WLBG
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WLBG (860 AM) is a silent radio station licensed to Laurens, South Carolina, serving Laurens County, South Carolina. The station is owned by Emil Finley's Southeastern Broadcast Associates, Inc., and is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to operate with 1 kW daytime and 12 watts at night. Its programming was also heard on FM translator W281BX (104.1). It went on the air in 1948, and suspended operations in 2025.
History
WLBG, Inc., applied to build a new radio station on 820 kHz in Laurens in 1946; after amending the application to specify operation on 860 kHz, the construction permit was granted on March 20, 1947. WLBG went on the air at 6:15 AM on March 28, 1948; its first scheduled program was the Cavalry Baptist Church's sunrise Easter services.
Shortly after going on the air, James C. Todd, who was the station's general manager and already had a 5.9-percent stake in WLBG, bought full control for $8,000 from its other principals: L. C. Barksdale; Robert L. Easley; Kenneth Baker; W. C. Barksdale; E. D. Eeasterby; H. B. Gray; L. G. Galle; C. P. Roper; and R. H. Roper. Todd sold an interest in WLBG to his brother, John Wells Todd, in early 1949 for $14,500; they would each own 50 percent of the station after Kittie R. Todd relinquished her 1.67-percent stake later that year. John Wells Todd's stake was transferred to J. W. Todd III and Richard Todd following his death in 1950.
Scotland Broadcasting Company, owner of WEWO and WEWO-FM in Laurinburg, North Carolina, bought WLBG for $21,393 in 1955; principals included Edwin Pate; Wade S. Dunbar; J. R. Dalrymple; and six others.
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