The station, while silent, was assigned the call letters WJBX by the Federal Communications Commission on February 5, 2021.
[2] WBCN ceased broadcasting on December 31, 2020, due to the sale of the transmitter site for residential development.
The translator station continued airing "Fox Sports Charlotte" on 94.7 FM, fed by the HD3 subchannel of WSOC-FM.
[3] A construction permit for the expanded band station was assigned the call letters WBHE on September 4, 1998.
[1] The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency,[3] although this deadline was extended multiple times.
On June 2, 2004, the license for the original standard AM band station on 1600 kHz, WGIV, was formally deleted.
[5] WFNZ must power down to 1,000 watts at night, rendering it all but unlistenable in some parts of the Charlotte radio market.
"[6] On September 14, 2009, WBCN became "America's Talk", a conservative talk radio station featuring syndicated hosts Michael Smerconish, Melanie Morgan, Jason Lewis, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, John Gibson and Phil Hendrie.
[11] On June 19, 2017, at 6 a.m., WBCN flipped formats to classic rock, branded as "94.7 Smoke", and began relaying on translator W234BY (94.7 FM).