Broadcast area |
Atlanta metro area (day) Southeast U.S. (night) |
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Branding | News 95.5 and AM750 WSB |
Slogan | Atlanta's 24-Hour News, Weather & Traffic Station |
Format | News/Talk |
Power | 50,000 watts (day and night) |
Class | A |
Facility ID | 73977 |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°50′38″N 84°15′12″W / 33.84389°N 84.25333°W |
Callsign meaning | "Welcome South, Brother" (popular meaning but call letters were randomly assigned) |
Former frequencies | 1922-1936: 740 (kHz) |
Affiliations |
Westwood One Network Premiere Networks CBS Radio News Fox News Radio Georgia Bulldogs (IMG) |
Owner |
Cox Media Group (Cox Radio, Inc.) |
Sister stations | WALR-FM, WSBB-FM, WSB-FM, WSRV FM, WTSH-FM, WSB-TV |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | wsbradio.com |
WSB (750 AM) — branded News 95.5 and AM750, WSB — is a commercial radio station licensed to Atlanta, Georgia broadcasting a news/talk format. The station transmits with 50,000 watts of nondirectional power day and night, the highest power permitted for AM stations by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). WSB is a clear-channel Class A station, according to the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), signed by the U.S., Canada and Mexico. This enables WSB to be heard across a wide coverage area during nighttime hours, sometimes extending across the East Coast and Midwestern United States.
It uses the slogan "Atlanta's news, weather, traffic, and Georgia Bulldogs station." The station is owned by, and is the AM flagship station for Cox Radio. WSB AM is the sister station to WSBB-FM 95.5, WSB-FM (B98.5FM), WALR-FM (Kiss 104.1), WSRV FM, (97-1 the River) and WSB-TV 2, all owned by Cox, which also owns the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper.