WOAB
City | Ozark, Alabama |
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Frequency | 104.9 MHz |
Branding | Oldies 104.9 |
Programming | |
Format | Oldies |
Ownership | |
Owner | Fred Dockins (Dockins Communications, Inc.) |
WOZK | |
History | |
First air date | July 9, 1967[1] |
Call sign meaning | Ozark AlaBama |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 51095 |
Class | A |
ERP | 6,000 watts |
HAAT | 82 meters (269 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 31°27′19″N 85°40′58″W / 31.45528°N 85.68278°W |
Links | |
Website | woab.us |
WOAB (104.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Ozark, Alabama, United States. The station, which first signed on in 1967, is owned by Fred Dockins, through licensee Dockins Communications, Inc.
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]
Effective July 7, 2021, Ozark Broadcasting sold WOAB, WOZK, and the construction permit for translator W252DV to Fred Dockins' Dockins Communications for $125,000.
Previous logo[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Directory of AM and FM Radio stations in the U.S.". 1968 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1968. p. B-7.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-6.
External links[]
- WOAB in the FCC FM station database
- WOAB on Radio-Locator
- WOAB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Horton, Ebony (September 24, 2008). "Bet leads to belly full of oysters". Dothan Eagle.
- Radio stations in Alabama
- Oldies radio stations in the United States
- Radio stations established in 1967
- Dale County, Alabama
- Alabama radio station stubs