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WOAB
Frequency104.9 MHz
BrandingKickin' Country 104.9
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
Owner
  • Fred Dockins
  • (Dockins Communications, Inc.)
  • Sister stations

    WOZK
    History

    First air date

    July 9, 1967[1]

    Call sign meaning

    Ozark AlaBama
    Technical information
    Facility ID51095
    ClassA
    ERP6,000 watts
    HAAT82 meters (269 feet)

    Transmitter coordinates

    31°27′19N 85°40′58W / 31.45528°N 85.68278°W / 31.45528; -85.68278
    Links
    Websitewoab1049.com

    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.

    WOAB broadcasts a country music format.[2]

    History[edit]

    WOAB signed on the air on July 9, 1967, with 2,850 wattsofeffective radiated power on 104.9 MHz.[1] Owned by the Ozark Broadcasting Company, this new FM station signed on as a separately-programmed sister stationtoWOZK (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]

    [edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c "Directory of AM and FM Radio stations in the U.S.". 1968 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1968. p. B-7.
  • ^ "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]

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