WSBT AM 960 South Bend, IN

Slogan/Positioner: Newsradio 960

Format: News-Talk

Web site: www.wsbtradio.com

E-Mail: visit web site

Class: B
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 5,000 watts / 4, directional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 5,000 watts / 4, directional

AM Stereo

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details

More about station:

• Radio Locator daytime coverage area
• Radio Locator nighttime coverage area
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• WSBT from Wikipedia
• WSBT from RadioTime.com
• WSBT on Facebook

Call Sign History:

• WSBT: 1925
• WGAZ: 1922
• W9FP: 1922

Call Sign Origin: South Bend Tribune

On Air Date: 1922

Owner: Schurz Communications

Telephone: (574) 239-4230

Notes/History:

• 1947: Power increase to 5,000 watts.
• 1932: Affilation with CBS begins.
• 1925: Call sign change to WSBT to reflect owner's newspaper, the South Bend Tribune.
• 11/4/1922: First play-by-play of Notre Dame football (Notre Dame 27, Indiana University 0).
• 7/3/1922: WGAZ is in operations. The first-ever commercially sponsored radio program in the entire nation was heard on WGAZ. The event featured an evening of music presented by Ries Furniture of South Bend.
• 4/1922: Experimental station W9FP is on the air.

Center of antenna array/transmitter location:

St. Joseph County, IN

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