The 1230 AM facility then became WBFX, WZZQ and WBUZ, closing down when its licensee, Contemporary Media, Inc., had all of its licenses cancelled in response to a Federal Communications Commission investigation.
[1] While the station began operations slightly earlier in the year, after a tune-up and frequency change,[2] it formally signed on June 15, 1927,[3] as WRPI, a service of then-Rose Polytechnic Institute, on 1440 kHz.
[5] The next year, after Rose almost shuttered WRPI,[5] the station split from the institute and became commercial WBOW, owned by and named for the Banks of the Wabash Broadcasting Association.
Prior to starting his long tenure as lead play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Cavaliers Radio Network in 1970, Joe Tait was WBOW's morning host, and later, doubled as station manager.
[8] In its waning years, WBOW flipped to adult standards, and the station became affiliated with the ABC Information network, as well as NBC Talknet.
[16] On June 14, 2011, the Bott Broadcasting Company obtained the construction permit for 1230 AM in Terre Haute as WYGJ.