WMOB

This station first signed on the air on January 25, 1961, as WLIQ, a 5,000-watt AM station owned by E. W. Jemison and Frank Conwell, a partnership doing business as Jemcon Broadcasting Company.{{cite book |title=1961-1962 Broadcasting Yearbook |date=1962 |page=B-6 |chapter=Directory of AM and FM Radio stations in the U.S. |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc. |location=Washington, D.C.}} The new station aired an easy listening format.{{cite web |work=Alabama Broadcast Media Page |title=AM History Profile: WTOF |url=http://bellsouthpwp2.net/c/r/crackedlcd/almediapage/profiles/wmob.html |access-date=January 16, 2009}} On April 1, 1964, Jemcon Broadcasting Company, Inc., sold WLIQ to Hartzog Broadcasting, Inc., and the broadcast studios were moved to the historic Sheraton Battle House Hotel.{{cite book |title=1965 Broadcasting Yearbook |date=1965 |chapter=Directory of AM and FM Radio stations in the U.S. |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc. |location=Washington, D.C. |page=B-6}} The new owners transitioned the station's playlist to a middle of the road music format.

On July 26, 1971, WLIQ was acquired from Hartzog Broadcasting, Inc., by Southland of Alabama, Inc., and moved to new studios.{{cite book |title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 |date=1979 |page=C-7 |chapter=Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc. |location=Washington, D.C.}} During the 1970s, the station broadcast first a top 40 format, then later a country music format.

After nearly 20 years as WLIQ, the station applied and was assigned the call sign WPCY by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on June 30, 1980.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=7740&Callsign=WMOB7740 |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}} A new format accompanied the new call sign as WPCY flipped to talk radio.

In February 1981, Southland of Alabama, Inc., agreed to sell this station to WPCY Broadcasting Company, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 26, 1981.{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=26406 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19810112FV) |date=February 26, 1981}} The new owners put the station up for sale almost immediately and in June 1981 made a deal to sell WPCY to Beacon Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on October 14, 1981.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19810505FR) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=30307 |date=October 14, 1981}} As long-lived as the previous call sign had been, the new one would prove short-lived and a change was made to WIXO on November 30, 1981.

In March 1984, Beacon Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Buddy Tucker Enterprises, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on May 4, 1984, and the transaction was consummated on June 27, 1984.{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=67835 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19840321ET) |date=June 27, 1984}} The new owners had the FCC change the station's call sign to the historic WMOB, one of the oldest callsigns in Alabama radio. (The original WMOB began broadcasting in 1939 but was shut down in 1949.){{cite book |title=1944 Broadcasting-Telecasting Yearbook |date=1944 |page=74 |chapter=Directory of Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc. |location=Washington, D.C.}} In February 1991, Buddy Tucker Enterprises, Inc., applied to the FCC to transfer the broadcast license for WMOB to Buddy Tucker Association, Inc. The transfer was approved by the FCC on February 20, 1991, and the transaction was consummated on April 9, 1991.{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=157260 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19910211EC) |date=April 9, 1991}} The station ceased broadcasting on November 22, 2020, citing the owner's advanced age (over 90 years old) as the primary reason.{{cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/201586/pair-of-mobile-ams-to-cease-operations/|title=Pair Of Mobile AMs To Cease Operations|last=Venta|first=Lance|website=RadioInsight|publisher=RadioBB Networks|date=November 20, 2020|access-date=November 20, 2020}}

Effective November 1, 2022, Buddy Tucker Association sold WMOB, sister station WTOF, and translator W239CW to Dave Minard's UM Enterprise, LLC for $100.

On July 10, 2024, WMOB's license was cancelled by the FCC,[https://www.almediapage.info/news.html Alabama Broadcast Media Page]{{cite web|url= https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=7740|title=License Cancelled|work=Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System|date=July 10, 2024|access-date=July 14, 2024}} as the station admitted it had not operated since August 2022.{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=FCC Report 7/14: Thirteen New York Area Pirates Are Issued Warnings |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/274933/fcc-report-7-14-thirteen-new-york-area-pirates-are-issued-warnings/ |access-date=February 3, 2025 |work=RadioInsight |date=July 24, 2024}}

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