WBBS
WBBS ("B-104.7 FM") is a country music-formatted radio station serving the Syracuse area. The studios and offices are located at on Plum Street in Syracuse. It is the Syracuse affiliate station. The iHeartMedia outlet broadcasts at 104.7 MHz with an ERP of 50 kW from a transmitter site located near East Mud Lake Rd and Lamson Rd northwest of the city of Syracuse and is licensed to Fulton, New York. History. The station, which debuted in 1961 as WOSC, with the call sign representing its home county, Oswego County. The station has been a country music outlet since  1993 and adopted the WBBS-FM calls shortly after changing format. Past formats included Top 40/CHR (as WKFM in the 1970s and mid 1980s as ""104.7 HitRadio KFM"") and classic rock (as ""104.7 KIX-FM""). B104.7 formerly held an annual summer concert with national recording acts called B-Jam, which has most recently coordinated with Harborfest in Oswego, NY, which last was held in 2007 Up until 2007, WBBS competed with Sandy Creek-based WSCP and WSCP-FM. In August 2009, WBBS was challenged by WVOA-FM, which became country music station WOLF-FM, known as "The Wolf." Incidentally , WOLF-FM was WBBS' former sister station and simulcast partner under the call sign "WXBB". Personalities. Current WBBS on-air personalities include "The Bobby Bones Show" in mornings, mid-day program "The Boxer Show", afternoon drive host Rich Lauber, evening host Michael Jay, and syndicated radio program "CMT After Midnite with Cody Alan" during overnights. Weekend hosts include Daryl Thomas, Angie Ward, and Chris Randolph. Former morning team hosts Tom Owens and Becky Palmer were nominated for a CMA and ACM awards in 2009 and 2010. In 2004, B104.7's Ron and Becky received a CMA Award for "Personality of  the Year" for a US Medium Market. Weather is provided by Dave Longley and news by Christie Casciano from WSYR-TV.