WOAB
Frequency | 104.9MHz |
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Branding | Kickin' Country 104.9 |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WOZK | |
History | |
First air date | July 9,1967[1] |
Call signmeaning | OzarkAlaBama |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 51095 |
Class | A |
ERP | 6,000watts |
HAAT | 82 meters (269 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 31°27′19″N85°40′58″W/ 31.45528°N 85.68278°W |
Links | |
Public license information |
WOAB(104.9FM) is aradio stationlicensedto serveOzark, Alabama,United States. The station, which first signed on in 1967, is owned by Fred Dockins, through licensee Dockins Communications, Inc.
WOAB broadcasts acountry musicformat.[3]
History
[edit]WOAB signed on the air on July 9, 1967, with 2,850wattsofeffective radiated poweron 104.9MHz.[1]Owned by the Ozark Broadcasting Company, this new FM station signed on as a separately-programmedsister stationtoWOZK(900 AM).[1]The station aired a primarilycountry musicformat through the 1970s.[4]
Effective July 7, 2021, Ozark Broadcasting sold WOAB, WOZK, and the construction permit for translator W252DV to Fred Dockins' Dockins Communications for $125,000.
On February 23, 2022 WOAB changed formats from oldies to country, branded as "Kickin' Country 104.9".[5]
Previous logo
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abc"Directory of AM and FM Radio stations in the U.S.".1968 Broadcasting Yearbook.Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1968. p. B-7.
- ^"Facility Technical Data for WOAB".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"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.
- ^Alabama Broadcast Media Page
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 51095 (WOAB)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WOABinNielsen Audio's FM station database
- Horton, Ebony (September 24, 2008)."Bet leads to belly full of oysters".Dothan Eagle.