WBLO

WBLO
City	Thomasville, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Piedmont Triad
Branding	Pepe 790 AM
Frequency	790 kHz
Format	Regional Mexican
Power	10,000 watts day 26 watts night
Class	D
Facility ID	54552
Transmitter coordinates	35°57′41″N 80°02′13″W / 35.96139°N 80.03694°W / 35.96139; -80.03694
Callsign meaning	W BaLl O (meaning "The Ball", former station moniker)
Former callsigns	WTNC, WIST, WFIK, WZXY
Owner	GHB Radio
Sister stations	WIST-FM
Website	http://pepe790.com/

WBLO "Pepe 790 AM" is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish language format. Licensed to Thomasville, North Carolina, USA. The station is currently owned by GHB Radio. Norsan Multimedia plans to lease the station.

History

For more than 50 years, WTNC was located in Thomasville, North Carolina.

Buddy Poole and other partners bought WTNC and its FM station in 1984, and Poole served as general manager for 18 years.^[1]

When the station moved to High Point in the early 2000s, it played southern gospel music. During most of 2004, the station was called WIST, airing adult standards along with WIST-FM. The WBLO letters, the name "The Ball" and the sports talk format were adopted December 14, 2004, after brief use of the call letters WFIK and WZXY.^[2]

On June 4, 2010, Norberto Sanchez of Norsan Multimedia said that his company would lease WIST-FM and WBLO, with an option to buy. WBLO kept its format until the end of the year.^[3]

References

↑ "Poole celebrates 50 years in radio, is grand marshal of Faith parade". Salisbury Post. July 3, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
↑ Call Sign History, Retrieved on 2009-06-02.
↑ Mark Washburn, "Spanish broadcaster adds 2 stations," The Charlotte Observer, June 5, 2010.

External links

Station website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WBLO

Radio-Locator Information on WBLO

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WBLO

Radio stations in the Winston-Salem–Greensboro–High Point, North Carolina market

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By callsign	W260CG WBFJ WBFJ-FM WBLO WBRF WCOG WDSL WEAL WFDD WFOZ-LP WGOS WHPE-FM WIST-FM WJMH WKEW WKRR WKTE WKVK WKZL WLOE WLXN WMAG WMFR WMKS WMYN WNAA WPAQ WPAW WPET WPIP WPOL WPTI WQFS WQMG WREV WSGH WSJS WSML WSMW WSMX WSNC WSYD WTJY WTOB WTQR WTRU WUAG WVBZ WWBG WWLV WWNT WXRI WYMY WYSR WYZD WZOO

North Carolina radio markets Asheville Charlotte Fayetteville Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Greenville–New Bern–Jacksonville Raleigh–Durham Other North Carolina radio regions Elizabeth City–Nags Head Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Rocky Mount–Wilson Wilmington See also List of radio stations in North Carolina

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