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WBIP

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.^[4]

WBIP began broadcasting on September 1, 1950.^[2][1] It aired block programming and was owned by E. O. Roden.^[1][5] Elvis Presley was interviewed on the station in February 1955.^[6][1]

Acountry music format was aired in the 1970s and 1980s.^{[7][8][9][10]} By 1993, southern gospel programming was added.^[2] In 1995, the station was sold to Community Broadcasting Services of Mississippi, along with 99.3 WBIP-FM, for $400,000.^[11] It became a Real Country affiliate later that year.^[12] In 1997, the station adopted a sports talk format.^[13] By 2003, the station had adopted a classic country format.^[14] The station also aired southern gospel block programming, which would eventually become its primary format.^[1][15][16] By 2019, the station had adopted a Christian contemporary format.^[17]

On November 25, 2022, WBIP flipped to a simulcast of country-formatted WADI 95.3 FM Corinth.^[18]

WBIP is also heard on 99.7 MHz, through a translator in Booneville, Mississippi.

• Facility details for Facility ID 71213 (WBIP) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WBIPinNielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 152557 (W259CP) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W259CP at FCCdata.org

34°38′21″N 88°34′33″W / 34.63917°N 88.57583°W / 34.63917; -88.57583