WZOB

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WZOB

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| city = Fort Payne, Alabama

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| branding = Number One Country 1250

| frequency = 1250 AM (kHz)

| translator = W265DS (100.9 MHz, Fort Payne)

| airdate = July 2, 1950

| format = Country

| power = 5000 Watts (day)
122 Watts (night)

| class = D

| facility_id = 9797

| coordinates = {{coord|34|26|23|N|85|45|12|W}}

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| affiliations =

| owner = Central Broadcasting Company, Inc.

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| licensing_authority= FCC

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WZOB (1250 AM, "Number One Country 1250") is a radio station licensed to serve Fort Payne, Alabama. The station is owned by Central Broadcasting Company, Inc. It airs a country music format.{{cite web |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?srvy_id=WI08&surveyID=WI08&band=am&callLetter=WZOB |title=Winter 2008 Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron}}

Originally owned by Glenn M. Gravitt, the station opened July 2, 1950.Butler, Harry D.; Alabama's First Radio Stations 1920-1960: A History of Radio Broadcasting in Alabama; Alabama Broadcasters Association, 2006 The call letters, WZOB, came from Zella Octavia Buttram, the daughter of Johnny Buttram (an advisor to Gravitt and brother of Pat Buttram, the well-known radio and TV comedian), and were requested from and assigned by the Federal Communications Commission.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=9797&Callsign=WZOB}}

The Louvin Brothers album Songs That Tell A Story is drawn from songs recorded live on a morning WZOB show in the 1950s.