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WZBN (FM)

Radio station in Camilla-Albany, Georgia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ7958249
Source-derived summary

WZBN (105.5 FM) is a Christian radio station, owned by Greater 2nd Mt. Olive Baptist Church, serving metro Albany, Georgia with a traditional gospel and urban contemporary gospel music format, under the brand: Praise 105.5 FM...Albany's Gospel Leader. Its studios are located at Albany Towers in Albany and the transmitter is located north of Camilla, Georgia.

On November 28, 2022, WZBN began simulcasting on WGSW 106.9 FM Americus and rebranded as "Praise 105.5 & 106.9".

Editorial summary

“WZBN (FM)” enters the record as radio station in Camilla-Albany, Georgia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what WZBN, Radio and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2022—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1979. Its strongest next move is a source search built around WZBN, Radio and station.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“WZBN (FM)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, WZBN, Radio and station provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7958249. Authority coordinates are 31.314, -84.205. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2022.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “WZBN (FM)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow WZBN (FM) primary sources, WZBN (FM) archive and WZBN research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from WZBN (FM)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.