266AL (Pensacola) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | foxsportspensacola.com |
WBSR (1450 AM), on-air as The Fan 101, is a United States radio station owned by Miracle Radio, Inc. Licensed to Pensacola, Florida, it currently airs a sports format. WBSR is the second oldest radio station in Pensacola and one of the first AM radio stations on the Florida Gulf Coast to add an FM translator. WBSR can be heard 24 hours a day at 1450 AM and 101.1 FM. It has been at the same location since 1946.[2]
History
[edit]WBSR was a successful Top 40 radio station from the 1960s to the mid-80s. Back then it was owned by Seaway Broadcasting. Notable DJs were Jay Thomas and Jim Golden.[3] In January 1985, the station went off the air and was sold to Fred Brewer, owner of WMEZ (94.1 FM);[4] it returned with a satellite-delivered oldies format. After a few years, it switched to a Soft Adult Contemporary format. In 2011, WBSR switched to Sports Talk format, branded as ESPN Pensacola, & became an affiliate of ESPN Radio.
On May 31, 2017, WBSR dropped its sports format and began stunting.[5] On June 20, 2017, after less than a month of stunting, WBSR switched to a simulcast of contemporary Christian-formatted WOWB 90.9 FM Brewton, Alabama, branded as WOW 101.1.[6]
On October 19, 2020, WBSR dropped its simulcast with WOWB and changed their format to sports, branded as "The Fan 101", with programming from Fox Sports Radio.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBSR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WBSR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Hall, Claude (1972). FM Rockers, Top 40s Aid Voter Drives. Billboard. p. 32.
- ^ O'Brien, Mark (February 7, 1985). "WBSR was station we grew up with". The Pensacola Journal. Pensacola, Florida. p. 1C, 4C. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ WBSR Drops ESPN; New Format Coming Radioinsight - June 2, 2017
- ^ WOWB Expands to Pensacola Radioinsight - June 20, 2017
- ^ The Fan Debuts In Pensacola Radioinsight - October 23, 2020
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 18399 (WBSR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WBSR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 150820 (W266AL) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W266AL at FCCdata.org
- The Demise of WBSR Radio
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