WOAB

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WOAB
Frequency 104.9 MHz
BrandingKickin' Country 104.9
Programming
Format Country
Ownership
Owner
  • Fred Dockins
  • (Dockins Communications, Inc.)
WOZK
History
First air date
July 9, 1967 [1]
Call sign meaning
Ozark AlaBama
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 51095
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 82 meters (269 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
 31°27′19″N85°40′58″W / 31.45528°N 85.68278°W / 31.45528; -85.68278
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Public license information

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.

Contents

WOAB broadcasts a country music format. [3]

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. [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

  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. ↑ "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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