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Radio station in Booneville, Mississippi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WBIP (1400 AM) is a radio station licensed to Booneville, Mississippi, United States. The station airs a country music format (simulcasting WADI 95.3 FM Corinth) and is owned by Community Broadcasting Services of Mississippi, Inc.[4]
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History
WBIP began broadcasting on September 1, 1950.[2][1] It aired block programming and was owned by E. O. Roden.[1][5] Elvis Presley was interviewed on the station in February 1955.[6][1]
A country music format was aired in the 1970s and 1980s.[7][8][9][10] By 1993, southern gospel programming was added.[2] In 1995, the station was sold to Community Broadcasting Services of Mississippi, along with 99.3 WBIP-FM, for $400,000.[11] It became a Real Country affiliate later that year.[12] In 1997, the station adopted a sports talk format.[13] By 2003, the station had adopted a classic country format.[14] The station also aired southern gospel block programming, which would eventually become its primary format.[1][15][16] By 2019, the station had adopted a Christian contemporary format.[17]
On November 25, 2022, WBIP flipped to a simulcast of country-formatted WADI 95.3 FM Corinth.[18]
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WBIP is also heard on 99.7 MHz, through a translator in Booneville, Mississippi.
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