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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WTOB
| logo             = WTOB 96.7 980 WWBG 1470 logo.png
| city             = [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]
| country          = US
| area             = [[Piedmont Triad]]
| branding         = ''Classic Hits WTOB''
| frequency        = 980 [[kHz]]
| translator       = {{Radio Relay|96.7|W244EM|Winston-Salem}}
| repeater         = {{Radio Relay|1470|[[WWBG]]|[[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]]}}
| airdate          = {{start date and age|1950|10|28}}
| format           = [[Classic hits]]
| power            = {{ubl|1,300 [[watt]]s (day)|49 watts (night)}}
| class            = D
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| facility_id      = 40996
| coordinates      = {{coord|36|6|40.49|N|80|14|35.18|W|region:US-NC_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WAAA (1950–2006)|WTIX (2006–2009)|WEGO (2009–2016)}}
| affiliations     = {{ubl|[[Compass Media Networks]]|[[Premiere Networks]]|[[Westwood One]]|[[Carolina Thunderbirds (FPHL)|Carolina Thunderbirds]]|[[Winston-Salem State Rams]]}}
| owner            = Richard Miller, Robert Scarborough and Richard Parker
| licensee         = Southern Broadcast Media LLC
| sister_stations  = [[WWBG]], [[WCOG (AM)|WCOG]]
| webcast          = {{listenlive|url=http://streamdb5web.securenetsystems.net/CirrusOmni/index.cfm?stationCallSign=WTOB}}
| website          = {{URL|https://wtob980.com/}}
}}

'''WTOB''' (980 [[Hertz|kHz]]) is an [[AM radio|AM]] [[radio station]] licensed to [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]], United States, which serves the [[Piedmont Triad]] area.  The station is currently owned by Richard Miller and Robert Scarborough, Ken Hauser and Richard Parker through licensee Southern Broadcast Media LLC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=40996 |title=Station Search Details |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220223319/https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl%3FFacility_id%3D40996 |archive-date=February 20, 2022 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WTIX|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520222140/http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WTIX|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 20, 2011|title=WTIX Station Information Profile|publisher=[[Arbitron]]}}</ref> and airs a [[classic hits]] [[radio format|format]].

==History==
===WAAA===
WAAA was owned by white businessman Roger Page when it first began broadcasting in 1950.  This was rare at this time in the Deep South that a white owner would own and an operate a mainly black radio station. On the afternoon of October 28, 1950, Larry L. Williams, an African-American, signed on WAAA.  The first program broadcast was a football game between [[Morgan State University]] and [[North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University|A & T State University]].  The game was announced from the stadium by Togo West Sr. (principal of Atkins High School) while Larry L. Williams conducted station operations. On the morning of October 29, 1950, Williams signed on WAAA for the first full day of broadcasting<ref>{{cite news |last=Harry |first=Cheryl |title=Media Legacy Celebrates 45th Anniversary |work=[[Winston-Salem Chronicle]] |date=October 26, 1995 |url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn85042324/1995-10-26/ed-1/seq-26/ |page=26 |lccn=85042324 |oclc=12156348 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220231825/https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn85042324/1995-10-26/ed-1/seq-26/ |archive-date=February 20, 2022 |url-status=live |language=en |via=[[North Carolina Digital Heritage Center]]}}</ref> as the second radio station in the state (after [[WGIV (1600 AM)|WGIV]] in 1947) specifically targeting an [[African American]] audience.<ref>{{cite news |title=Silence: Hope Lingers for the Voice of WAAA |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=January 27, 2022 |url=https://journalnow.newsbank.com/doc/news/0F15441BFA301CE5?search_terms=Silence%3A%2BHope%2BLingers%2Bfor%2Bthe%2BVoice%2Bof%2BWAAA&text=Silence%3A%20Hope%20Lingers%20for%20the%20Voice%20of%20WAAA&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=WSJB&pdate=2002-01-27 |language=en |via=[[NewsBank]] |lccn=85042325 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Kay |last=McFadden |title=Museum Tunes in History of Radio in the Carolinas |work=[[Charlotte Observer]] |date=September 21, 1997 |lccn=83045511 |issn=2331-7221 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/628607799/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221025152/https://www.newspapers.com/image/628607799/ |archive-date=February 21, 2022 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |language=en |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=February 20, 2022}}</ref> WAAA was believed to be the third black radio station in the United States,<ref>{{cite news |first=Dawn |last=Ziegenbalg |title=Petition Asks Landlord to Let WAAA Back on Air |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=July 17, 2001 |url=https://journalnow.newsbank.com/doc/news/0ED54E060B32E984?search_terms=Petition%2BAsks%2BLandlord%2Bto%2BLet%2BWAAA%2BBack%2Bon%2BAir&text=Petition%20Asks%20Landlord%20to%20Let%20WAAA%20Back%20on%20Air&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=WSJB&pdate=2001-07-17 |language=en |via=[[NewsBank]] |lccn=85042325 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> preceded by [[WDIA]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] and [[WERD (Atlanta)|WERD]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Ortizano |first=Jack L. |url=http://list.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9612a&L=aejmc&P=6096 |access-date=March 13, 2008 |title=Negro-Appeal Radio Stations Using a Rhythm-and-Blues Music Format, 1947–1963 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060921005825/http://list.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9612a&L=aejmc&P=6096 |archive-date=September 21, 2006 |url-status=dead |language=en}}</ref>  WAAA was also the first black-owned station in North Carolina.<ref>{{cite web |title=International Book to Film Festival |url=http://booktofilm.irun.com/m_5.asp?n=39 |access-date=March 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604010251/http://booktofilm.irun.com:80/m_5.asp?n=39 |archive-date=June 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |language=en}}</ref>

Prior to becoming the General Manager of WAAA, Larry L. Williams gave play-by-play action of the Winston-Salem State University football and basketball games; becoming known as the "Voice of the Rams." Larry L. Williams went on to become General Manager of radio stations in Alabama, South Carolina, and Charlotte, North Carolina.  He returned to his home in [[Asheville, North Carolina]], in 2002 to become General Manager of [[WOXL-FM]].  Larry L. Williams, a pioneer in radio, retired in 2008 at the age of 90. Oscar "Daddy-Oh" Alexander was the station's best-known DJ. He was described as "a jive-talking hipster who radiated cool while spinning hits from Motown and Stax."<ref name="Lisa O 2004">{{cite news |first=Lisa |last=O'Donnell |title=Radio Days —- The Carolina Music Ways Festival Will Take Audiences Back to the Golden Age of Radio |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=October 7, 2004 |url=https://journalnow.newsbank.com/doc/news/10599160C1B5F384?search_terms=Radio%2BDays%2B-%2BThe%2BCarolina%2BMusic%2BWays%2BFestival%2BWill%2BTake%2BAudiences%2BBack%2Bto%2Bthe%2BGolden%2BAge%2Bof%2BRadio&text=Radio%20Days%20-%20The%20Carolina%20Music%20Ways%20Festival%20Will%20Take%20Audiences%20Back%20to%20the%20Golden%20Age%20of%20Radio&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=WSJB&pdate=2004-10-07 |language=en |via=[[NewsBank]] |lccn=85042325 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Jazz pianist Keith Byrd, who once lived near him, described Alexander this way:

<blockquote>He had a voice that was like gravel going through molasses. You know what I'm saying? It was smooth and sweet. He was a good spirit, a great character and he played the hottest songs. He was almost like the black Wolfman Jack in this area.<ref name="Lisa O 2004" /></blockquote>

Alexander left the station in 1962 after five years. Annie Bell Bowman played gospel music on the station.<ref>{{cite news |first=Mary |last=Giunca |title=A Calling |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=March 24, 2007 |url=https://journalnow.newsbank.com/doc/news/1181894110C2F460?search_terms=A%2BCalling%2B-%2BPentecostal%2BPreacher%2BDoesn%27t%2BUse%2BTitle%2Bof%2B%27Rev.%27%2B-%2BOr%2BDraw%2Ba%2BSalary%2B%27It%27s%2BNot%2Babout%2BHer%27%3A%2BPastor%2C%2B82%2C%2BFocuses%2Bon%2BBible&text=A%20Calling%20-%20Pentecostal%20Preacher%20Doesn%27t%20Use%20Title%20of%20%27Rev.%27%20-%20Or%20Draw%20a%20Salary%20%27It%27s%20Not%20about%20Her%27%3A%20Pastor%2C%2082%2C%20Focuses%20on%20Bible&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=WSJB&pdate=2007-03-24 |language=en |via=[[NewsBank]] |lccn=85042325 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Anita "Boss Lady" Dean was a DJ for six years.<ref>{{cite news |first=Titan |last=Barksdale |title=Giving the Glory |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=May 14, 2007 |url=https://journalnow.newsbank.com/doc/news/1192583BDFAB9EC8?search_terms=Giving%2Bthe%2BGlory&text=Giving%20the%20Glory&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=WSJB&sort=old&page=10&pdate=2007-05-14 |language=en |via=[[NewsBank]] |lccn=85042325 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Media Broadcasting Corp. bought WAAA in 1971.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stations' Sale In Progress|date=December 17, 1971}} {{Full citation needed|date=February 2022}}</ref> Mutter D. Evans bought WAAA from Media Broadcasting Corp. in 1979 for {{USD}}1.04 million (equivalent to {{USD}}{{inflation|US|104|1979|r=2}}&nbsp;million in {{inflation/year|US}}),<ref>{{Cite magazine| issn = 0006-4165| volume = 11| issue = 5| pages = 86| last = Moss| first = Mark R.| magazine = [[Black Enterprise]]| date = December 1980| lccn=74025061| title=The Rapid Ascent of Mutter Evans |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBxMGhCQc-sC&dq=Stations'%20Sale%20In%20Progress%20WAAA%201971&pg=PA67 |language=en |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> making her the youngest and second African American woman to own a broadcast property in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Mütter Evans's Biography| work = The HistoryMakers| access-date = February 21, 2022| url = https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/mutter-evans| date = August 15, 2014| language = en| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210123182122/https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/mutter-evans| archive-date = January 23, 2021| url-status = live}}</ref> At the time, the station had 14 employees and was doing well financially considering its size but, in 1988, WAAA filed for [[Chapter 11]]. WAAA continued to broadcast but faced increasing competition from larger stations. But WAAA was unique in its service to the community, playing [[gospel music]], [[jazz]] and [[rhythm and blues]] and broadcasting news, daily obituary reports, and Sunday religious programming.<ref>{{cite news |first=Dawn |last=Ziegenbalg |title=WAAA-AM Is Locked Out of Building: Rental-Property Owner Says Station Owes Back Rent |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=July 12, 2001 |url=https://journalnow.newsbank.com/doc/news/0ED3A930415FEC47?search_terms=WAAA-AM%2BIs%2BLocked%2BOut%2Bof%2BBuilding%3A%2BRental-Property%2BOwner%2BSays%2BStation%2BOwes%2BBack%2BRent&text=WAAA-AM%20Is%20Locked%20Out%20of%20Building%3A%20Rental-Property%20Owner%20Says%20Station%20Owes%20Back%20Rent&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=WSJB&sort=old&pdate=2001-07-12 |language=en |via=[[NewsBank]] |lccn=85042325 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

On July 9, 2001, deputies locked the doors to the WAAA studios on Indiana Avenue because court documents showed rent had not been paid since 1997. Evans and the community worked to bring the station back, and a web site was introduced in January 2002. On July 5, 2002, WAAA returned to the air with new studios and a limited schedule, with Evans claiming to have solved her problems and intending to return to a full schedule as soon as possible.<ref>{{cite web |first=Lona D. |last=Cobb |title=Owner Perseveres, Gets WAAA Back on the Air |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=July 11, 2002 |url=https://journalnow.newsbank.com/doc/news/0F4BA30D18D4F5EB?search_terms=Owner%2BPerseveres%2C%2BGets%2BWAAA%2BBack%2Bon%2Bthe%2BAir&text=Owner%20Perseveres%2C%20Gets%20WAAA%20Back%20on%20the%20Air&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=WSJB&sort=old&pdate=2002-07-11 |language=en |via=[[NewsBank]] |lccn=85042325 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> As recently as 2006, WAAA sponsored [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]] celebrations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Several Events Planned for MLK Holiday |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=January 14, 2006 |url=https://journalnow.newsbank.com/doc/news/10F281B5A28CE110?search_terms=Several%2BEvents%2BPlanned%2Bfor%2BMLK%2BHoliday&text=Several%20Events%20Planned%20for%20MLK%20Holiday&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=WSJB&sort=old&pdate=2006-01-14 | language=en |via=[[NewsBank]] |lccn=85042325 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

GHB Broadcasting purchased the station.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marketresearch.com/map/prod/1308437.html |access-date=March 15, 2008 |title=Broadcasting Industry |website=marketresearch.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007191952/http://www.marketresearch.com/map/prod/1308437.html |archive-date=October 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |language=en}}</ref> For several years WAAA, later called WTIX, aired the programming of [[WIST-FM]], which played [[adult standards]] and then [[classic country]]. The switch to [[sports talk]] took place May 5, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=ESPN Radio in the Triad |work=[[Greensboro News & Record]] |orig-date=2008-05-06 |date=January 25, 2015 |url=https://greensboro.com/sports/espn-radio-in-the-triad/article_d3c1f601-801b-5a7c-9027-b560f8af8d9d.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221031126/https://greensboro.com/sports/espn-radio-in-the-triad/article_d3c1f601-801b-5a7c-9027-b560f8af8d9d.html |archive-date=February 21, 2022 |language=en |issn=1072-0065 |lccn=93004539}}</ref>

===WEGO===
Truth Broadcasting completed its purchase of the station January 6, 2010. The call letters changed to WEGO and the format changed to [[Spanish language|Spanish]] [[Christian radio|Christian]]. Programming included syndicated shows plus local programming from Iglesia Luz Admirable Assemblies of God.<ref>{{cite web |title=Truth Flips WTIX/Greensboro to Spanish Christian |url=http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n20198 |work=Radio Online |access-date=February 20, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730021943/https://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n20198 |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=AM station gets new format, call letters |last=Clodfelter |first=Tim |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=January 8, 2010 |url=https://journalnow.newsbank.com/doc/news/12D222736DB19608?search_terms=AM%2Bstation%2Bgets%2Bnew%2Bformat%2C%2Bcall%2Bletters&text=AM%20station%20gets%20new%20format%2C%20call%20letters&content_added=&date_from=&date_to=&pub%255B0%255D=WSJB&sort=old&pdate=2010-01-08 |language=en |lccn=85042325 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

The Spanish format was short-lived however, as on July 4, 2012, new owners Ralph Epperson Broadcasting Inc. switched the format from Spanish back to English.  The station now became [[news/talk]] and featured many of the same local personalities who worked at [[WSJS]]. The Eagle signed former longtime WSJS newsman Smith Patterson to be the news director and morning show host.  Bill Flynn (formerly of [[WMAG]] and [[WPTI]]) joined Patterson on air on the morning show.  WEGO became the flagship radio station of [[Wake Forest University]] [[Demon Deacons]] football and basketball.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greensborosports.com/2012/07/04/wake-forest-football-headed-to-wego-radio-this-fall980am-will-be-the-new-home-of-the-deacs/ |title=Wake Forest Football headed to WEGO Radio this Fall: 980AM will be the 'New Home of the Deacs' |last=Durham |first=Andy |work=Greensboro Sports |date=July 4, 2012 |access-date=July 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203052154/https://greensborosports.com/2012/07/06/update-on-the-new-home-in-winston-salem-for-wake-forest-footballwego-980amwhere-bill-flynn-is-moving-in/ |archive-date=December 3, 2020 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Syndication (radio)|Syndicated]] hosts include [[Dennis Prager]], [[Michael Savage]], [[Laura Ingraham]] and [[Mike Gallagher (political commentator)|Mike Gallagher]]. On January 5, 2015, WEGO added [[William Bennett|Bill Bennett]] and shortened Flynn's show, taking it off entirely on some Mondays to air Bennett and Ingraham in their entirety.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.journalnow.com/news/ask_sam/ask-sam-wego-schedule-altered-by-cost-saving-measures/article_4b95ab90-a975-523d-833d-6fc10ef1593c.html |title=Ask SAM: WEGO schedule altered by cost-saving measures |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=January 12, 2015 |language=en |lccn=85042325 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730021410/https://journalnow.com/news/ask_sam/ask-sam-wego-schedule-altered-by-cost-saving-measures/article_4b95ab90-a975-523d-833d-6fc10ef1593c.html |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
WTOB Radio, a beloved station in Winston-Salem, has a rich history of transformation and revival. After being a Spanish station for several years, WTOB was leased by Jerry Holt from Davidson Media in 2012. This lease marked the beginning of significant changes, particularly with the involvement of Daniel Williard in 2013.

===WTOB===
At noon [[Eastern Standard Time|EST]] on December 18, 2015, WEGO switched to [[classic hits]] from the late 1950s to the late 1970s, with the first song "[[Fly Like an Eagle (song)|Fly Like an Eagle]]" by [[Steve Miller Band]], and began calling itself "Classic Hits WTOB". After new owners changed [[WWNT|WTOB (1380 AM)]] in November, employees of the former WTOB formed Southern Broadcast Media LLC to license a new station. Ingraham, Bennett and Savage have been dropped, but Wake Forest sports remain. Mark Richards, one of those in charge, said, "We’re all about live, community radio and bringing back a radio style that was almost forgotten."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.journalnow.com/relishnow/film_tv/wtob-veterans-back-on-the-air/article_065cb2f7-7418-5b5a-9b76-e6b5ae9f8194.html |title=WTOB veterans back on the air |last=Clodfelter |first=Tim |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=December 18, 2015 |access-date=December 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221021041/https://journalnow.com/entertainment/film_tv/wtob-veterans-back-on-the-air/article_065cb2f7-7418-5b5a-9b76-e6b5ae9f8194.html |archive-date=February 21, 2022 |language=en |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |lccn=85042325}}</ref>

Southern Broadcast Media consummated the purchase of WEGO from Truth Broadcasting effective June 6, 2016, at a price of {{USD}}164,000 (equivalent of {{USD}}{{inflation|US|164000|2016|fmt=c|r=-3}} in {{inflation/year|US}}). On November 15, 2016, application was made to the [[Federal Communications Commission]] for WEGO to change its callsign to WTOB. The call letter change was made effective Tuesday, November 22, 2016. On that day at 08:00 [[Eastern Standard Time|EST]], announcers Mark Richards, Randy Simpson, and Bob Scarborough announced the change of callsigns. Also that morning, Richards and Scott Brand, General Manager of the [[Carolina Thunderbirds (FPHL)|Carolina Thunderbirds Hockey Club]] announced that WTOB would be the official broadcast partner and flagship station for the Thunderbirds Hockey team and will broadcast all 56 games of the Thunderbirds beginning in November 2017.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Thunderbirds Land on BIG 980AM - Carolina Thunderbirds| access-date = February 21, 2022| date = November 22, 2016| url = https://www.carolinathunderbirds.com/news/thunderbirds-land-on-big-980am| language = en| publisher = [[Carolina Thunderbirds (FPHL)]]| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220221035413/https://www.carolinathunderbirds.com/news/thunderbirds-land-on-big-980am| archive-date = February 21, 2022| url-status = live}}</ref>

In response to a September 2017 format change by [[WSJS]], WTOB began local newscasts on November 13, 2017. Former WSJS news director Ed Skurka became news director began newscasts every half-hour in the morning and at noon. Greg Rice would do afternoon newscasts. WTOB moved its studios to Trade Street.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.journalnow.com/news/ask_sam/ask-sam-wtob-adding-local-newscasts/article_8273ed82-8683-5b33-a433-050cfa1f64a5.html |title=Ask SAM:WTOB adding local newscasts |last=Clodfelter |first=Tim |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=November 8, 2017 |access-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110005432/http://www.journalnow.com/news/ask_sam/ask-sam-wtob-adding-local-newscasts/article_8273ed82-8683-5b33-a433-050cfa1f64a5.html |archive-date=November 10, 2017 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |language=en |lccn=85042325}}</ref><ref name="wsj-wsjssports">{{cite news |last=Clodfelter |first=Tim |title=WSJS switching to all-sports format |url=http://www.journalnow.com/business/business_news/local/wsjs-switching-to-syndicated-sports-format/article_9c206f3a-fc1c-5891-b657-09bc63896521.html |access-date=August 31, 2017 |work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]] |date=August 30, 2017 |language=en |lccn=85042325 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222125430/https://journalnow.com/business/business_news/local/wsjs-switching-to-syndicated-sports-format/article_9c206f3a-fc1c-5891-b657-09bc63896521.html |archive-date=December 22, 2018 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Translator==
{{RadioTranslators
| call1        = W244EM
| freq1        = 96.7
| watts1       = 65
| class1       = D
| fid1         = 201392
| city1        = Winston-Salem, North Carolina
| coord1       = {{coord|36|5|53.4|N|80|14|37.1|W|region:US-NC_type:landmark|name=W244EM}}
}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{AM station data|40996|WTOB}}
* {{FCC-LMS-Facility|201392|W244EM}}
* {{FXL|W244EM}}
* [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=45910 FCC History Cards for WTOB]

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