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- WQBC was an AM broadcasting station licensed on 1420 kHz at Vicksburg, Mississippi. It was licensed on October 24, 1927, and made the claim of being the oldest operating radio station is Mississippi and one of the few remaining stations that still had their original call signs. Its license was surrendered September 28, 2020, after having been off the air since January 12, 2019. Well-known alumni of WQBC included Blues extraordinaire Willie Dixon, and his Jubilee Singers, Adrian Cronauer, the inspiration for Good Morning, Vietnam; and Woodie Assaf, longest-serving weatherman in the United States, who began his broadcasting career at WQBC in the 1940s, before moving to 620 WJDX (AM) in Jackson, Mississippi and serving at its sister station WLBT TV 3 from sign-on in December 1953. (en)
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- Costar Broadcast Group Inc.
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- Jackson, Mississippi Metropolitan Area (en)
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- We Quote Better Cotton (en)
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- Costar Broadcast Group Inc. (en)
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- WQBC was an AM broadcasting station licensed on 1420 kHz at Vicksburg, Mississippi. It was licensed on October 24, 1927, and made the claim of being the oldest operating radio station is Mississippi and one of the few remaining stations that still had their original call signs. Its license was surrendered September 28, 2020, after having been off the air since January 12, 2019. (en)
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