WBLO

Radio station in Thomasville, North Carolina

35°57′41″N 80°02′13″W / 35.96139°N 80.03694°W / 35.96139; -80.03694LinksWebsiteOfficial website

WBLO (790 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish tropical radio format. Licensed to Thomasville, North Carolina, it serves the Piedmont Triad. The station is owned by Norsan Multimedia.^[3]

By day, WBLO is powered at 10,000 watts. But to protect other stations on 790 AM, at night it greatly reduces power to 26 watts. Programming is also heard on FM translator W295CE at 106.9 MHz in Winston-Salem.

History

The station signed on in September 1947, and held the call sign WTNC.^[1] It originally ran 1,000 watts, during daytime hours only.^[1]

Buddy Poole and other partners bought WTNC and its FM station in 1984, and Poole served as general manager for 18 years.^[4]

When the station moved to High Point in the early 2000s, it played southern gospel music. On March 1, 2003, the station's call sign was changed to WIST.^[2] It aired an adult standards format along with WIST-FM. Its call sign was briefly changed to WFIK on November 12, 2004, before being changed to WZXY on November 26, 2004.^[2] The WBLO letters, the name "The Ball" and the sports talk format were adopted December 14, 2004.

On June 4, 2010, Norberto Sanchez of Norsan Multimedia said that his company would lease WIST-FM and WBLO, with an option to buy. WBLO kept its format until the end of the year.^[5]

Translator

WBLO is also heard at 106.9 MHz, through a translator in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	FCC info
W295CE	106.9 FM	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	250	111 m (364 ft)	D	FMQ

References

^ ^a ^b ^c History Cards for WBLO, fcc.gov. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
^ FCC.gov/WBLO
^ "Poole celebrates 50 years in radio, is grand marshal of Faith parade". Salisbury Post. July 3, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
^ Mark Washburn, "Spanish broadcaster adds 2 stations," The Charlotte Observer, June 5, 2010.

External links

Station website

WBLO in the FCC AM station database
WBLO in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

Radio stations in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point, North Carolina (the Piedmont Triad)

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By FM frequency

LPFM	96.5 99.9 100.7 101.7 103.1 105.1 107.9
Translators	88.9 92.7 W224CO W224CP 93.5 93.7 95.1 95.9 96.3 W242CC W242CD 96.7 97.7 W249BZ W249CN 99.1 99.9 W260BG W260CG 101.5 102.5 102.7 W274AL W274BO 103.5 W278AM W278BM 104.5 104.7 104.9 106.1 W291DD W291DM 106.9 107.1

Digital radio
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Defunct stations

WBIG (1470 AM)
WRNC (1600 AM)

Nearby regions: Charlotte; Fayetteville; Raleigh-Durham; Roanoke Rapids-South Hill; Southwest Virginia; Southside

See also: List of radio stations in North Carolina

v t e Spanish-language radio stations in the state of North Carolina
Stations	WBLO – Thomasville WCXN – Claremont WETC – Wendell-Zebulon WFEC-LP – Winston Salem WGSP – Charlotte WHVN – Charlotte WIST-FM – Thomasville WLLN – Lillington WLLQ – Chapel Hill WLQB – Ocean Isle Beach WLSG - Wilmington WNOW – Mint Hill WOLS – Waxhaw WREV – Reidsville WRTG – Garner WSGH – Lewisville WSRP – Jacksonville WTIK – Durham WUIT-LP – Durham WWNT - Winston-Salem WXNC – Monroe WXQR-FM – Jacksonville WYMY – Burlington WYSR – High Point WZUP – La Grange
Defunct	WGSB – Mebane
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in North Carolina See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other