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JKF18
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WOBG

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Anyone know what is up with WOBG 1400 in Clarksburg? They are silent.
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STA Grant:
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe ... id=1349453

STA Application Details:
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.ex ... _num=27213

Exhibit 1
Description: TECHNICAL STATEMENT

WOBG IS OFF THE AIR AND NOT OPERATING. THE APPLICANT'S TRANSMITTER HAS SUFFERED SEVERAL FATAL FAILURES AND IS IN NO CONDITION TO OPERATE. SEVERAL COMPONENT BOARDS AND OTHER MAJOR COMPONENTS HAVE BURNED UP, AND OR VAPORIZED IN A RECENT EVENT THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED IRREPAIRABLE DAMAGE TO THE WOBG TRANSMITTER. THE APPLICANT IS SEARCHING FOR THE REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR THIS OLD TRANSMITTER THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AND/OR MAY HAVE TO BE CUSTOM MANUFACTURED. THE APPLICANT REQUESTS SILENT AUTHORITY IN ORDER HAVE EXTENDED TIME TO MAKE REPAIRS OR REPLACE THE TRANSMITTER.
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Cameron Smith - CSRE®
Senior Member - SBE 68 Birmingham
Senior Technical Product Manager - JD Sports U.S.|Hibbett Sports
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Re: WOBG

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Kind of makes you wonder if they will bother with the repairs based on the cost effectiveness. The America's Best Music service isn't that bad as it serves the older audience in the area that find Magic and Kiss FM too wild. I am surprised that both 104.1 and 106.5 have stayed a/c. I would have thought Withers would have flipped networks by now. The sound quality has been so bad when WOBG 1400 has been on it's hard to say how anyone could listen to it. Last time I heard it there were no id's liners or anything it was just a raw feed of the service.
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Re: WOBG

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Does anyone know what kind of transmitter they have? I have a few AM transmitters in WV with spare parts that we're trying to get rid of. Maybe we can help.

-Dave Hodges
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