WBIP (1400 AM) is a radio station licensed to Booneville, Mississippi, United States. The station airs a country music format (simulcasting WADI 95.3 FM Corinth) and is owned by Community Broadcasting Services of Mississippi, Inc.
History WBIP began broadcasting on September 1, 1950. It aired block programming and was owned by E. O. Roden.History Cards for WBIP, fcc.gov. Retrieved April 27, 2019. Elvis Presley was interviewed on the station in February 1955."With the Jockeys", Billboard. February 19, 1955. p. 49. Retrieved April 28, 2019.
A country music format was aired in the 1970s and 1980s.Broadcasting Yearbook 1976, Broadcasting, 1976. p. C-108. Retrieved April 27, 2019.Broadcasting Yearbook 1980, Broadcasting, 1980. p. C-124. Retrieved April 27, 2019.Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1985, Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1985. p. B-149. Retrieved April 27, 2019.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1989, Broadcasting & Cable, 1989. p. B-163. Retrieved April 27, 2019. By 1993, southern gospel programming was added.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1993, Broadcasting & Cable, 1993. p. B-196. Retrieved April 27, 2019. In 1995, the station was sold to Community Broadcasting Services of Mississippi, along with 99.3 WBIP-FM, for $400,000."Transactions", Radio & Records. August 11, 1995. p. 8. Retrieved April 28, 2019. It became a Real Country affiliate later that year."Format Changes", The M Street Journal. Vol. 12, No. 49. December 6, 1995. p. 1. Retrieved April 28, 2019. In 1997, the station adopted a sports talk format."Format Changes & Updates", The M Street Journal. Vol. 14, No. 49. December 10, 1997. p. 1. Retrieved April 28, 2019. By 2003, the station had adopted a classic country format.Devine, Cathy (2003). The M Street Radio Directory. Twelfth Edition. p. 330. Retrieved April 28, 2019. The station also aired southern gospel block programming, which would eventually become its primary format."Station Sales Week of 7/14", Radio Insight. July 14, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2019."Eagle Radio Group to LMA Tupelo Pair", Radio Insight. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2019. By 2019, the station had adopted a Christian contemporary format.
On November 25, 2022, WBIP flipped to a simulcast of country-formatted WADI 95.3 FM Corinth.
Translator WBIP is also heard on 99.7 MHz, through a translator in Booneville, Mississippi.
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