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WOAB

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WOAB
Frequency104.9MHz
BrandingKickin' Country 104.9
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
Owner
  • Fred Dockins
  • (Dockins Communications, Inc.)
WOZK
History
First air date
July 9,1967[1]
Call signmeaning
OzarkAlaBama
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID51095
ClassA
ERP6,000watts
HAAT82 meters (269 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
31°27′19″N85°40′58″W/ 31.45528°N 85.68278°W/31.45528; -85.68278
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

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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]

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References

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  1. ^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.
  2. ^"Facility Technical Data for WOAB".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^"Station Information Profile".Arbitron.
  4. ^"Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada".Broadcasting Yearbook 1979.Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-6.
  5. ^Alabama Broadcast Media Page
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