WMOB
radio station in Mobile, Alabama
WMOB (1360 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Mobile, Alabama, United States. The station, founded in 1961 as WLIQ, was owned by Dave Minard, through licensee UM Enterprise, LLC.
WMOB previously broadcast a religious format to the Mobile metropolitan area. WMOB's broadcast schedule consisted of a mix of local, brokered, and syndicated Christian ministry and inspirational programming.
History
The WLIQ era
This station first signed on the air on January 25, 1961, as WLIQ, a 5,000-watt AM station owned by E. W. Jemison and Frank Conwell, a partnership doing business as Jemcon Broadcasting Company. The new station aired an easy listening format. On April 1, 1964, Jemcon Broadcasting Company, Inc., sold WLIQ to Hartzog Broadcasting, Inc., and the broadcast studios were moved to the historic Sheraton Battle House Hotel. The new owners transitioned the station's playlist to a middle of the road music format.
On July 26, 1971, WLIQ was acquired from Hartzog Broadcasting, Inc., by Southland of Alabama, Inc., and moved to new studios. During the 1970s, the station broadcast first a top 40 format, then later a country music format.
As WPCY
After nearly 20 years as WLIQ, the station applied and was assigned the call sign WPCY by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on June 30, 1980.
The public source identifies “WMOB” as radio station in Mobile, Alabama. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around WMOB, radio and station.
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