WABH

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WABH
Broadcast area Elmira-Corning area
Frequency 1380 kHz
Branding100.3 FM 1380 AM WABH
Programming
Format Country
Affiliations Nash Icon
Ownership
Owner
  • Gordon Ichikawa
  • (Tower Broadcasting, LLC)
History
First air date
November 17, 1962 (as WFSR)
Former call signs
WFSR (1962–1973)
WGHT (1973–1975)
WVIN (1975–1990)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 52119
Class B
Power 10,000 watts day
450 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 42°18′52″N77°17′9″W / 42.31444°N 77.28583°W / 42.31444; -77.28583
Translator(s) W262CX (100.3 MHz, Bath)
Links
Public license information
Website 1380wabh.com

WABH (1380 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Located in Bath, New York, United States, the station serves the Elmira-Corning area. The station is owned by Dawn Ichikawa, through licensee Tower Broadcasting, LLC, a company established by Ichikawa's late husband Gordon. [2]

Contents

On December 1, 2008, WABH changed its format from oldies to sports.

On January 31, 2016, WABH changed their format from sports to adult standards.

Some time before the start of 2019, the station flipped to Nash Icon (adult country), picking up a format previously abandoned by WCKR, which Ichikawa would purchase in 2023.

History

The station first signed on November 17, 1962, with the call letters WFSR as a 500 watt daytimer. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WABH". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WABH Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "Broadcasting Yearbook 1964" (PDF).


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