WOAB
| Simulcasts WALQ 1130 Carrville | |
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| Frequency | 104.9 MHz |
| Branding | Radio Estrella Alabama |
| Programming | |
| Format | Regional Mexican |
| Affiliations | Fútbol de Primera |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WALQ, WOZK, WZGX | |
| History | |
First air date | July 9, 1967[1] |
Call sign meaning | Ozark AlaBama |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 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 | |
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 Roscoe Miller, through licensee Autaugaville Radio, Inc.
WOAB broadcasts a Regional Mexican format with the station, along with WZGX in Birmingham, Alabama simulcasting WALQ in Montgomery, Alabama as part of the Radio Estrella Alabama network.
History
[edit]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.
On February 23, 2022 WOAB changed formats from oldies to country, branded as "Kickin' Country 104.9".[4]
As of April 2024, following Dockins Commmunications' sale of the station to Roscoe Miller's Autaugaville Radio, WOAB flipped to Regional Mexican as a simulcast of WALQ in Montgomery and their statewide Radio Estrella Alabama network.[5] WZGX in Birmingham would join the network later that same year.
References
[edit]- 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.
- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WOAB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "Station Sales Week of 4/12". radioinsight.com. April 12, 2024. Retrieved June 21, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 51095 (WOAB) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WOAB in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Horton, Ebony (September 24, 2008). "Bet leads to belly full of oysters". Dothan Eagle.
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