WOAB

WOAB
City Ozark, Alabama
Branding Oldies 104.9
Frequency 104.9 MHz
First air date July 9, 1967[1]
Format Oldies
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 82 meters (269 feet)
Class A
Facility ID 51095
Transmitter coordinates 31°27′19.00″N 85°40′58.00″W / 31.4552778°N 85.6827778°W / 31.4552778; -85.6827778
Callsign meaning Ozark AlaBama
Owner Ozark Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations WOZK
Webcast Listen Live
Website woab.us

WOAB (104.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Ozark, Alabama, USA. The station, which first signed on in 1967, is still owned and operated by original license holder Ozark Broadcasting Corporation.

WOAB broadcasts an oldies format as a simulcast with AM sister station WOZK.[2]

History

WOAB signed on the air on July 9, 1967, with 2,850 watts of effective radiated power on 104.9 MHz.[1] Owned by the Ozark Broadcasting Company, this new FM station signed on as a separately-programmed sister station to WOZK (900 AM).[1] The station aired a primarily country music format through the 1970s. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Directory of AM and FM Radio stations in the U.S.". 1968 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1968. p. B-7.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-6.
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