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(Redirected from WBES (AM)) For the former television station in Buffalo, New York, see WBES-TV. Radio station in Charleston, West Virginia

WBES
Charleston, West Virginia

Broadcast area	South-Central West Virginia
Frequency	950 AM kHz
Branding	95 The Sports Fox
Programming
Format	Sports
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner	Bristol Broadcasting Company
Sister stations	WQBE-FM, WVSR-FM, WVTS, WYNL
History
First air date	February 16, 1957 (as WKAZ)
Former call signs	WKAZ (1957–1983) WQBE (1983–2001) WVTS (2001–2010) WBES (2010–Present)
Call sign meaning	"Beautiful Entertainment in Stereo"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	6873
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts daytime 1,000 watts nighttime
Transmitter coordinates	38°23′11.0″N 81°42′51.0″W / 38.386389°N 81.714167°W / 38.386389; -81.714167
Translator(s)	92.7 W224EE (Charleston)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

WBES (950 AM) is a sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, serving South-Central West Virginia. WBES is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company.

References

^ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-587. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
"Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
"Facility Technical Data for WBES". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
"WBES Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 8, 2016.

Facility details for Facility ID 6873 (WBES) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WBES in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Facility details for Facility ID 202928 (W224EE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
W224EE at FCCdata.org

LPFM	88.1 92.1 96.9 106.9
Translators	88.9 92.7 95.3 95.7 96.5 98.1 99.3 102.3 104.5 106.7

Defunct

Nearby regions: Beckley; East-Central WV; Huntington-Ashland; Parkersburg-Marietta; Southern WV; West-Central WV
See also: List of radio stations in West Virginia

v t e Sports Radio Stations in the state of West Virginia
Berkeley Springs WCST Charleston WBES WSWW Charles Town WMRE Hinton WMTD-FM Huntington WRVC Kenova WZWB Keyser WKLP Martinsburg WEPM Montgomery WMON Saint Marys WJAW St. Albans WJYP Wheeling WBBD
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in West Virginia See also ESPN Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Sports Byline USA SportsMap Radio

Sports Radio Stations in the state of West Virginia

See also: adult contemporary; classic hits; college; country; news/talk; NPR; oldies; religious; rock; sports; top 40; urban; other radio stations in West Virginia

See also: ESPN Radio; Fox Sports Radio; CBS Sports Radio; NBC Sports Radio; Sports Byline USA; SportsMap Radio

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