WMBH

37°04′10″N 94°32′49″W / 37.06944°N 94.54694°W / 37.06944; -94.54694 (WMBH)Translator(s)101.3 K268CP (Joplin)LinksWebcastListen liveWebsitesomosportsradio.com

WMBH (1560 AM, "Somo Sports Radio") is a radio station licensed to Joplin, Missouri. The station is a Infinity Sports Network affiliate, with some programming from the Vegas Stats & Information Network. Its programming is also carried by K268CP 101.3 FM, licensed to Joplin.^{[citation needed]}

History

The station was first licensed, as KQYX, on August 14, 1962^[2] to William B. Bell in Joplin. On July 25, 2001, the station engaged in a two-way call sign and format swap, with AM 1560 KQYX becoming WMBH and receiving a sports format, and AM 1450 WMBH becoming KQYX.^{[citation needed]}

On October 9, 2006, WMBH flipped formats from talk/sports to urban contemporary as "1560 The Beat".^[3]

In January 2022, WMBH rebranded as "Somo Sports Radio" and switched affiliations from Fox Sports Radio to CBS Sports Radio.^[4]

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References

External links

• WMBH in the FCC AM station database
• WMBH in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• FCC History Cards for WMBH (covering KQYX from 1962-1980)
• Pioneer Broadcaster Award (WMBH 2005) (MSSU.edu)

FM translator

• K268CP in the FCC FM station database
• K268CP at FCCdata.org