 However, government regulators have consistently considered WLAH and WFBL to be separate stations, and Federal Communications Commission records list November 20, 1924 as WFBL's first license date.WFBL was a charter member of the CBS Radio Network, being one of the 16 stations that aired the first CBS network program on September 18, 1927.In late 1932, controlling interest in the station was bought by Oscar and Robert Soule and Samuel H. Cook.