WBIG (North Carolina)

WBIG
Frequency1470 kHz
Programming
FormatAdult contemporary
Ownership
OwnerJefferson-Pilot Communications Corporation
History
FoundedOctober 1, 1925 (1925-10-01)
First air date
August 19, 1926 (1926-08-19)
Last air date
  • November 20, 1986 (1986-11-20)
  • (60 years, 93 days)
Former call signs
  • WJBG (1925–1926)
  • WNRC (1926–1930)
  • WBAM (1930)
Technical information
Facility ID30828
Power5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
36°6′56.7″N 79°50′13.7″W / 36.115750°N 79.837139°W / 36.115750; -79.837139

WBIG (1470 AM) was a radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, which broadcast from 1926 to 1986. It was last owned by the Jefferson-Pilot Communications Corporation (JP) and was its first broadcasting property. The company shut it down because of an insufficient signal to cover a growing radio market, competition from FM stations, and the rising value of the land it occupied.