WSB Atlanta

[Turkeytop]

WSB on clear channel 750 is no longer identifying as WSB 750. Both, on the air and on their web site they don't even mention their AM frequency. They are now calling them selves WSB 95.5.

https://www.wsbradio.com/

[Deleted User 14990]

My guess is, 750 will go sports. Possibly even get sold off.

[KeenerGold]

WSB on clear channel 750 is no longer identifying as WSB 750. Both, on the air and on their web site they don't even mention their AM frequency. They are now calling them selves WSB 95.5.

https://www.wsbradio.com/

To better cover the city, simulcast WSBB-FM recently moved from Flowery Branch to the Atlanta tower that is shared by WABE-FM, WVEE-FM, and sister station WSB-FM (B98.5).

[Turkeytop]

750 will stay as-is and when AM radio becomes widely unavailable in newer cars, they'll basically sell the station for scrap value. That's my prediction.

Do you really believe AM radio in cars is going out? I'm not asking that as a challenge to you. It's just the first time I've ever heard that prediction from anyone. If it happens, I won't like it.
I listen to AM a lot and not just in the car.

[innate-in-you]

I wouldn't be surprised if WSB eventually gets sold off. They may have dropped mentioning the AM frequency because the station could be repurposed.

Interesting fact about WSB. The soil conductivity is abysmal in the Atlanta area. Despite a tall tower, a low frequency, and 50,000 watts, its coverage (in square miles) is comparable to that of WDTK.

It's worth more for its skywave signal (comparable to WJR's skywave signal).

I've always wondered if a group of Class I stations could be assembled into a Hispanic superstation, perhaps using WSB, WLS and WABC (all, of course, would change call letters) (WJR could substitute for WLS, which would put all three in a row, but at the loss of Midwest coverage).
Many Hispanics move about the USA with the seasons, migrating around the country as they travel, and at night, the trio would cover the whole USA East of the Mississippi and a little more west of it.
In the Midwestern states, they could rent time on smaller AM stations that cover a wide area effectively, since high soil conductivity gives these little stations wide coverage.

[CurlyHoward]

750 will stay as-is and when AM radio becomes widely unavailable in newer cars, they'll basically sell the station for scrap value. That's my prediction.

Do you really believe AM radio in cars is going out? I'm not asking that as a challenge to you. It's just the first time I've ever heard that prediction from anyone. If it happens, I won't like it.
I listen to AM a lot and not just in the car.

I believe it is, slowly but surely. In the Hyundai Elantra I just bought the AM radio is virtually useless when driving because they don't care enough anymore about it to shield it from the engine noise interference. When the engine is off it sounds fine, but who really listens to a car radio when they're not driving? And look at the amount of cars that don't have CD players anymore too. They figure people are listening to either SiriusXM, something on their phone via Bluetooth, or at worst FM.

[Turkeytop]

750 will stay as-is and when AM radio becomes widely unavailable in newer cars, they'll basically sell the station for scrap value. That's my prediction.

Do you really believe AM radio in cars is going out? I'm not asking that as a challenge to you. It's just the first time I've ever heard that prediction from anyone. If it happens, I won't like it.
I listen to AM a lot and not just in the car.

I believe it is, slowly but surely. In the Hyundai Elantra I just bought the AM radio is virtually useless when driving because they don't care enough anymore about it to shield it from the engine noise interference. When the engine is off it sounds fine, but who really listens to a car radio when they're not driving? And look at the amount of cars that don't have CD players anymore too. They figure people are listening to either SiriusXM, something on their phone via Bluetooth, or at worst FM.

My 2003 Buick that I bought brand new was plagued with engine noise from the day I got it. There was nothing wrong with the radio. The engine was radiating noise. My wife always knew when I was coming down the street because her TV would break up.

GM refused to fix the problem. I knew someone else who had the very same vehicle. Theirs was OK.

[bmw]

I quit listening to WSB after Neal Boortz retired. I used to regularly listen to his "re-Boortz" on the AM signal which used to regularly come in very well at night here in Michigan.

As to the ID - is this even allowed by FCC rules? You no longer have to ID your frequency?

[Turkeytop]

Internet streaming is no more like real radio than intravenous feeding is like fine dining.

[Deleted User 15062]

Wait a sec.... I thought it was WSBB 95.5. Did they lose the extra B and replace 98's calls too?

[Turkeytop]

Wait a sec.... I thought it was WSBB 95.5. Did they lose the extra B and replace 98's calls too?

https://www.wsbradio.com/

[Deleted User 15062]

Ok, so B98.5 is still there as WSB-FM. WSBB 95.5 is still as it was. Kinda deceptive dropping the extra B, outside of the Legal ID's.

[JGP1954]

750 will stay as-is and when AM radio becomes widely unavailable in newer cars, they'll basically sell the station for scrap value. That's my prediction.

Do you really believe AM radio in cars is going out? I'm not asking that as a challenge to you. It's just the first time I've ever heard that prediction from anyone. If it happens, I won't like it.
I listen to AM a lot and not just in the car.

I believe it is, slowly but surely. In the Hyundai Elantra I just bought the AM radio is virtually useless when driving because they don't care enough anymore about it to shield it from the engine noise interference. When the engine is off it sounds fine, but who really listens to a car radio when they're not driving? And look at the amount of cars that don't have CD players anymore too. They figure people are listening to either SiriusXM, something on their phone via Bluetooth, or at worst FM.

I'd take that Hyundai back to the dealer and tell them to fix the problem! You are not getting the full value of your radio,