| dbo:abstract |
WQBC was an AM broadcasting station licensed on 1420 kHz at Vicksburg, Mississippi. It was licensed on October 24, 1927, and made the claim of being the oldest operating radio station is Mississippi and one of the few remaining stations that still had their original call signs. Its license was surrendered September 28, 2020, after having been off the air since January 12, 2019. Well-known alumni of WQBC included Blues extraordinaire Willie Dixon, and his Jubilee Singers, Adrian Cronauer, the inspiration for Good Morning, Vietnam; and Woodie Assaf, longest-serving weatherman in the United States, who began his broadcasting career at WQBC in the 1940s, before moving to 620 WJDX (AM) in Jackson, Mississippi and serving at its sister station WLBT TV 3 from sign-on in December 1953. (en) |
| dbo:broadcastArea |
dbr:Jackson,_Mississippi |
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B |
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We Quote Better Cotton |
| dbo:city |
dbr:Vicksburg,_Mississippi |
| dbo:facilityId |
60000 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:firstAirDate |
1928-02-18 (xsd:date) |
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1420000.000000 (xsd:double) |
| dbo:licensee |
Costar Broadcast Group Inc. |
| dbo:owner |
dbr:Michael_M._Davis |
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dbr:Utica,_Mississippi dbr:Vicksburg,_Mississippi dbc:1927_establishments_in_Mississippi dbc:Defunct_radio_stations_in_the_United_States dbc:Vicksburg,_Mississippi dbr:Good_Morning,_Vietnam dbr:Cross_ownership dbc:Hinds_County,_Mississippi dbr:Call_sign dbc:Defunct_mass_media_in_Mississippi dbc:Radio_stations_in_Mississippi dbr:Michael_M._Davis dbr:WJDX_(AM) dbr:WLBT dbr:Willie_Dixon dbr:Adrian_Cronauer dbr:Alcorn_State_University dbc:Radio_stations_established_in_1927 dbr:Federal_Communications_Commission dbr:Jackson,_Mississippi dbc:2020_disestablishments_in_Mississippi dbr:AM_broadcasting dbc:Radio_stations_disestablished_in_2020 dbr:Woodie_Assaf dbr:KHz dbr:Jubilee_Singers |
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1928-02-18 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:area |
Jackson, Mississippi Metropolitan Area (en) |
| dbp:callsignMeaning |
We Quote Better Cotton (en) |
| dbp:city |
dbr:Vicksburg,_Mississippi |
| dbp:class |
B (en) |
| dbp:facilityId |
60000 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:format |
Defunct (en) |
| dbp:frequency |
1420.0 |
| dbp:lastAirdate |
2019-01-12 (xsd:date) |
| dbp:licensee |
Costar Broadcast Group Inc. (en) |
| dbp:name |
WQBC (en) |
| dbp:owner |
Michael M. Davis (en) |
| dbp:power |
500 (xsd:integer) 1000 (xsd:integer) |
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| gold:hypernym |
dbr:Station |
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32.345555555555556 -90.86722222222222 |
| rdf:type |
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| rdfs:comment |
WQBC was an AM broadcasting station licensed on 1420 kHz at Vicksburg, Mississippi. It was licensed on October 24, 1927, and made the claim of being the oldest operating radio station is Mississippi and one of the few remaining stations that still had their original call signs. Its license was surrendered September 28, 2020, after having been off the air since January 12, 2019. (en) |
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WQBC (en) |
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freebase:WQBC yago-res:WQBC wikidata:WQBC geodata:WQBC https://global.dbpedia.org/id/4xPiQ |
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POINT(-90.867225646973 32.345554351807) |
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32.345554 (xsd:float) |
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wikipedia-en:WQBC?oldid=1052235547&ns=0 |
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wikipedia-en:WQBC |
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WQBC (en) |
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dbr:List_of_radio_stations_in_Mississippi |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of |
wikipedia-en:WQBC |
