WNOB
{{short description|Radio station in Chesapeake, Virginia}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WNOB
| logo = WPYA-FM 2009.PNG
| city = Chesapeake, Virginia | country = US
| area = Hampton Roads
Northeastern North Carolina
| branding = 93-7 Bob FM
| frequency = 93.7 MHz
| airdate = {{Start date|1973|11|30}}
| format = Adult hits
| erp = 100,000 watts
| haat = {{convert|295|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = C1
| facility_id = 73184
| coordinates = {{coord|36|32|55.0|N|76|11|16.0|W|type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning = Turn Your Knob to Bob
| former_callsigns = WMYK (1973–1991)
WKOC (1991–2003)
WKCK (2003–2004)
WPYA (2004–2009){{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=73184&Callsign=WNOB|title=Call Sign History|first=FCC Internet Services|last=Staff|website=licensing.fcc.gov}}
| affiliations =
| owner = Sinclair Telecable, Inc.
| licensee = Commonwealth Radio, LLC.
| sister_stations = WNIS, WROX-FM, WTAR, WUSH
| webcast = [http://player.listenlive.co/54481 Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.937bobfm.com/ 937bobfm.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WNOB (93.7 FM) is an adult hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Chesapeake, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads and Northeastern North Carolina. WNOB is owned and operated by Sinclair Telecable, Inc.{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WNOB|title=WNOB Facility Record|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
WNOB's studios are located on Waterside Drive in Norfolk, while its transmitter is located on Route 168 in Moyock, North Carolina, just south of the Virginia/North Carolina state line.
History
The station, originally licensed to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, started in 1973 as AOR/Top 40 hybrid station WMYK The New K94, and would later shift to a New Wave/"Rock of the 80s" format in 1982.{{cite web|url=http://hamptonroads.vartv.com/|title=VARTV.com - Hampton Roads|website=hamptonroads.vartv.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Ub6UzolJg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/w6Ub6UzolJg |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=K94 Clips WMYK FM 1983|last=Skip Shervington|date=27 February 2010|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
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In 1984, WMYK became The Rhythm of the City, K94 with a CHR/urban contemporary format (also known as "CHUrban", which would become the basis for what is now the rhythmic contemporary format).{{Cite web |title=B-Radio-NE-to-Ter-B-Radio-All-BC-YB-1986 |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1986/B-Radio-NE-to-Ter-B-Radio-All-BC-YB-1986.pdf |website=American Radio History.com}} From 1988 to 1990 WMYK was known as "Power 94", later it became "WMYK-94FM".{{cite web|url=https://asoundidea.com/Articles/copy/07-29-90.html |title=103-JAMZ IS NO.1 IN SPRING ARBITRON RATINGS |website=asoundidea.com |date=1990-07-29 |access-date=2023-01-06}}
At 3 p.m. on June 21, 1991, after stunting with a loop of "My Prerogative" by Bobby Brown, "Joy" by Satellite Orchestra, "God Bless The U.S.A." by Lee Greenwood, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones, and "Every Little Step" by Bobby Brown, 93.7 switched to an Adult Album Alternative format branded as "93.7 The Coast" with call letters WKOC.{{Cite web |title=RR-1991-06-28 |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1991/RR-1991-06-28.pdf |website=American Radio History}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYZq9V3GVCI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/fYZq9V3GVCI |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=WMYK K94 Norfolk - Final Hour of Urban Format - 1991|last=Ellis Feaster|date=1 October 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} (At the same time as the format switch, the WMYK calls and urban format moved to 92.1 FM.) WKOC simulcasted on 94.1 WKOD from 1991-1992{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19920919-1992-09-19-9209190130-story.html|title = Daily Press: Hampton Roads News, Virginia News & Videos| date=19 September 1992 }} and 106.1 WEXM from 2001-2004.{{Cite web |title=Norfolk-Virginia Beach |url=http://www.tophour.com/audio/Norfolk-Virginia%20Beach%20VA/fm0937_2003-08_wkoc_dbaines.mp3 |website=Tophour.com}} WKOC added Howard Stern in October 1995.{{cite magazine|title=Vox Jox|magazine=Billboard|date=Oct 14, 1995|volume=107|issue=41|page=79}}{{cite journal |date=9 October 1995 |title=Stern loses FM in Chicago; moves to AM. (Howard Stern, Chicago, Illinois) |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17547339.html |url-status=dead |journal=Highbeam.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423034110/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17547339.html |archive-date=23 April 2018}}
In May 1996, Sinclair Communications purchased the station, as well as WTAR, for $8 million. At the time, Bob Sinclair was feuding with Tidewater Communications (owners of WNOR/WAFX) due to the fact that WNOR attempted to block Sinclair from installing a second transmitter on WROX. Perry Stone, program director of both WROX and WKOC, issued an on-air ultimatum that WNOR must pay Sinclair $1 million by the following Wednesday, or they would change the WKOC's format to rival WNOR. On the other hand, if WNOR paid, Sinclair would convert WKOC to Country music. WNOR did not acknowledge this and thus on May 29, 1996, WKOC would briefly become "K94" again with a hard rock format, but would switch back to "The Coast" and adult album alternative music on September 19, 1996.{{cite journal |date=30 May 1996 |title=WKOC-FM NOW BACK TO CLASSIC AND NEW ROCK.(LOCAL) |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-73189802.html |url-status=dead |journal=Highbeam.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423165940/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-73189802.html |archive-date=23 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypress.com/1996/05/29/purchase-rocks-radio-market-mogul-shares-views-on-style-business/|title=PURCHASE ROCKS RADIO MARKET MOGUL SHARES VIEWS ON STYLE, BUSINESS|first=SAM MCDONALD Daily|last=Press}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypress.com/1996/05/25/wkoc-fm-buy-intensifies-airwave-battle/|title=WKOC-FM BUY INTENSIFIES AIRWAVE BATTLE|first=DAVID NICHOLSON Daily|last=Press}}{{cite journal |date=12 September 1996 |title=THE COAST IS COMING BACK.(DAILY BREAK) |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-73153192.html |url-status=dead |journal=Highbeam.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423033930/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-73153192.html |archive-date=23 April 2018}}
On December 3, 2003, just after 4 p.m., after playing "Otherside" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, WKOC announced it would fill the hole left behind by WCMS's flip to rock the previous month by flipping to "93.7 Kick FM", and began stunting with a loop of "Gone Country" by Alan Jackson. Two days later, the station officially completed its flip to country.{{cite journal |date=4 December 2003 |title=THE COAST RADIO STATION SWITCHES TO COUNTRY MUSIC.(BUSINESS) |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-110933639.html |url-status=dead |journal=Highbeam.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423165937/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-110933639.html |archive-date=23 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://formatchange.com/93-7-the-coast-wkoc-begins-stunting/|title=93.7 The Coast WKOC Begins Stunting - Format Change Archive|date=3 December 2003}}{{cite web|url=https://formatchange.com/93-7-kick-fm-debuts/|title=93.7 Kick-FM Debuts - Format Change Archive|date=5 December 2003}}{{cite journal |date=27 December 2003 |title=THE YEAR IN LOCAL BROADCASTING: RADIO FLIP-FLOPPED A LOT.(DAILY BREAK) |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-111755307.html |url-status=dead |journal=Highbeam.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503102737/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-111755307.html |archive-date=3 May 2016}} On December 11, 2003, WKOC changed call letters to WKCK-FM to match the "Kick" branding.
On March 7, 2004, simulcast partner WEXM broke from the simulcast and switched to Adult Hits as "106.1 Bob FM".{{cite journal |date=10 March 2004 |title=BOB FM AIMS TO PLEASE WITH NEW TAKE ON ADULT ALTERNATIVE OFFERINGS ON DIAL.(LOCAL) |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-114108268.html |url-status=dead |journal=Highbeam.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423033547/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-114108268.html |archive-date=23 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://formatchange.com/1061-bob-fm-debuts/|title=106.1 Bob-FM Debuts - Format Change Archive|date=7 March 2004}} (WEXM changed call letters to WPYA a week earlier on February 27.)
At Midnight on September 23, 2004, WKCK and WPYA swapped formats, with 93.7 adopting the "Bob FM" format and 106.1 became "Kick 106".{{cite journal |date=15 September 2004 |title=WHERE'S BOB GOING NOW? FM STATION IS MOVING UP.(LOCAL) |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-122070285.html |url-status=dead |journal=Highbeam.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423034108/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-122070285.html |archive-date=23 April 2018}} On September 17, 2009, WPYA changed call letters to the current WNOB.
References
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External links
- [http://www.937bobfm.com/ 93-7 Bob FM Online]
- {{FM station data|73184|WNOB}}
{{Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News Radio}}
{{Bob FM Radio stations}}
Category:Adult hits radio stations in the United States