Infobox Radio station
name = WTRB
city = Ripley, Tennessee
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branding = "Music Country"
slogan = "Today's Hot New Country And Your Favorite Hits"
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frequency = 1570 kHz
format = Country
power = 1,000 watts (day) 53 watts (night)
class = D
facility_id = 36689
coordinates = coord|35|43|46|N|89|32|33|W
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owner = West Tennessee Regional Broadcasting, Inc.
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website = http://www.wtrbradio.com
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WTRB (1570 AM, "Music Country") is a radio station licensed to serve Ripley, Tennessee, USA. The station is owned by West Tennessee Regional Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a Country music format.[cite web |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/] ]The station was assigned the WTRB call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=36689&Callsign=WTRB |title=Call Sign History] ]History
In March 1959, WTRB made national headlines when James W. Porter purchased fifteen minutes of air time on the station. Porter began his broadcast by shattering several records then leaving the station silent for the rest of the fifteen minutes after proposing a "National Can the Racket League" as a protest against rock'n'roll music. [cite news |work=Bennington Evening Banner |title=Rock'n'Roll Critic Offers 15 Minutes Of Radio Silence |date=1959-03-20 |quote=James W. Porter began his quarter-hour on Station WTRB by shattering several records and then proposing a "National Can the Racket League." Announced Porter: "Friends, are you tense, nervous, jittery? Chances are you are overturned. You may have tried other stations without success, but now we offer you an amazing new silence." Thirteen minutes of silence followed except for two breaks to reassure listeners their radios didn't need repair. John Stewart, WTRB manager, said telephone callers were 100 per cent against the silence.]
Ownership
In September 2004, West Tennessee Regional Broadcasting Inc. (Phillip Ennis, president) announced that they had reached an agreement to acquire WTRB from Williams Communications Inc. (Walton E. Williams Jr., president/director) for a reported sale price of $265,000. [cite news |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA455841.html?q=WTRB |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands - 9/27/2004 |date=2004-09-27]
References
External links
* [http://www.wtrbradio.com WTRB official website]
*AMQ|WTRB
*AML|WTRB
*AMARB|WTRB
