WFBE FM 95.1 Flint 
Slogan/Positioner: B-95, New Country & The Legends
Format: Country
Web site: www.b95.fm
E-mail: visit web site
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Power/Height/Class: 50,000 watts / 243 feet / B, directional
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Call Sign History: WFBE
Call Sign Origin: Flint Board of Education
On Air Date: October 5, 1953
Owner: Citadel Broadcasting
Telephone: (810) 720-9510
Notes/History:
- 2001: Plans to move tower to Otisville are scrapped after testing proves signal is weaker inside buildings in Flint
- 2/24/2000: FCC approves sale of Rainbow Radio (Liggett Broadcasting) to Citadel
- 10/6/1997: B-95 is born, a commercial station with Country music format. A long (5000 songs?) music marathon without commercial breaks begins for-profit operations.
- 6/30/1997: Signs off as a public station using the same dedication program that aired on 9/30/53. It was owned by the Flint Board of Education, who could not afford to keep the station as a public outlet. The desirable commercial frequency was sold to Liggett Broadcasting.
- 1971: Station expands programming day to 6am-midnight as funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is received.
- 1970: Wins George Foster Peabody Award for the educational program "Listening/4" designed to improve the listening skills of students.
- 9/30/1953: Station is launched with a dedication program and congratulatory messages. Regular programming started on the official sign-on date, 10/5/53. WFBE was assigned the commercial 95.1 frequency because Flint was in a fringe area for television reception- the strongest TV signal was WJIM-TV (now WLNS-TV) Channel 6 in Lansing. It was feared that placing a station in the non-commercial part of the dial would cause interfence with reception of Channel 6.
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Transmitter location:
Genesee County
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