WBIX
City of license	Natick, Massachusetts
Broadcast area	Boston, Massachusetts
Branding	"AM 1060 WBIX"
Slogan	"The Business Station"
First air date	1969
Frequency	1060 (kHz)
Format	Business talk
ERP	40,000 watts (daytime) 22,000 watts (critical hours) 2,500 watts (nighttime)
Class	B
Callsign meaning	BIX = Business
Owner	Alex Langer
Website	www.wbix.com

WBIX is a business talk radio station in the Boston market. The station is owned by Alex Langer and is licensed to Natick, Massachusetts. WBIX offers a simulcast, for non-cable viewers of the Boston area, of local cable news station NECN from 8-10 PM. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... In the United States (and potentially elswhere), each radio station or TV station is assigned a city of license by the Federal Communications Commission that they must serve. While this has become far less meaningful over the decades, stations are still required to post their public file somewhere within the... Natick Common, Halloween 2004 Natick is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Settled 1630 Incorporated (city) 1822 Government  - Governor Deval Patrick (D) Area  - City  89. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... FreQuency is a music video game developed by Harmonix and published by SCEI. It was released in November 2001. ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one joule per second. ... This is the list of broadcast station classes. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible... Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Settled 1630 Incorporated (city) 1822 Government  - Governor Deval Patrick (D) Area  - City  89. ... Natick Common, Halloween 2004 Natick is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. ... NECN (New England Cable News) is a regional Cable news network serving the New England region of the United States. ...

History

The station first began operation in 1969 as WGTR, owned by John Garabedian. Originally a full service daytime station for Natick and MetroWest programming top-40 music, WGTR expanded to 24 hour-a-day broadcasting and later adopted all-news, the Stardust adult-standards service (as WSTD), and talk (as WTTP) as Garabedian turned his focus on his WGTF FM radio station on Nantucket and music videos WVJV channel 66 in Marlborough. The station was taken over by religious operators in 1987, becoming WBIV and a Spanish language religious station. The station swapped ownership with the permit for WBMA in Dedham in 1994, eventually moving its programming onto 890 later that year. For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... John Garabedian is an American radio personality and disc jockey, known as the host of Open House Party. ... Full service is a term that has many different uses. ... The MetroWest region is an area outside the city of Boston, in the state of Massachusetts. ... The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. ... All-news radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of news. ... Stardust is a 24-hour satellite music service of ABC Radio Networks, distributing a mix of soft oldies and new adult standards known as Timeless Favorites to radio stations around the USA. The current lineup of DJs includes Tim Kase, Laurie Bandemir, Scott Reese, Bud Buschardt, and Mike Matthews on... Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ... FM broadcasting is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation (FM) to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ... Nantucket is an island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, formed of glacial moraine. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... WUTF-TV is a television station in the Boston market. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ... WAMG is a sports radio station in the Boston market. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Norfolk County Settled 1635 Incorporated 1636 Government  - Type Representative town meeting  - Town    Administrator Bill Keegan  - Board of    Selectmen Marie-Loise Kehoe Mike Butler James MacDonald Carmen DelloIocono Dennis Teehan Area  - Town  10. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ...

Alex Langer bought the WBIV license in 1995, and returned it to the air two years later as WJLT, a daytime religious station. After swapping formats with talk WRPT, the station became WMEX before taking on its current business format and WBIX callsign. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...

Brad Bleidt bought the station in 2004 (but had operated the station since the 2001 debut of WBIX), who invested money on night power and attempted to sell the station before confessing to the SEC that he had stolen this money (after a party celebrating the start of nighttime operations), sending WBIX into the receivership of David Vicinanzo before Langer reclaimed ownership in 2006. shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... The Securities and Exchange Commission, commonly referred to as the SEC, is the United States governing body which has primary responsibility for overseeing the regulation of the securities industry. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

External links

• Official website
• Query the FCC's AM station database for WBIX
• Radio Locator Information on WBIX