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WOLB

Coordinates:39°18′06″N76°34′09″W / 39.30167°N 76.56917°W /39.30167; -76.56917
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Radio station in Baltimore, Maryland
"WSID" redirects here. For the Australian racetrack, seeWestern Sydney International Dragway.

WOLB
Broadcast areaBaltimore, Maryland
Frequency1010kHz
BrandingNewstalk 1010 WOLB AM
Programming
LanguagesEnglish
FormatUrban talk
AffiliationsPremiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
WERQ-FM,WWIN,WWIN-FM
History
First air date
November 27, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-11-27)
Former call signs
  • WSID (1947–1982)
  • WYST (1982–1991)
  • WERQ (1991–1993)
Former frequencies
1570 kHz (1947–1950)[1]
Call sign meaning
WOL Baltimore
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID54711
ClassD
Power
  • 250watts day
  • 30 watts night
Repeater(s)92.3WERQ-HD3 (Baltimore)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitewolbbaltimore.com

WOLB (1010AM) is anurban talk radio station inBaltimore, Maryland. The station is owned byUrban One and broadcasts from studios inWoodlawn and a transmitter in the Orangewood section of east Baltimore.

History

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WSID

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WSID launched at 1570 kHz on November 27, 1947.[3] Owned by Sidney H. Tinley, Jr.,[1] the station was inEssex and broadcast with 1,000 watts during the daytime on 1570 kHz.[4] The station's location became part of its argument against prosecution for broadcasting crime news in 1948. An old Baltimore law prohibited the practice, and five Baltimore-area stations were cited for contempt of the law;[5] Essex-based WSID claimed the Baltimore city court lacked jurisdiction over the station.[6] Ultimately, it was found not guilty, though the other stations in the proceeding were cited.[7]

The same month that WSID was acquitted, Tinley filed to sell WSID for $65,000 to the United Broadcasting Company, which owned radio stationWOOK (1600 AM) inSilver Spring; the sale was granted in June.[8] WOOK, whichmoved to 1340 kHz in 1951, was the first radio station in the Washington, D.C., area to serve the African-American community, and United owner Richard Eaton immediately hired a black announcer for WSID.[9] The station moved to 1010 kHz in July 1950. Two years later, the city of license was modified to officially serve both Essex and Baltimore; the Essex main studio was closed in 1956, at which time the license moved entirely into Baltimore.[1]Jocko Henderson began his broadcasting career as "Doug Henderson" at WSID in 1952.[10] In 1959, Pauline Wells Lewis began hergospel music show, "Inspiration Time", on WSID; she continued with WSID-AM-FM until 1983 and remained a fixture on Baltimore radio until shortly before her death in 1998.[11] Paul "Fat Daddy" Johnson, who worked at several Baltimore stations, found appeal among black and white audiences alike.[12]

United also began adding additional broadcasting outlets in Baltimore, with the January 1961[13] launch of WYOU (soon renamed WSID-FM and todayWERQ-FM); in 1967, after nearly 14 years of delays,[14]WMET-TV channel 24 launched as the first independent TV station in the city.[15] WMET-TV, which broadcast some local programming (including a gospel show hosted by Wells Lewis[16]) but mostly simulcast sister stationWOOK-TV/WFAN-TV in Washington, closed in January 1972.[17] WSID-AM-FM had moved in 1965[1] to the Avalon Theater on Park Heights Avenue, which was also converted for WMET-TV's use; the radio studios occupied the former manager's office and production room, and the auditorium was converted into a TV studio.[18]

Legal problems became a major issue at many United stations at the end of the 1960s, with a number of them facing challenges to their license renewals. (WOOK andWFAB in Miami lost their licenses outright.) WSID's license renewal application, filed in 1969, remained pending for over a decade; it was still unresolved when Eaton died in 1981.[1]

WYST/WERQ

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On December 23, 1982, the WSID call letters were dropped in favor of WYST, the moniker that had been adopted by the FM station—then WLPL—when it became "Star 92" the year before.[19] WYST AM aired a gold-leaning adult contemporary format, with longtime Baltimore DJ Jack Edwards in mornings.[20]

In 1981, SRW, Inc., challenged the licenses of United's Baltimore radio stations.[1] SRW, owned by then-Maryland state senate presidentMelvin Steinberg, ultimately dropped its challenge to the AM station and focused on obtaining the WYST-FM license;[21] United paid $400,000 to Steinberg to settle the FM license challenge, the last pending for the once-embattled chain, in November 1985.[22] United also invested in the AM station, which received a new tower and began broadcasting at night in early 1986; however, it also reduced its daytime power to 250 watts.[23]

In 1989, Richard Eaton's estate agreed to sell WYST-AM-FM as part of a $132.5 million buyout of the company, including its nine radio stations and a 35,000-subscriber cable system inManchester, New Hampshire.[24] The sale agreement expired in January 1990, however, and the deal was not consummated.[25]

WYST-AM-FM, by that point a simulcast, relaunched as WERQ-AM-FM "92Q" with a rhythmiccontemporary hit radio format on August 16, 1991.[26] In 1992, WERQ dropped the FM simulcast to begin airing the audio ofCNN Headline News.[27]

WOLB

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Previous logo

United finally found a buyer for WERQ-AM-FM in 1993 whenRadio One purchased the two stations for $9 million.[28] On November 19, 1993, WERQ became talk outlet WOLB, initially simulcasting itsWOL in Washington, D.C.[29] In 1995, WOL and WOLB programming began to be originated from Radio One's new Baltimore studios.[30]

In 2015, theFederal Communications Commission ruled against WOLB in a case where a proposed facilities upgrade would have conflicted with an application fromWIOO inCarlisle, Pennsylvania.[31]

References

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  1. ^abcdef"History Cards for WOLB".Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
  2. ^"Facility Technical Data for WOLB".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^"Your new radio station..."Baltimore Sun. November 27, 1947. p. 54. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  4. ^"WSID, New Baltimore Daytimer, Now on Air"(PDF).Broadcasting. November 24, 1947. p. 85. RetrievedOctober 24, 2014.
  5. ^"Baltimore: Papers Join Stations in Gag Rule Melee"(PDF).Broadcasting. August 9, 1948. p. 30. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  6. ^"Baltimore Court to Hear 'Gag' Charges Jan. 27"(PDF).Broadcasting. December 20, 1948. p. 86. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  7. ^"4 Fined for Contempt in Radio Broadcasting of Details on Murder".Baltimore Sun. January 29, 1949. p. 22. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  8. ^"FCC Roundup"(PDF).Broadcasting. June 6, 1949. p. 73. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  9. ^"Radio Station WSID Is Sold".Baltimore Sun. July 12, 1949. p. 10. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  10. ^de la Viña, Mark (February 18, 1992)."Jocko: A Phila. original".Philadelphia Daily News. p. 39. RetrievedApril 22, 2020.
  11. ^"The Powers of Pauline".Baltimore Sun. January 5, 2000. RetrievedApril 22, 2020.
  12. ^Rasmussen, Frederick N. (February 24, 2001)."'Fat Daddy' was a voice in R".Baltimore Sun. RetrievedApril 22, 2020.
  13. ^Hyder, William (February 5, 1961)."News, Notes About Television".Baltimore Sun. p. A-13. RetrievedDecember 18, 2019.
  14. ^"WSID Given TV Expansion Rights".Baltimore Sun. December 10, 1953. p. 32. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  15. ^Shelsby, Theodore F."UHF TV Station Begins Service". p. C9. RetrievedDecember 18, 2019.
  16. ^"Something New!".Baltimore Afro American. June 25, 1968. p. 5. RetrievedDecember 18, 2019.
  17. ^"Eaton station goes dark"(PDF).Broadcasting. January 17, 1972. p. 8. RetrievedDecember 18, 2019.
  18. ^Hyder, William (November 1, 1970)."Movie House Gives In To TV".Baltimore Sun. p. 5 (TV).
  19. ^Carter, Bill (November 16, 1981)."Wedding bells ring for Luke and Laura".Baltimore Sun. p. B4. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  20. ^Charles, Laura (August 7, 1983)."Tim White: from Crabtown to Beantown".Baltimore Sun. p. E5. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  21. ^Luxenberg, Steven M. (January 27, 1985)."Steinberg has eye on the airwaves".Baltimore Sun. pp. 1A,10A. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  22. ^Siegel, Eric (December 19, 1985)."Steinberg paid to drop quest for WYST license".Baltimore Sun. pp. 1C,10C. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  23. ^Charles, Laura (February 26, 1986)."Coming back is price for getting away". p. 3G. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  24. ^"TA Associates, Shaw United In $75 Million Radio Buyout"(PDF).Radio & Records. February 24, 1989. p. 8. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  25. ^"In Brief"(PDF).Broadcasting. January 15, 1990. p. 145. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  26. ^McKerrow, Steve (August 19, 1991)."Format change for WYST asks listeners to dance to different beat".Baltimore Sun. p. E1. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  27. ^Pietila, Antero (January 9, 1993)."Survival of the Fittest on the AM Band".Baltimore Sun. p. 10A. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  28. ^"Transactions"(PDF).Radio & Records. April 2, 1993. p. 8. RetrievedApril 21, 2020.
  29. ^"Format Changes & Updates"(PDF).M Street Journal. December 8, 1993. p. 1 (9). RetrievedApril 22, 2020.
  30. ^McKerrow, Steve (August 19, 1995)."Sister stations WOL-WOLB relocate to Baltimore, sponsor picnic".Baltimore Sun. p. 4D. RetrievedApril 22, 2020.
  31. ^"Carlisle AM Shuts Down Baltimore Upgrade".RBR. February 21, 2015. RetrievedApril 22, 2020.

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